Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MA 1 year full-time, 2-3 years part-time
The programme is designed for students with a keen interest in studying the remote as well as the more recent past of the countries, peoples, and cultures of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. It is also ideal for students who seek to understand the historical conditions of the contemporary world from a global perspective. While the course is open to students with backgrounds in a diverse range of disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, the ideal applicant would have an UG degree in History or a relevant area studies programme, some knowledge of foreign, in particular Asian or African languages, and preferably relevant background in the region of specialism.
We will consider all applications with 2:ii (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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A postgraduate degree from the History department at SOAS provides its students with an understanding of the world, giving them specialised historical knowledge and understanding of cultural sensibilities of a region. Postgraduate students are equipped with the expertise to continue in research as well as the skills needed to enable them to find professional careers in the private and public sectors.
Postgraduate students leave SOAS with a portfolio of widely transferable skills which employers seek, including familiarity with methods of research; the competence to manage large quantities of information; the ability to select and organise information and analytical skills.
Core
dissertation worth 60 credits
Dissertation in History - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
two 15-credit modules
Reconfiguring Global History - 15 credits
Open
Debating Pasts, Crafting Histories - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List B
Students choose a maximum of 30 credits from the Guided Options List B
Modernity, Nation and Identity in Japanese History (1853-1945) (PG) - 15 credits
Open
The Making of Modern Korea - 15 credits
Open
Culture and Society in Traditional Korea (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Zionism: Critical Perspectives (PG) - 15 credits
Open
From Palestine to Israel - 15 credits
Open
Turkey: Continuity and Change (1908-1945) - 15 credits
Open
Iran, History and Politics - 15 credits
Open
Violence, Justice and the Politics of Memory - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List A
students choose a minimum of 60 credits and a maximum of 90 credits from the Guided Options List A
Gender and Empire in Early Modern China - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Race and History - 15 credits
Open
The Early Development of Islam in Context - 15 credits
Open
Community, Religion, and Conflict in South Asian History - 15 credits
Open
The Afghanistan Wars, 1979 to the Present - 15 credits
Open
Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
Critical Histories of Postcolonial South Asia - 15 credits
Open
Public History in the Digital Age - 15 credits
Open
Africa in World History - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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