Master of Science by Research - Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
261187
Last updated: 09/05/2025
About Master of Science by Research - Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)
This program builds on students' knowledge in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies or related fields and aims to develop and enhance their research skills and their skills in academic writing.
With over 260 years of history in teaching and research, University of Edinburgh is globally recognized as a leading center for postgraduate study in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Their research resources and facilities are outstanding, and they have excellent links with a number of centres and networks, including the Alwaleed Centre and the Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Students are not required to have any prior competence in a Middle Eastern language, but they will have the opportunity to take courses in Arabic, Persian or Turkish.
Their expertise includes:
- Language and literature: classical and modern Arabic literature, classical Persian literature, cultural transmission and translation between Arabic and Persian cultures
- History and historiography: pre-Islamic Iran, early Islamic history, Ottoman history, modern history, in particular Iraq, Iran and Egypt; the Middle Eastern prison, the Middle Eastern press
- Religion: early and classical Islam, Qur’an and Qur’anic exegesis, Hadith, the biography of Muhammad, Sufism, Islam in the Ottoman Empire, contemporary religious authority
- Contemporary Muslim politics: Islamism, sectarianism, social movements, comparative social and political change in the Muslim world
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