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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Postgraduate Course: Studies of Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East (ASST11033)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaIslamic and Middle Eastern Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is designed to offer students an opportunity to become acquainted with modern Middle Eastern culture and society in more detail than allowed by the existing courses offered by the department. Although it is not possible, even desirable, to ignore the political dimension of Middle Eastern society, the course will focus rather on different aspects of social and cultural life, including its high, everyday, material aspects. In some sense therefore it will complement the Middle Eastern Politics course as currently taught. However, the primary aim of the course will be to complement postgraduate offerings in Middle Eastern Studies, which are currently more heavily weighted to classical and religious studies than to the modern period. It will also seek to provide some exposure to a number of different sub-fields of Middle Eastern and other scholarship such as literature, the arts, material culture, film, media, gender and urban studies.

The course will be team-taught and involve a number of staff who are able to contribute in ways according to their knowledge and expertise. The central focus of the course will be exploring the emergence, development and critique, of the construction of national society and culture in the Middle East. This focus will be explored using themes such as "ethnic and religious minorities", "urbanization", "ttrauma and social conflict", and "education," through which the students will engage with theoretical issues and a wide range of media and genres to obtain an understanding of these themes through cultural practice and representation. Thus the course will be interdisciplinary, bringing historical, literary, cinematic and ethnographic texts together to explore different aspects as they relate to the development of the national of modern Middle East culture and society.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Familiarity with a selection of key works and understanding of crucial theoretical and aesthetic issues. Ability to conduct in-depth, critical analysis and comparative studies of a body of works in relation to current theoretical debates.
Assessment Information
One 4,000 word essay
Special Arrangements
None
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Sevim Inal
Tel:
Email: Sinal@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Rhona Cullen
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182
Email: Rhona.Cullen@ed.ac.uk
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