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  • BA Program

    Studies in the department encompass the history of the Islamic lands from early Islam to the present day; Islam as a religion, including the various sects; Islamic institutions; the law, philosophy, sciences, art and material culture of the Islamic peoples; and the social development of the Islamic lands. 

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    The department also offers the possibility of focusing on Iranian or Turkish studies.

    The teaching program includes: survey courses, Arabic language and other Oriental languages, seminars, textual courses and electives.  The B.A. program can be studied either as a major or as a minor track.

    In addition to the faculty’s conditions for admission, students are required to show that they have a basic grasp of Arabic. Students who do not know Arabic will study Arabic for Beginners in their first year of studies. Over the course of the B.A., students are required to reach a level of Arabic enabling them to read texts in that language.

     

    *Studies are conducted in Hebrew (there are several courses in English)
    An exemption level is required in Hebrew.
    For details about Hebrew studies, please contact Mrs. Orit Krakover, Head of the Department for Overseas Students: oritk@savion.huji.ac.il

     

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  • MA Program

    The M.A. program offers students a range of specializations, in both the modern and pre-modern periods. It is also possible to take a combined option that includes courses from different periods. Geographically, the program covers the Middle East region, including the Arab world, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, the Balkans, and the Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union. It is also possible to choose courses dealing with Israel and Judaism that are connected to Middle Eastern Studies.

     

     

  • PhD Program

    The Department of Islamic and Middle East Studies offers advanced students interested in Ph.D. studies varied specializations in a wide range of periods, regions and issues relating to Islam and the Middle East from the seventh century up to the twenty-first, from religious thought through social and cultural history up to modern politics.

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    The Department’s faculty is composed of the leading scholars in Israel and in the world. General information about Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Humanities may be found at the website of the Authority for Research Students.

     

    For further questions please contact Prof. Meir Hatina: meir.hatina@mail.huji.ac.il

     

     

     

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