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Members of staff at UCL are actively involved in research-led teaching on the Middle East and North Africa across a range of fields.
Several departments offer undergraduate and postgraduate modules relevant to the region, from ancient and modern history to contemporary politics, archaeology and material culture, anthropology, geography, and regional languages.
Archaeology
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
- The Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East: A Comparative Approach (ARCL0157)
- Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean (ARCL0199)
- Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires (ARCL0200)
Ancient and Medieval History
Undergraduate
- Bronze Age States in the Ancient Middle East (HIST0164)
- Science in the Ancient World (HPSC0067)
- The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the end of the Attalid Kingdom (HIST0154)
- Understanding the Early Mesopotamian World (HIST0021)
Postgraduate
- Art Historical Approaches to the Ancient Middle East (HIST0834)
- Lived Ancient Religion in Hellenistic Greece (HIST0438)
- Images and Image Making in the Ancient Middle East (HIST0836)
Modern History/Contemporary Politics
Undergraduate
- Arabic Level 1 (LCAR0002) available in all levels from 1-5
- International Conflict and Cooperation (ESPS0004)
- Middle East Politics (POLS0079)
- Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts (ESPS0018)
- Politics of the Middle East: Theories and Practices (ESPS0045)
- Racial capitalism and the Political Economy of the Middle East (ESPS0049)
- Soviet and Russian Strategy in the Middle East (SESS0090)
Jewish & Hebrew Studies
Undergraduate
- Advanced Modern Hebrew (HEBR0027)
- History and Literature of Ancient Israel (HEBR0106)
- Modern Hebrew for Beginners (HEBR0004)
- Modern Hebrew (Higher Intermediate) (HEBR0025)
- Modern Jewish History (1800 - Present) (HEBR0013)
- Introduction to Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History (1000 - 1800 CE) (HEBR0012)
- Introduction to the History and Literature of Ancient Israel (HEBR0106)
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History (HEBR0006)
Postgraduate