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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
- Ancient Anatolia Through Material Culture (HIST0229)
- Between Order and Disorder: Cities in the Late Medieval Mediterranean World (HIST0106)
- Bronze Age States in the Ancient Middle East (HIST0164)
- The Ottoman Middle East in the Long Nineteenth Century (HIST0279)
- Science in the Ancient World (HPSC0067)
Postgraduate
- Hellenistic Encounters with Egypt (HIST0442)
- Images and Image Making in the Ancient Middle East (HIST0836)
- Lived Ancient Religion in Hellenistic Greece (HIST0438)
Modern History/Contemporary Politics
Undergraduate
- Arabic Level 1 (LCAR0002) available in all levels from 1-5
- International Conflict and Cooperation (ESPS0004)
- Israel-Palestine Conflict (POLS0118)
- Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Middle East (HIST0789)
- Middle East Politics (POLS0079)
- Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts (ESPS0018)
- Soviet and Russian Strategy in the Middle East (SESS0090)
Jewish & Hebrew Studies
Undergraduate
- Advanced Modern Hebrew (HEBR0027)
- Modern Hebrew for Beginners (HEBR0004)
- Modern Hebrew (Higher Intermediate) (HEBR0025)
- Modern Jewish History (Antisemitism, Migration, and Identity) (HEBR0013)
- Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History (1000 - 1800 CE) (HEBR0012)
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History (HEBR0006)
Postgraduate