Teaching

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. This includes:

• The Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East: A Comparative Approach (ARCL0157)
• The Islamic World in the Global Age 900-1400 (ARCL0230)
• 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) 
• Texts in Archaeology (ARCL0009)
• Science in the Ancient World (HPSC0067)
• Language and Script in the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan (ARCL0202)
   
• Ancient Near Eastern Religion (HIST0660)
• Babylon from Hammurabi to Alexander (c.1800-300 BC) (HIST0650) 
• History of the Modern Middle East (HIST0128) 
• Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Middle East (HIST0789)
• The Great Caliphs, 632-1000 CE (HIST0876)
• The Crusades...a Clash of Civilizations (MDVL0071)
• Ancient Middle Eastern Religion (HIST0660)
• Imperial Babylon, c.627-539 BC, and its reception (HIST0448)
   
• International Conflict and Cooperation (ESPS0004)
• Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts (ESPS0018)
• Middle East Politics (POLS0079)
• Soviet and Russian Strategy in the Middle East (SESS0090)
   
• History of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture (HEBR0046)
• Modern Hebrew for Beginners (HEBR0004)
• Modern Hebrew (Lower Intermediate) (HEBR0023)
• Introduction to Modern Jewish History (1800 - Present) (HEBR0013)
• Israel and Palestine (HEBR0102)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict (HEBR0073)