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Master of Letters Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies


Master of Letters Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies
Code Module name Credits
(( IR5501 Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: IR5518, IR5510 AND
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 30 and 40 credits from Module List: IR5029, MH5411, IR Module - The Arab Israeli Conflict AND
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
MH5411 Iran and the World since 1921 (30) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 30 and 40 credits from Module List: IR5000 - IR5999 (except compulsory IR MLitt modules and Dissertations)) ) OR
IR5003 Regional Security 30
IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5012 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR5017 The United Nations and Global Governance 30
IR5024 Asian Security and the United States 30
IR5026 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR5027 Armed Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5033 Identity and Collective Violence 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
IR5040 Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5041 Social Identity and the Making of Community: Anxiety, Threat and Security 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR5043 Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
IR5044 The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
IR5050 Strategic Studies 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5052 Art and Violence 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5054 Transatlantic Security Relations 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5056 Empires and Imperialism 30
IR5057 The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping 30
IR5058 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5060 Conflict and Intervention in the Twenty-First Century 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politcs 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
IR5063 Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
IR5067 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
IR5212 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEES) 40
IR5217 International Relations of the Middle East 40
IR5219 Politics and State Formation in the Modern Middle East 40
IR5227 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (40) 40
IR5229 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 40
IR5303 Revolution and Change: The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (Def) 40
IR5304 Managing and Resolving Conflict in the International System 40
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
IR5408 Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After "the Death of God"": Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics" 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
IR5502 Global and Transnational Islamism 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5519 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
IR5522 Special Topics in Modern Middle East Politics 30
IR5524 Special Topics in the Politics of Modern China 30
IR5525 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Past and Present 30
IR5526 Law and Society in the Modern Middle East: Local, Regional and International Dimensions 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5529 International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5530 Introductory Uzbek 15
IR5531 Intermediate Uzbek 15
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
IR5702 Case Studies in Conflict and Field Work Component 30
IR5721 Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Wars 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5723 Security and Conflict in Africa 30
IR5724 The United Nations in Africa 30
IR5725 Globalisation and the South 30
IR5727 Civil War, Genocide and Transformation in Rwanda 30
IR5728 Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
IR5821 The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
IR5901 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
IR5903 Terrorism: How to Respond 30
IR5904 Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5920 Electives 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
IR5922 Terrorism after 1945 30
IR5923 State Responses to Terrorism 30
IR5924 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( IR5501 Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5000 - IR5999 (except compulsory IR MLitt modules and Dissertations)) AND
IR5003 Regional Security 30
IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5012 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR5017 The United Nations and Global Governance 30
IR5024 Asian Security and the United States 30
IR5026 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR5027 Armed Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5033 Identity and Collective Violence 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
IR5040 Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5041 Social Identity and the Making of Community: Anxiety, Threat and Security 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR5043 Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
IR5044 The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
IR5050 Strategic Studies 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5052 Art and Violence 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5054 Transatlantic Security Relations 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5056 Empires and Imperialism 30
IR5057 The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping 30
IR5058 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5060 Conflict and Intervention in the Twenty-First Century 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politcs 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
IR5063 Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
IR5067 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
IR5212 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEES) 40
IR5217 International Relations of the Middle East 40
IR5219 Politics and State Formation in the Modern Middle East 40
IR5227 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (40) 40
IR5229 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 40
IR5303 Revolution and Change: The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe (Def) 40
IR5304 Managing and Resolving Conflict in the International System 40
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
IR5408 Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After "the Death of God"": Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics" 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
IR5502 Global and Transnational Islamism 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5519 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
IR5522 Special Topics in Modern Middle East Politics 30
IR5524 Special Topics in the Politics of Modern China 30
IR5525 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Past and Present 30
IR5526 Law and Society in the Modern Middle East: Local, Regional and International Dimensions 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5529 International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5530 Introductory Uzbek 15
IR5531 Intermediate Uzbek 15
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
IR5702 Case Studies in Conflict and Field Work Component 30
IR5721 Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Wars 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5723 Security and Conflict in Africa 30
IR5724 The United Nations in Africa 30
IR5725 Globalisation and the South 30
IR5727 Civil War, Genocide and Transformation in Rwanda 30
IR5728 Foreign Policy Analysis 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
IR5821 The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
IR5901 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
IR5903 Terrorism: How to Respond 30
IR5904 Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5920 Electives 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
IR5922 Terrorism after 1945 30
IR5923 State Responses to Terrorism 30
IR5924 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 30 and 40 credits from Russian, Arabic or Persian modules appropriate to the student's level of proficiency. )) AND
RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20
RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
RU2100 Intermediate Russian (Summer Course) 40
RU2201 Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
RU2202 Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
RU2203 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
RU2204 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
RU2205 Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 1 10
RU2206 Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 2 10
RU3001 Advanced Russian Language 1, Part 1 15
RU3002 Advanced Russian Language 1, Part 2 15
RU3005 Advanced Russian Translation 1 15
RU3021 Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
RU3022 The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
RU3024 A Special Russian Author of the Nineteenth Century 15
RU3025 Russian Fiction 1880 - 1917 15
RU3026 Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
RU3027 Soviet Fiction 1917 - 1940 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3031 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU3041 Early Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History 15
RU3042 Late Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3045 Russian Émigré Writing 15
RU3046 Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in Russia 60
RU3103 Summer Residential Project in Russia 15
RU3105 Russian Integrated Year Abroad: Semester 1 30
RU3106 Russian Integrated Year Abroad: Semester 2 30
RU3110 Advanced Russian Translation 2 15
RU4020 Directed Readings in Central and East European Languages 1 15
RU4042 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4101 Advanced Russian Language 2 15
RU4102 Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
RU4104 Russian Communication Skills 15
RU4106 Advanced Russian for Business 15
RU4120 Directed Readings in Central and East European Languages 2 15
RU4128 Soviet Literature 1940 - 1991 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU4132 Contemporary Russian Literature 15
RU4133 Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
RU4140 The Russian Silver Age: Art and Time 15
RU4142 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4143 Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
RU4144 Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4150 History of Russian Cinema 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
RU4153 Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
RU4198 Dissertation on a Russian Topic 15
RU4199 Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic 30
RU4201 Directed Readings in Central and East European Languages 1 15
RU5001 Advanced Translation 40
RU5003 The Structure and Development of Russian 40
RU5006 Slavonic Linguistics and Philology 1 20
RU5007 Slavonic Linguistics and Philology 2 20
RU5011 New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (40) 40
RU5013 New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (20) 20
RU5014 Specialised Research in Russian Studies 20
RU5021 The Nineteenth-Century Russian Short Story 40
RU5023 The Russian Novel 1840 - 1880 40
RU5031 Russian Modernist Fiction 1895 - 1930 40
RU5033 Russian Literature 1550 - 1750 40
RU5035 Russian Writers of the 1920s 40
RU5037 Russian Acmeism 40
RU5039 Russian Fiction 1880 - 1940 40
RU5041 Detailed Study of a Russian Author or Period 40
RU5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
RU5100 Readings in Central and Eastern European Languages 20
RU5201 Old Church Slavonic 40
RU5301 A Special Subject in Russian Culture 20
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20
AR2001 Intermediate Arabic 1 20
AR2002 Intermediate Arabic 2 20
AR2004 Introduction to Classical Arab Culture 20
AR3201 Media Arabic 30
AR3206 Literary Arabic 30
AR3250 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 30
AR3401 Media Arabic 1 15
AR3402 Media Arabic 2 15
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
AR3421 Arabic Short Stories 1 15
AR3422 Arabic Short Stories 2 15
AR3461 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
AR3462 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
AR4205 Advanced Arabic 30
AR4235 Modern Arabic Literature: Novellas 30
AR4251 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 30
AR4401 Advanced Arabic 1 15
AR4402 Advanced Arabic 2 15
AR4421 Exile and Identity 15
AR4422 Novellas 15
AR4461 Classical Arabic Poetry 15
AR4462 Classical Arabic Prose 15
AR4999 Dissertation in Arabic Studies 30
AR5023 Further Arabic for Postgraduates 40
PR1001 Persian for Beginners 1 20
PR1002 Persian for Beginners 2 20
PR2001 Intermediate Persian 1 20
PR2002 Intermediate Persian 2 20
PR3001 Higher Intermediate Persian 1 15
PR3002 Higher Intermediate Persian 2 15
PR3020 Key Texts in Modern Persian Literature 15
PR3021 Modern Iran through Cinema 15
PR3022 Modernity and Iranian Drama 15
PR3023 Songs of Love and Revolution 15
PR4001 Advanced Persian 1 15
PR4002 Advanced Persian 2 15
PR4020 Introduction to Classical Persian Literature 15
PR4098 Short Dissertation on a Persian Topic 15
PR4099 Long Dissertation on a Persian Topic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
IR5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60

Further requirements

Choose 180 credits in academic year