Research Excellence Framework: Area Studies
SIAS and Oriental Studies are delighted to note that our REF2014 submission was the largest made to the Area Studies panel by a considerable margin.
Middle East Studies
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
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Research and post-graduate instruction on the modern Middle East
The Middle East Studies Programme in SIAS draws upon yet moves beyond Oxford's great tradition of Middle Eastern Studies. The new programme will offer postgraduate students training in social-scientific methodology as well as comparative courses on the modern Middle East.
The Middle East Studies Programme faculty's expertise covers Turkey and Israel as well as the Arab world and encourages student research in the politics, international relations, economics and history of the region.
Latest News
Philip Robins Visit to China with Middle East Centre Delegation
Dr Philip Robins returned to China as part of a delegation that included colleagues from the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, in September.
Middle East Studies Programme Co-Research Accord with Japanese Universities
In a highly innovative and exciting agreement, SIAS has struck a co-research accord with two leading Japanese institutions, aimed at improving the quality of research in select Middle East countries.
Philip Robins New Publication: Middle East Drugs Bazaar
Philip Robins visit to Tsinghua University, Beijing
Jews and the Military reviewed in the New York Times
Derek Penslar New Publication: Jews and the Military
SIAS twitter feed launch
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Seminar in Modern Israel Studies:Field Notes from the American Jewish Civil War over Israel
Tuesday, 24 February, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
Lecture Theatre, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Clarendon Institute, Walton Street Oxford OX1 2HG
Speaker(s):
Professor Peter Beinart (City University of New York)
Psychiatric Futures: Illness Narrative, and Generational Memory in Iran
Monday, 2 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
Ground Floor Seminar Room, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS), 11 Bevington Road
Speaker(s):
Dr Orkideh Behrouzan, King's College London
Seminar in Modern Israel Studies: Israel's Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009-2012
Tuesday, 3 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, (SIAS), Ground Floor Seminar Room,11 Bevington Road
Speaker(s):
Professor Clive Jones (Durham University)
Seminar in Modern Israel Studies: Zionist Leadership after Herzl's Death: The Cases of Moses Gaster
Tuesday, 10 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
Seminar in Modern Israel Studies: Not in my name: Vulnerability, Complicity, and Responsibility in Jewish Israeli Left-Wing Activism
Tuesday, 5 May, 2015 - 17:00 to 19:00
Seminar in Modern Israel Studies: Zionism, the Talmud, and the PLO Research Centre
Tuesday, 19 May, 2015 - 17:00 to 19:00
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