[Bilimsel Haber] MA in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies in Paris

[Onur Inal]

The American University of Paris is now offering a graduate program in
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
For further information please check the link below
http://www.aup.fr/graduate/meis/program.htm or contact

Ali Rahnema, Professor of Economics and Director of Middle East and
Islamic Studies Program.
e-mail:  arahnema at aup.fr

Nebahat Avcioglu, Department of History of Art
e-mail: navcioglu at aup.fr

The one-year Master of Arts program (Master of Middle East and Islamic
Studies  MEIS) is aimed at providing a rigorous generalist degree
fostering an informed understanding of issues related to the Middle East
and the Islamic world. This one-year degree could complement other
professional or pre-professional training and appeals to those who wish
to enter into mass media, business, banking, commerce, law,
international organizations, government and non-government
organizations, human rights and cultural organizations, high-school
teaching and seek to focus on some aspect of the Middle East, the
Islamic world or Islam.

Private and government, for-profit and non-profit organizations across
the world are realizing that an understanding of the political,
economic, social, cultural, religious and historical complexities,
subtleties and intricacies of this region is a basic necessity for any
successful negotiation, contract, dialogue or arbitration.

For college graduates, the one year MA degree serves the purpose of an
enriching gap-year before going on to a different graduate training or
entering the job-market. The one-year MA is equally appealing to early
and mid-career individuals as well as to concerned and mature students
who wish to obtain a firm academic and independent grasp of a field,
aspects of which seem to be recurring in the daily news, affecting their
daily lives.


The two-year Master of Arts Program (Master of Middle East and Islamic
Studies with Language MEISL) is intended for students who wish to have a
more in depth understanding of the discipline, especially through the
firm knowledge of a language of the region. This degree requires
training and proficiency in a language of the Middle East or the Islamic
world enabling students to read accurately in order to carry out
research. The degree is tailored to those seeking employment in this
region, those who wish to pursue a Ph.D. program in the field, teaching
at Universities and/or carrying out research at academic institutions,
private or government organizations as well as think tanks. Students who
are native speakers would be encouraged to study a second language.