Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East (ISME)
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About this course
["Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East (ISME) is a two-year, tuition-free, full-time Master’s programme taught in English on campus in Berlin.Freie Universität's expertise in cultural studies of the Middle East – represented by Arabic Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Kurdish Studies, Ottoman Studies, Semitic Studies, and Turcology – comes together for this Master's programme to offer students the possibility to approach this fascinating and complex region from multi-faceted and interregional perspectives, taking into account the diversity of languages, literatures, societies, religions, and cultures of this region.As a consecutive programme, it builds on knowledge about the Middle East and skills from the fields of humanities, cultural studies, and philologies that have been acquired in the course of a Bachelor's programme or through professional qualification.Are you curious aboutcultures of the Middle East?Are you eager toexplorenew areas of interest and to studyindependently?Can you proveexcellent Englishlanguage skills (level C1 CEFR or equivalent)?Do you hold a Bachelor's degree with at least60 ECTSin ISME-related courses?Are youproficientin at least one of the followingprogramme-related languages: Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ottoman, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic, or Turkish (level B1 CEFR or equivalent)?Then our Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East Master's programme may be of interest to you."]
