Master in Middle Eastern Studies, ASERI Univ. Cattolica, Milano

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Master in Middle Eastern Studies

Overview

This new Master is specifically tailored for graduates of various disciplines and backgrounds, who are willing to obtain a better knowledge of the Middle East region, taking into account its social-historical complexity and cultural plurality. The program aims to offer solid historical, political and institutional perspectives of the current domestic, regional and international dynamics affecting the stability of the region, as well as a critical outlook on current debates over the Middle East.
Renowned professors from the Middle East and from abroad are part of its distinguished international Faculty, whose members have generally a long experience as field-researchers or in situ professionals.

Goals

This innovative program aims to guide the students across this diverse and fascinating region, which, since decades, is at the center of the geostrategic interest of the international system. The program mainly focuses on the contemporary period, through a multi-disciplinary approach ranging over international relations, geopolitics, conflicts and security, economy and energy. Nonetheless, specific sections are devoted to the analysis of the historical and religious foundations of the modern Middle East, from the birth to Islam to the evolution of Islamic thought, law and economy MIMES analyses in details infra-regions and inter-regions peculiarities and relations, from Maghreb to Central-Southern Asia, encouraging a comparative and holistic area studies approach

Pubblicato il: 23 aprile 2014