OverviewYou’ll develop your research skills through in-depth study of the recent and social history of the Middle EastReceive core training in social scientific philosophy and methodology and learn how to apply this to the study of the contemporary Middle EastYou’ll examine how the region has changed and developed over the last 150 yearsJoin an active and collaborative research culture that draws together doctoral researchers, staff and students to produce cutting-edge knowledge about the Arab and Islamic worldsLearn discipline specific methodology and analytical techniques that lay the basis for you to progress to doctoral study