Hebrew and Jewish Studies MPhil/PhD 36 months PHD Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

29,800 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Modern LanguagesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The MPhil/PhD programme draws on the wide-ranging expertise of UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies, the only department of its kind in the UK, and offers research supervision in most areas, periods, and aspects of Jewish studies. The programme prepares students for careers in academia and in the private and public sectors. UCL offers excellent networking opportunities for research students.

Research activities in the department include:

  • Eastern European Jewish history and culture
  • Grammar of 19th-century Hasidic and Maskilic Hebrew
  • Modern Yiddish literature
  • History of science and technology
  • Gender in Jewish history
  • Mediterranean and Middle Eastern studies
  • Israeli culture and politics
  • Jewish calendar
  • Antisemitism
  • The Jewish mystical tradition, and specifically the history of Hasidism
  • Jewish-non-Jewish relations in Christian Europe and the Muslim world
  • Jews and Visual Culture
  • Jewish migrations
  • Jewish culture in the English-speaking world
  • Babylonian Jewry
  • Aramaic Studies
  • Jews and Magic
  • Jewish history of medicine, history of the body

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The MPhil/PhD programme draws on the wide-ranging expertise of UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies, the only department of its kind in the UK, and offers research supervision in most areas, periods, and aspects of Jewish studies. The programme prepares students for careers in academia and in the private and public sectors. UCL offers excellent networking opportunities for research students.

Research activities in the department include:

  • Eastern European Jewish history and culture
  • Grammar of 19th-century Hasidic and Maskilic Hebrew
  • Modern Yiddish literature
  • History of science and technology
  • Gender in Jewish history
  • Mediterranean and Middle Eastern studies
  • Israeli culture and politics
  • Jewish calendar
  • Antisemitism
  • The Jewish mystical tradition, and specifically the history of Hasidism
  • Jewish-non-Jewish relations in Christian Europe and the Muslim world
  • Jews and Visual Culture
  • Jewish migrations
  • Jewish culture in the English-speaking world
  • Babylonian Jewry
  • Aramaic Studies
  • Jews and Magic
  • Jewish history of medicine, history of the body

Admission Requirements

185+
69+
7+
100+
3.3+
A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in an arts or social science subject from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, and a demonstrated knowledge of Hebrew or Yiddish, or another language appropriate to the research proposal.

3 Years
Sep

Domestic
6,215 GBP
International
29,800 GBP

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