Overview
About the program
Courses are offered and faculty conduct research in the following areas: Egyptology, including archaeology, language, history, and religion; Mesopotamia and the Near East, including archaeology and Assyriology; Syro-Palestinian archaeology; Hebrew and Judaic studies, including Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew, history, and religion; Aramaic and Syriac studies, including language, history, and religion; Arabic studies; Islamic studies; history of the Islamic world and the modern Middle East; Islamic art; Persian studies; and Turkish studies, including Ottoman language and history. This Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations program is offered at the University of Toronto.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Akkadian Historical Texts
- Old Egyptian Texts
- Advanced Standard Arabic
- Art, Archaeology and Culture of Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids
- Scribes, Manuscripts, and Translations of the Hebrew Bible
- Theory and Method in Middle Eastern Studies
- The Mosque: Readings in Architecture, Law, and Authority in Muslim Context
- The Persian Manuscript Tradition
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies Middle Eastern studies View 21 other PhDs in Area & Cultural Studies in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Admission via one of two routes:
- MA degree in a relevant program from a recognized university with at least an A– average or equivalent in courses taken for the MA program.
- Direct entry from a bachelor's degree for exceptionally qualified applicants, at the discretion of the department.
Other requirements:
- Ability to conduct independent research.
- Competence in primary source language(s) relevant to the applicant's research.
- Two letters of reference.
- Statement of academic intent.
- Writing sample of no more than 12 double-spaced pages including footnotes.
- Curriculum vitae (CV)/resumé up to three pages in length.
Tuition Fee
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6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months. -
National
6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months.
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