MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research in South Asian Studies

The MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research (South Asian Studies) is a one-year programme designed to promote an understanding of the region s rich and complex cultural, religious and intellectual histories through the extensive corpus of textual sources in Sanskrit. This MPhil programme offers an in-depth introduction to South Asia s seminal textual sources, significant language skills to interpret and analyse such sources, an understanding of the relevant historiographical and theoretical issues, and methodology training. Students with an interest in Pali or Prakrit literary cultures can work on them under the guidance of academic staff. The programme is appropriate for students who have already had some previous training in Sanskrit (and, where appropriate, in Pali or Prakrit).