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Holocaust Studies
The Holocaust Studies programme from University of Haifa offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the Holocaust. It provides unique experiential opportunities within a dedicated scholarly community, combining state-of-the-art research, relevant language courses, hands-on internships, educational field trips, and meetings with Holocaust survivors and global experts.

English Literature and American Studies
What is literature? What is interpretation? What is a text, or an author? These questions are at the heart of the English Literature and American Studies programme at Tel Aviv University.

Heritage Management
This Heritage Management course from University of Haifa offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the past and the future by preserving and managing local and global archaeological, historical and cultural legacies.

Comparative Literary Studies
In the Comparative Literary Studies programme at Utrecht University is designed for students with strong analytical skills and a desire to deepen their understanding of literature as a global, multilingual, and politically engaged practice.

Screenwriting
The Screenwriting programme from Whistling Woods International is offered in association with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

Jewish Thought
The Master’s programme in Jewish Thought at University of Haifa offers a wide perspective of Judaism that includes Biblical, Talmudic, historical, philosophical, and mystical levels of knowledge.

Linguistics
The Linguistics programme at Utrecht University offers mandatory courses covering advanced theoretical linguistics (socio-phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse), psycholinguistics (acquisition, processing) and research practice (including computational and experimental methodology).

Modern and Contemporary History
The Modern and Contemporary History programme at Utrecht University offers you research-based training in history as an academic discipline. We teach you how to do research, and we challenge you to develop your own ideas on topics of your choice.

Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds
The Master’s specialisation in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds offers you a unique approach by looking at ancient and medieval history, Byzantium, the Islamic world and Western Europe in contact and conflict.

Philosophy
The Philosophy programme at Utrecht University integrates a strong foundation in the core themes and texts of philosophy with extensive opportunities and flexibility for specialisation.

Jewish Studies
The Jewish Studies programme offered by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will expand your knowledge of Jewish history, literature, philosophy and culture, and enhance your language, research and writing skills. You’ll enjoy an intimate learning environment with small classes taught by experts in the field.

The Bible and the Ancient Near East
Offered by Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS) in conjunction with the Bible Department at the Faculty of Humanities, the The Bible and the Ancient Near East program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem focuses on contemporary Biblical studies and provides grounding in Biblical Hebrew, with the option to study Modern Hebrew from beginner through advanced levels.

Jewish Studies
Explore the rich tapestry of Jewish civilization - its history, culture, and thought - through a ground-breaking Jewish Studies programme from Tel Aviv University that bridges the past and the present.

Israel Studies
The International Master’s Degree Programme in Israel Studies at University of Haifa offers students the opportunity to engage in an in-depth study of the state of Israel: its history, complex society, multicultural character, and relationship with the Jewish Diaspora.

Religious Studies
The Religious Studies course at Utrecht University is a challenging, research-oriented programme that prepares you for participation in international research and for a career in domains where religious diversity and difference are significant factors - in culture, art, and politics.

Archaeology and the Ancient Near East - Prehistory Section
The Archaeology and the Ancient Near East - Prehistory Section programme at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem tackles these questions and more, exploring the evolutionary, genetic, and cultural forces that shaped early human history.

English (English Literature)
The MA English (English Literature) programme from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem meets the highest international standards and prepares students to compete with postgraduates from top universities worldwide.

Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies programme at Utrecht University focuses on interdisciplinary study of the material, social, and intellectual developments in Europe (including the Mediterranean region) from Antiquity through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies programme at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem includes a rigorous Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) curriculum. Courses are taught by leading scholars and students enjoy the added benefit of living in Jerusalem, a city in which 35% of the inhabitants are native Arabic speakers.

Language and Communication Technologies
Are you interested in both technology and language? Would you like to contribute to future-proof language systems? In the Language and Communication Technologies Master’s programme at Radboud University, you will focus on improving the linguistic and communicative properties of automatic language systems.