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We are delighted to announce a new MA in Magic and Occult Sciences <\/strong>
\nlaunching in September, 2024.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a flexible degree, which provides you the freedom to design you own course of study<\/span>.\u00a0Led by a team of faculty members across departments (see our “members” tab), an essential aspect of this programme is its interdisciplinarity. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0Thus, the University of Exeter’s MA in <\/span><\/span>Magic and Occult Science allows you to<\/span> explore your specific interest within the long and diverse history of esotericism, witchcraft, ritual magic, occult sciences, divination, and related topics<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>The compulsory, team-taught core module<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0ARAM251 Esotericism and the Magical Tradition<\/span>,<\/span> lets you meet a range of scholars from different fields, and to form a community with other students on your program.<\/span> You will also attend the monthly meetings and local field trips of the Centre for Magic and Esotericism. Thus, you will benefit from conversation with a wide range of learners with diverse interests, no matter which modules you have chosen. <\/span>B<\/span>y housing this program in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, we place the Arabo-Islamic cultural heritage back where it belongs in the centre of these studies and in the history of the \u201cWest.\u201d Decolonisation,\u00a0<\/span>the exploration of\u00a0<\/span>alternative epistemologies, <\/span>feminism,\u00a0<\/span>and anti-racism are at the core of this programme.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nStudents who wish to employ primarily text-based, historical, or social-science methodologies will enrol on the ARAM027 dissertation module, based in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. Students who wish to employ primarily performative and practice-based methodologies will enrol on the DRAM080 dissertation module, based in the Drama Department. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0A sample list of optional module topics includes: <\/span><\/p>\n

Oral History, <\/span>Material Culture, The Western Dragon in Literature Lore and Art, <\/span>Researching Theatre and Performance, <\/span>The Legend of King Arthur, Palaeography, <\/span>The Philosophy of Psychedelics, <\/span>Science Technology and Society, <\/span>Theorizing the Middle East, <\/span>The Sovereign the Good and Society in Islamic Thought, <\/span>Themes in Archaeological Theory and Practice, <\/span>Writing Women in the Middle Ages, <\/span>The Book in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, and <\/span>Gender Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please contact e.selove@exeter.ac.uk for more information and to register your interest!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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