List of courses for the Interdisciplinary PhD in Social Studies at MISR
(M Phil / PhD in Social Studies).
3.2.1 Core Courses (SSR = Social Studies Core Subjects)
SSR 7101: Major Debates in the Study of Africa
SSR 7102: Premodern Social and Political Thought
SSR 7103: The History of Economic Theory
SSR 7204: Africa Before Western Hegemony
SSR 8101: Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, and Decolonisation
SSR 8202: Research Seminar
3.2.2 Cluster 1: Political Studies (SSP = Social Studies concentration in Political Studies)
SSP 7201: Human Rights and Politics
SSP 7202: Contemporary Social and Political Thought
SSP 8101: Power, Society and Custom Before and After Colonialism
SSP 8202: The Modern State and the Colonial Subject
SSP 8203: Thematic Seminar: Political Studies
3.2.3 Cluster 2: Political Economy (SSE = Social Studies concentration in Political Economy)
SSE 7201: International Political Economy
SSE 8101: Statistical Methods
SSE 8102: Late Industrialization
SSE 8103: Thematic Seminar: Political Economy
SSE 8204: The Agrarian Question in Modern History
3.2.4 Cluster 3: Historical Studies (Social Studies concentration in Historical Studies)
SSH 7201: Slavery and Slave Trades
SSH 7202: Gender in History
SSH 8101: Thematic Seminar: Historical Studies
SSH 8102: Historical Research and Sources in African History
SSH 8203: History and Historicism
3.2.5 Cluster 4: Cultural Studies (Social Studies concentration in Cultural Studies)
SSC 7201: African Literature and the Critical Traditions
SSC 7202: Thematic Seminar: Cultural Studies
SSC 8101: Culture and Theory
SSC 8102: Studies in Contemporary African Popular Arts and Cultures
SSC 8202: Development, Culture & Social Change