The research area includes: Palestine studies; Arabic historiography; diaspora and migration studies; Middle East politics, economics, society, history and culture; social anthropology of the Middle East; women and gender studies. Students have opportunities for cross-disciplinary research in collaboration with relevant programmes in other fields of study. Our relationships extend beyond the University and we have good relations with academic and research institutions internationally, attracting research students from all over the world and many cultural backgrounds. There are frequent public seminars and a lecture series which features distinguished scholars and public figures in related fields from the UK, Europe and throughout the Islamic world.