Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) events will be postponed or canceled until the end of June 2020 and classes have been suspended on campus until further notice.
With a remote working approach in place, HBKU remains fully committed to ensuring educational continuity through its online learning platforms.
For further updates please visit: COVID-19
Admission for Fall 2020 I now closed. For information about Fall 2021, please check back in November. We will contact all applicants once the admissions decisions are made.
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Master of Arts in Digital Humanities and Societies
A two-year program focusing on the study of digital technologies and their effect on aspects of human culture, with an emphasis on digital methods and trends and practices in digital culture.
The MA in Digital Humanities and Societies is a two-year program that allows participants to study the Middle East’s digital culture from a scholarly and digital research perspective.
Through the program, students are able to specialize as archival print scholars of Middle Eastern digital culture or as researchers trained to employ the powerful methodologies of the digital humanities to investigate practices, patterns and trends of digital culture.
The MA in Digital Humanities and Societies program welcomes applicants with an interest in digital cultures and digital humanities, including students who have recently graduated from an undergraduate program, entrepreneurs, project managers, and working specialists in IT, public relations, communications, libraries and cultural heritage.
Graduates of the program are equipped to:
- Contribute to cutting-edge theory and timely intellectual conversations about digital cultures in the Middle East and other regions.
- Pursue careers in different fields such as higher education administration, library or cultural heritage organizations, research centers, media and marketing firms, or digital emerging businesses.
- Pursue advanced research at PhD level.