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Program Coordinator: Assist. Prof. İrem İnceoğlu
Contact: irem.inceoglu@khas.edu.tr
Program Objectives
• Provide advanced education and research opportunities in the field of gender and women’s studies
• Introduce theoretical frameworks, discourses, methods, and critical practices focusing on gender equality
• Create a rich academic environment in which complex relationships between gender relations and social, cultural, political, economic, and spatial formations can be explored
• Train researchers who can teach gender studies in academia or work for non-governmental organizations operating in areas such as women’s and family policies, reproductive and sexual health, urban policy, migration, and human rights
The language of instruction in the program is English.
Selected Research Projects
• Dilek Cindoğlu, “Analyzing Normalized Episiotomies in Turkey in the framework of Grounded Theory with an Intersectional Approach”, TÜBİTAK
• Mary Lou O’Neil, “GenderEX: Gender for Excellence in Research”, HORIZON 2020
• Lerna Yanık & Dilek Cindoğlu, “Earthquakes and Women: Determining the Factors for a Social Vulnerability Sensitive Earthquake Disaster Planning for İstanbul- Diagnosis, Analysis, and Solutions”, TÜBİTAK
• Nurseli Yeşim Sünbüloğlu, “E-Gen Module (Equality Generation Module) for Young Men at High Schools”, Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul”, “Gender Backlash in Turkey: The Case of State-Sponsored KADEM”, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• İrem İnceoğlu, “An Analysis of New Media and Cultural Practices of Youth in Turkey”, TÜBİTAK; “The Analysis of Turkish Youth’s Mate Selection Practices via Location Based Mobile Dating Applications”, “TV Series-A Comparative Perspective- from Geopolitics to Geocritics: Serbia and Turkey”, “Women on Screen and behind the Camera: A Contemporary Outlook (2017-2021) to Representation and Labor of Women in Film and TV Industries in Turkey”, TÜBİTAK (consultant)
Eligibility Criteria
• Applicants are expected to have a strong background and motivation in gender studies. Applicants with relevant activist or academic experience will be prioritized/preferred.
• Some of our students in the program hold research and instruction positions in different universities. Others are active in non-profit and arts and culture organizations.
Scholarships & Financial Support
Successful applicants can receive a full tuition fee waiver at the time of enrollment and are expected to undertake a variety of academic and administrative tasks in return. The successful applicants admitted to the Ph.D. program can work as scholarship holders in academic projects coordinated by faculty members and gain academic experience in national and international projects.
Program Requirements
The Women and Gender Studies PhD Program’s duration is four years. To fulfill the degree requirements, students are expected to complete a courseload of 60 ECTS, pass the written and oral qualifying exams successfully, present their thesis proposal, and complete their thesis writing and defense. To graduate, students are required to prepare and present their thesis proposal in line with the TÜBİTAK project format and publish at least one scientific article in a Q1 journal. All full-time students are expected to complete their degree and graduation requirements in four years.
Courses
• Gender and Law: Theories and Methodologies
• Gender and Performativity
• Gender of Space
• Gender and Migration
• Gender and Women in Modern Turkey
• Gender, Culture, and Representation
• Gender and Sexuality Theories
• Advanced Qualitative Research Methods