Civilization Studies (Thesis)

The program analyzes different civilizations through a comparative perspective. The students enrolled in the program investigate civilizations adopting an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach fed by various disciplines such as religion, art, literature, history, sociology, and political science. The faculty at our Institute regard different disciplines not as different areas of research but as complementary perspectives that aim to analyze humanity’s common issues. Students coming to our Institute from different corners of the world with awareness of different problems, choose a particular issue which they tackle through a particular research question and strive to answer this question through the thesis writing process. In our courses, we encourage students to be aware of the strong connections between civilizations, and languages – as carriers of civilizations. Our Institute by nature is multilingual as it studies multiple civilizations. While English is the language of instruction in most courses, we provide language learning support in Turkish and Arabic as well.