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face="Palatino Linotype">______________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>Master's
Program at Bilgi<BR><BR>The Social Sciences Institute at Istanbul Bilgi
University announces the launching of its Master's Program in History for the
academic year of 2006-2007. The Master's Program aims to provide students of
diverse backgrounds a firm academic foundation geared towards conducting
original research in the field of history with an emphasis on interdisciplinary
methods and approaches. Application to the program is not limited to students
with undergraduate degrees in history but is also open to those from related
fields in the social sciences and humanities, whether it be on the undergraduate
as well as graduate level. International students are likewise encouraged to
apply. Teaching and coursework are conducted in English.<BR><BR>The two-year
master's program focuses on the cultural and intellectual history of Turkey
covering the medieval to contemporary periods. Since the field of cultural and
intellectual history is particularly underrepresented in graduate programs in
Turkish universities, the History Department at Bilgi offers a unique program
both in terms of diverse and challenging coursework as well as research
opportunities in the above field. With an emphasis on interaction with the
teaching staff, the program encourages students to work in close collaboration
with their advisors in both the classroom as well as on individual research
projects.<BR><BR>Up to ten students will be accepted into the Master's program
per year. Limited funding is available.<BR><BR><BR>Contact
Information<BR><BR>For further information please contact the director of the
master's program, Associate Professor Dr. Christoph K. Neuman<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:neumann@bilgi.edu.tr"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">neumann@bilgi.edu.tr</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">(##90-212) 311 6469<BR><BR>Timetable for Application
and Registration<BR>1 September
2006:
preregistration deadline<BR>4 September
2006:
written exam<BR>12 September
2006: interview<BR>13-18
September
2006: university
registration<BR>19-23 September
2006: course
registration<BR><BR>Application Requirements<BR>* Graduation from an accredited
university<BR>* Transcript of university-level coursework<BR>* Three reference
letters, two of which must be written by members of one's department<BR>*
Academic Curriculam Vitae (cv)<BR>* LES minimum score of 45 or GRE minimum score
of 610<BR>* English proficiency exam: either TOEFL (min. 233/575 [TWE
4.5]); IELTS (min. 7); ÜDS (min. 85) or Istanbul Bilgi University
Certificate of Proficiency in English<BR>Note: For those students who know a
language other than Turkish well but have only an intermediate command of
English, deferment of admission for a year will be permissible contingent upon
taking steps to acquire the necessary level of English during that year.<BR>*
Written exam<BR>* Interview conducted by the teaching staff of the History
Department<BR><BR>Coursework Schedule<BR><BR><BR>1. term: HIST 501, HIST
511(required), HIST 521 or CULT 502 or CULT 511 (departmental elective), 1
general elective course<BR>2. term: HIST 502, HIST 512 (required), HIST 532 or
CULT 512 or CULT 519 (departmental elective), 1 general elective course<BR>3.
and 4. terms: thesis (required).<BR><BR>Required History Courses:<BR>HIST
501 Sources of Turkish Cultural and
Intellectual History 1<BR>HIST 502
Sources of Turkish Cultural and Intellectual History 2<BR>HIST
511 Ottoman Material Culture<BR>HIST
512 Political Thought from the Ottoman
to Republican Periods<BR><BR>Elective History Courses:<BR>HIST
521 Culture and Social Class<BR>HIST
532 The Practice of the Writing of
History<BR><BR>Master's students may choose from a variety of elective courses
upon departmental approval from the following Bilgi University graduate studies
programs: Cultural Studies, International Relations, Architecture, and
Comparative Literature. Students may also opt to take electives courses from the
History Department on the undergraduate level when appropriate.<BR><BR>Content
of History Courses<BR>HIST 501 - Sources of Turkish Cultural and Intellectual
History 1 This course introduces the student to the study of narrative sources
ranging from pre-modern chronicles to newspapers through the application of
various theoretical approaches including Structuralism, British Marxism, New
Cultural History and Deconstructionism. The implications of print and publishing
techniques in the production of sources will likewise be examined.<BR><BR>HIST
502 - Sources of Turkish Cultural and Intellectual History 2 This course focuses
specifically on archival and visual sources using quantitative and statistical
methods. The relation between sources and Ottoman and Turkish administrative and
social structures, the contextualization of visual sources and documents,
research methods as well as strategies of interpretation are among the topics to
be explored.<BR><BR>HIST 511 - Ottoman Material Culture<BR>Often assumed static
and unchanging as implied by the notion of "traditional," Ottoman material
culture is examined in this course by tracing material change within the
framework of everyday life and social structure.<BR><BR>HIST 512 -Political
Thought from the Ottoman to Republican Periods Emphasizing the relationship
between thought and social development, this course entails the study of
original texts dealing with Ottoman-Turkish political thought with the intention
of problematizing the notion that Turkish political thought is based on a
continuous tradition of state-centredness and primacy of rulership as formulated
in the sixteenth century. The role intellectual developments played in the
forefront of social struggle as well as their transformation through time and
changing conditions will be the focus of this course.<BR><BR>HIST 521 -Culture
and Social Class<BR>This course critiques the notion of culture as it was first
conceptualized as a manifestation of "the spirit of a nation" as seen in
Romantic nationalistic historiography or as a phenomenon secondary to the
economic superstructure as presented in conventional Marxism. It likewise traces
how culture has been redefined following the linguistic turn as a primary
historical phenomenon especially in cultural history. Approaches towards culture
as employed in historical works produced in Turkey, as well as possibilities for
future practice, will be examined in light of examples offered by world-renowned
historians such as E.P. Thompson, Peter Burke, Michel Foucault, Alain Corbin,
Raffaella Sarti, Simon Schama and Christiane Klapisch-Zuber.<BR><BR>HIST 532
-The Practice of Writing History<BR>This course is an introduction into the ways
in which history is practiced and produced. Students will be introduced to a
variety of strategies for delineating research topics and identifying sources,
for evaluating data and evidence, as well as understanding narrative conventions
and style used in the compostion of historical works. In an attempt to combine
theory with practice, close critical readings of important texts will be
accompanied by discussion of theoretical debates, questions regarding narrative
technique and practice as well as language use.<BR><BR>TEACHING STAFF<BR>Prof.
Dr. Mete Tunçay<BR>Prof. Dr. Murat Belge<BR>Prof. Dr. Jale Parla<BR>Doç. Dr.
Christoph Neumann<BR>Doç. Dr. Levent Yilmaz<BR>Yrd. Doç. Dr. Bülent
Bilmez<BR>Doç. Dr. Ferda Keskin<BR><BR><BR><BR>Christoph K. Neumann<BR>Director,
MA programme in History<BR><BR>Istanbul Bilgi University<BR>Faculty of Science
and Letters<BR>Department of History<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:neumann@bilgi.edu.tr"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">neumann@bilgi.edu.tr</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">phone ##90-212-3116469 (office), 3270531
(home)<BR>fax ##90-212-2168477 (faculty), 3270531 (home)<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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