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<P>SECOND ROUND ADMISSIONS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HISTORY</P>
<P>GRADUATE PROGRAM AT SABANCI UNIVERSITY</P>
<P>30 May 2008 is the second round Admissions deadline for the History MA and
PhD Programs at Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey).</P>
<P>Both the MA and the PhD programs revolve around Ottoman, Late Ottoman and
Modern Turkish History, though this is not an exclusive focus, and is
accompanied by a strong emphasis on situating the Ottoman Empire and Modern
Turkey within their proper Balkan and Middle Eastern contexts. An innovative
curriculum strives to combine broad comparative and theoretical perspectives
with empirical rigour, teaching with learning, and personal research with
institutional projects.</P>
<P>The language of instruction is English.</P>
<P>The standing faculty comprises three pre-Tanzimat Ottomanists (Metin Kunt,
Tulay Artan, Hulya Canbakal), two 19th century specialists (Hakan Erdem, Aksin
Somel), two historians of the Republican era (Cemil Kocak, Halil Berktay), a
historian of Central-Southeast Europe (Fikret Adanir), and a specialist in
Byzantine and Balkan art and architecture (Bratislav Pantelic).</P>
<P>In addition, there is a regular rotation of one or two visiting professors
per term who are mostly specialists of the Ottoman Balkans (Elizabeth
Zachariadou, Rossitsa Gradeva) or of Modern Balkan History (Diana Mishkova).</P>
<P>History Graduate Program has a student exchange with the Turkish Language and
Cultures Programme at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Sabanci University
participates in the Socrates program of the European Union, which offers
universities an opportunity to work together with counterparts in other European
countries. It has various agreements with British, Danish, Dutch, German,
Norvegian and Spanish universities.</P>
<P>Ongoing institutional projects (such as the Joint History Project, The Shared
History Project, Alternative History Textbooks Writing Project, Urban History :
Tesvikiye District Project, Topkapi Palace "1680 Treasury Registers" Project,
Royal Courts and Households Project) are well-connected to national or
international networks ranging from nationalism studies, education reform,
critical historiography, comparative empires to community societies and
museums.</P>
<P>*Sabanci History Graduate Program offers scholarships which may comprise a
half-tuition waiver, a full tuition waiver, or a tuition waiver combined with a
9-month stipend. Scholarships are open to all candidates on a competitive basis;
they are renewable according to merit. Starting from Fall 2008, two new
PhD-level scholarships will be available for graduate students who will
participate in the project on the "History of Istanbul" managed jointly by
Sabanci University, Harvard University and Packard Humanities Institute.*</P>
<P>The 2-year MA program offers two options for MA diploma, either</P>
<P>*by* *thesis* or *by* *examination*. MA by thesis requires 9 courses, to be
completed by the end of the third semester, and a short thesis to be produced
over the fourth semester. MA by examination, on the other hand, envisages a
minimum of 12 courses spread over four semesters, and a finishing exam. The PhD
program requires an additional 8 courses plus a minimum of three years for
thesis research and submission.</P>
<P>There are no field restrictions for applying to the MA Program in History,
while PhD applicants must have an MA (or the equivalent) in History, Art and
Architectural History, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, or
Literature.</P>
<P>All candidates must :</P>
<P>(a) Fill out a standard Application Form (*)</P>
<P>including</P>
<P>(b) Statement of purpose (min. 1500 words) reflective of</P>
<P>their intellectual horizons and research interests.</P>
<P>They should also submit</P>
<P>(c) at least two letters of recommendation ;</P>
<P>(d) an official, stamped and sealed BA or BSc transcript (with a minimum
2.50/4.00 CGPA) for the MA Program, and both the undergraduate and master's
transcripts for tEqually Weighted scale) for applicants from Turkish
universities, and GRE scores (of a minimum total of 610 for the Quantitative
components)</P>
<P>for non-Turkish students, as well as</P>
<P>(f) a valid English language fluency score (min. 237/580 for TOEFL, or 7 for
IELTS).</P>
<P>Admission procedures entail, in addition to committe review of all files.
Applicants from Turkish universities are expected to take part in a *written*
*exam* (*02* *June*, *Monday*), followed by an</P>
<P>*interview* *for*</P>
<P>*all*</P>
<P>*short*-*listed* *candidates (04 June, Wednesday)*. These examinations will
be held following the application deadline (30 May 2008). Both exam and
interview will be made on the Orhanli, Tuzla campus of the University.</P>
<P>The annual tuition fee for graduate studies at SU is currently USD 7500,
while the total cost per year may come to 11,000 dollars (including on-campus
room and board).</P>
<P>For further information, please contact :</P>
<P>Dr. Selcuk Aksin Somel</P>
<P><somel@sabanciuniv.edu <</FONT><A
href="mailto:somel@sabanciuniv.edu"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4>mailto:somel@sabanciuniv.edu</U></FONT></A><FONT size=4>>></P>
<P>Phone +90-216-483 9278</P>
<P>Postal Address :</P>
<P>Sabanci University</P>
<P>Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences</P>
<P>Orhanli, Tuzla</P>
<P>34956 Istanbul</P>
<P>Turkey</P>
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