Graduate Programs in History
Acting Head of Department : Arzu Öztürkmen Yılmaz
Associate Department Heads: Oya Pancaroğlu, Elif Ünlü
Professors : Peter Robert Campbell, Selim Deringil*, Selçuk Esenbel† , Suraiya Faroqhi*, Paolo Girardelli, Hyun Woong Hong**, Huricihan İslamoğlu*, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu, Nevra Necipoğlu, Arzu Öztürkmen, Aslı Özyar, Oya Pancaroğlu, İsenbike Togan*
Associate Professors : Yaşar Tolga Cora, Koray Şevki Durak, Ahmet Ersoy, Hasan Peker*, Yücel Terzibaşoğlu, Derin Terzioğlu, Fethiye Meltem Türköz*, Elif Ünlü, Hasan Peker*
Assistant Professors : Lale Babaoğlu Balkış, Antonis Hadjikyriacou,Ercihan Yerlioğlu ve Paolo Maranzana
Instructors : Yuiko Goya, Antony Greenwood*, Nicole Immig**, Brigita Kukjalko, Erdal Küçükyalçın, Wenhong Li**, Yuriko Öncü, Türkan Pilavcı*, Athanasia Stavrou**, Lale Uluç*, Fei Yang**, Guiyuan Yang, Dan Zheng**.
†Emeritus
*Part-time
** Confucius Institute, Onassis Foundation and Korea Foundation visiting instructors
The Graduate Program in History aims to train the student in productive scholarship and for effective teaching. The program provides the student with the theoretical and methodological tools for historical research and analysis, and encourages comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. The areas of specialization offered include Ancient, Ottoman/Turkish, European (including the Byzantine Empire), Asian History, and the History of Art and Architecture. The areas of specialization in Ottoman/Turkish, European and Asian History focus on the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of medieval, the early modern, and modern periods of the respective areas. The concentration in Byzantine History within the area of specialization in European History focuses on the social and economic history of the Byzantine Empire and its interrelationships with Western Europe and the Middle East. The area of specialization in Ancient History focuses on the ancient history and archeology of Anatolia within the matrix of the eastern Mediterranean region. The specialization in the History of Art and Architecture focuses on the art, visual culture and material environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, concentrating on the Seljuk and Ottoman heritage within their broader cultural, social, political, and aesthetic context.
Students in the Graduate Program in History are expected to choose a sponsor from the department and decide on their area of specialization upon their admission to the program. Students are expected to establish a reading program under the supervision of their sponsor.
Students in the M.A. Program are expected to achieve competence in graduate research. The program also provides the department with evidence for the evaluation of those who wish to apply to the Ph.D. program. Students of the M.A. Program in History are required to take 24 credits of coursework spread over two semesters, and the submission and defense of an M.A. thesis. The students of the M.A. Program in History are expected to know the language(s) of their area of specialization.
The Ph.D. program in History aims to train the student in original research work in their chosen area of specialization. The Ph.D. program is open to students who have successfully completed the M.A. program in History at B.U. Candidates with an M.A. from other departments / universities will be evaluated on an individual basis and may be asked to take additional courses. Students are expected to comply with the general requirements of the Graduate School in all other respects.
The Ph.D. program requires students to complete a minimum of 24 credits of coursework in addition to non-credit language requirement(s), and the completion of a Ph.D. dissertation. Students who are admitted to the Ph.D. program are expected to take two courses in Theory and Method and five electives, and to pass a reading proficiency in a modern European or Asian language. If necessary, students are expected to pass a proficiency exam in a technical language, such as Ottoman Turkish, required for one of the areas specialization.
Students in the Ph.D. program are required to pass a qualifying exam upon the completion of their course work. Students are expected to pass the non-credit language proficiency exam(s) before taking the qualifying examination.
Students in those fields that require an interdisciplinary approach may substitute a graduate course from another department in lieu of the general requirement for courses, with the consent of the departments in question.
MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN HISTORY
| First Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| HIST 501 | Historiography I | 3 | 9 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 | 7 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 | 7 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 | 7 |
| HIST 579 | Graduate Seminar | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 32 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| HIST 502 | Historiography II | 3 | 9 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 | 7 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 | 7 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 30 | ||
| Third Semester | |||
| Cr. | ECTS | ||
| HIST 690 | M.A. Thesis | 0 | 60 |
Total: 24 Credits.
ECTS: 122 (min. 120)
NOTES:
1. Minimum ECTS per semester must be 30
2. In case of changes being proposed to an existing program, please add the old template of the program to the application file and mark the changes in bold characters.
Specialization in the History of Art and Architecture
| First Semester | Cr | |
| HIST 551 | Method and Theory in the History of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| 12 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr | |
| HIST 502 | Historiography II | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Seminar/Course Elective | 3 |
| 12 | ||
| Third Semester | ||
| HIST 690 | M.A. Thesis | |
Specialization in Ancient History and Archaeology
| First Semester | Cr | |
| HIST 551 | Method and Theory in the History of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| 12 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr | |
| HIST 541 | Method & Theory in Archeology | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Area Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Seminar/Course Elective | 3 |
| 12 | ||
| Third Semester | ||
| HIST 690 | M.A. Thesis | |
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN HISTORY
| First Semester | Cr. | |
| -- -- | Course in Theory and Method | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Language Requrement(s) | - |
| 9 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr. | |
| -- -- | Course in Theory and Method | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Language Requirement(s) | - |
| 9 | ||
| Third Semester | Cr | |
| HIST 601 | History Seminar | 3 |
| -- -- | Elective | 3 |
| -- -- | Language Requirement(s) | - |
| 6 | ||
| HIST 790 | Ph.D. Thesis | |
Total: 24 Credits.
