Cultural Studies

Overview

The Master’s program in Cultural Studies at  Sabanci University fosters an open intellectual atmosphere where students and academic staff engage with ongoing debates on critical issues of cultural politics in Turkey and around the world in the era of neo-liberal globalism.

The program’s core staff are involved in a wide range of research projects and public platforms, both national and international. Particular strengths of the program include ethnographic and interpretive methodologies, and collaboration across disciplines on the following research themes:

• Transnational mobility, ethnic identities and citizenship

• Gender, sexuality, intimacy

• Ideology and politics of representation

• Memory studies and oral history

Program Outcomes

Culture is a concept we are confronted with on a daily basis in the contemporary  world. Positioned in an interdisciplinary area within the context of fields such as anthropology, literature, media studies and  sociology, The Cultural Studies Program at Sabancı University focuses on the area of culture. The objectives of the Program are to combine theory and practice in order to instill in students a critical perspective, creative thinking and active participation. Graduates of the program can work in the following areas: NGO's, media, film, advertising, public relations, human resources, art, literature, cultural criticism and cultural management.