Courses – Academy in Exile

24. January 20258. May 2026

Afghanistan and the Arts (lead: Kira Heetpass; language: English/Farsi translation)

This course is being developed by Kira Heetpass in collaboration with AiE fellows—Fatemeh Rezaei, Marzia Karimi, Azita Ibrahimy, Firooza Omar, Mohammad Dawood Sokhanwar, Mahnaz Malistani, Lida Nazarian, Hijratullah Safi—under the direction of Prof. Vanessa Agnew. You’re denied an education. Now what? That is the question for Afghan women at present. There is, … more info

14. September 202021. January 2025

Refugee Routes (lead: Prof. Dr. Vanessa Agnew; language: English)

This course was developed by Director of the AiE Critical Thinking Program at FU Berlin, Professor Dr. Vanessa Agnew, in collaboration with four AiE fellows – Dr. Zeynep Türkyılmaz, Dr. Sayed Mahdi Mosawi, Dr. Olga Selin Hünler, and an anonymous contributor.

This MA/advanced undergraduate course … more info

14. September 20208. May 2026

Social Movements in Turkey (lead: Adem Yeşilyurt, EHESS; language: Turkish)

This course was developed by Adem Yeşilyurt, who is a PhD candidate at EHESS, based in France.

This course is designed for first- and second-year undergraduate students or students who are new to sociological studies on Turkey. First, students are introduced to social movement theories … more info

20. April 202013. September 2021

Critical Digital Media Studies (lead: Dr. Fırat Erdoğmuş, UDE; language: Turkish)

This course was developed by AiE fellow Dr. Fırat Erdoğmuş in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tezcan Durna who is based in Turkey.

The main aim of this course is to critically analyze the concept of “media” which people need today in order to make … more info

26. March 202021. January 2025

Gender Studies in Turkey (lead Prof. Dr. Gülay Toksöz, FU; language: Turkish)

This course was developed by four AiE fellows, Assistant Professor Dr. Ayşe Dayı, Dr. Ezgi Pınar, Assistant Professor Dr. Mehmet Şiray, Professor Dr. Gülay Toksöz, and AiE Director Professor Dr. Kader Konuk in collaboration with scholars from Turkey.

This course is open to enrollment for … more info

19. July 201714. September 2021

Public Lecture Series “Critical Turkish Studies” (language: Turkish and English)

In the summer semester of 2017, AiE Director Prof. Dr. Kader Konuk hosted a public lecture series (Ringvorlesung) entitled “Critical Turkish Studies” (Kritische Türkeistudien) at the Institute of Turkish Studies of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany. Guest speakers from a variety of disciplines shared … more info