With its international academic staff and students, EMU embodies many similarities and differences. Therefore, it is a community which embraces differences and cultural variety and hence, an ideal environment for a democratic culture to flourish. In order to contribute to this atmosphere, the Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, which was launched in 2009, strives to create an awareness of respect, tolerance and responsibility in students through its wide selection of elective courses (including philosophy, art, anthropology, archeology, law etc.) it offers every semester.
By acknowledging the value of multi-directional education in every educational field, EMU aims to provide students with undergraduate level knowledge on arts, aesthetics, humanities and social sciences as well as to provide a basis and understanding on anthropology, archaeology, museology and cultural heritage. Bringing creativity and analytical thinking into open while realizing the aim, our faith in our students contributing everything that is to have good impact on human values, societies and world empowers us.
Through our program and elective courses, we wish to contribute to the civilization by applying science and playing a part in resolving both regional and international problems by creating awareness with an integrated approach into arts, humanities and social sciences as well as an inter-disciplinary approach.
Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences has experienced academic staff comprising of academic members who are graduates of various reputable universities and are authors of many published books and articles.
Courses offered by the Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are conducted in Arts and Sciences Faculty in classrooms furnished with audio-visual equipment. Apart from the rich EMU library database, the books available in the library serve as a source for literature, history, archaeology and music. Student clubs run by the department, seminars and cultural tours organized also by the department contribute to the intellectual development of students taking courses from the Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Thanks to our department’s collaboration with EMU – Eastern Mediterranean Cultural Heritage Research Center (EMU-DAKMAR), our students can partake in inter-disciplinary excavations or surface researches operated by the center. Adding more, students can benefit from The Kral Tepesi Preserving and Restoring Cultural Assets Laboratory, allowing them to actively work on cultural heritage preservation works.
Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences comes from a rooted arts and social sciences tradition. Intrinsically, this inter-disciplinary department aims to offer various university elective courses including; philosophy, arts, aesthetics and museology, archeology, history, Mediterranean cultural heritage and history, etc. Our department embraces an approach that will enhance our students’ knowledge, revive their intellectual improvements, increase their interests on literature and culture and finally enable the variety of opinions. Therefore, courses taught in our department are designed in company with audio-visual materials that will contribute the creative thinking skills of our students. Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences also strives to encourage its students to participate in different inter-disciplinary projects and, to contribute the bringing up of young scientists.
Apart from the courses offered by the Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to its students, department also provide other students who are studying in different departments in EMU and are keen on studying history, archeology, history of arts, mythology and philosophy. With the national and international scientific projects operated under the roof of our department, important contributions are made with regards to the preserving, researching and restoring the World Cultural Heritage.
Graduates of Eastern Mediterranean University will obtain an opportunity while starting their professional lives. EMU makes sure that its graduates are aware of the universal ethical and cultural values which will help them in both national and international professional environments. Today, the way people are perceived is closely linked with their achievements. For this reason, we aim to infuse cultural, artistic and universal values into our students, gain them intellectual skills and finally help them to become successful individuals and/or academic staff members.
A degree from the Department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences leads to a wide variety of job opportunities. Because of the comprehensive and inclusive scope of the disciplines, students are well-prepared to embark on careers ranging from archeology, history, anthropology, philosophy, teaching, cinema, advertising, politics, public relations, film, public relations, international relations to diplomacy and NGO’s.
| Program Name | Degree | Duration (Years) |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeology and History of Art | Bachelor / B.A. | 4 |
| Urban Archaeology and Management of Cultural Heritage (Turkish with Thesis) | Master / M.A. | 1 - 2 |
| Urban Archaeology and Management of Cultural Heritage (Turkish without Thesis) | Master / M.A. | 1 - 1.5 |
Contact
Address: Department of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesDepartment of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Aristóteles StreetEastern Mediterranean UniversityFamagusta, North CyprusMersin 10 Turkey
Tel: +90 392 630 2015
E-posta: bulent.kizilduman@emu.edu.tr
Web: http://fas.emu.edu.tr
| Name Surname | Duty | Department | Office | Tel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. BÜLENT KIZILDUMAN | Chair | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS309 | 2015 |
| Name Surname | Duty | Department | Office | Tel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. AYŞE CEREN EREL | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS300 | ||
| Dr. DEVRAN KAYA | Faculty Member | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |||
| Dr. ERGE YURTDAŞ | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS304 | ||
| Dr. SEREN SEVİM ÖĞMEN UYGUROĞLU | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS300 | ||
| Dr. SİNEM HOŞSÖZ | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS304 | ||
| Sr. Instr. HAZAL DİNÇYÜREK | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |||
| Sr. Instr. SÜHEYLA ZIMMERMANN | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS304 | ||
| Sr. Instr. ŞÜKRİYE ATASOY ÇİÇEK | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |||
| Specialist AYHATUN ATEŞİN | Senior Instructor | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 2580 |
| Name Surname | Duty | Department | Office | Tel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANA HOCANIN | Research Assistant | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | AS306 | 1215 |
Our department have prepared courses for the other departments and faculties in order to contribute to the general cultural knowledge of our students and to increase their awareness in the fields of arts, humanities and social sciences. Our theoretical and practical courses enable our students to think creatively, and include exhibitions to demonstrate these aspects of our students at the end of the semester. Our related lessons are as follows.
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT |
|---|---|---|
| AHHS301 | Introduction to Creative Photography | 3 |
| AHSS101 | World Civilization | 3 |
| AHSS102 | History of the Mediterranean | 3 |
| AHSS103 | Italian Culture in the Modern Era:History and Cinema | 3 |
| AHSS105 | Istanbul: A Tale of Two Cities | 3 |
| AHSS110 | Social History of Sports | 3 |
| AHSS111 | The Ancient World and Cinema | 3 |
| AHSS112 | Humanities - I | 3 |
| AHSS113 | The Ancient World and Cinema | 3 |
| AHSS114 | Interpretation of Stories and Films | 3 |
| AHSS115 | Woman in Fairy Tales | 3 |
| AHSS117 | Sexuality in the Ancient World | 3 |
| AHSS133 | Music In Our World | 3 |
| AHSS135 | Music In Our World | 3 |
| AHSS147 | Great Discoveries in Archaeology | 3 |
| AHSS149 | Great Discoveries in Archaeology | 3 |
| AHSS151 | Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean | 3 |
| AHSS152 | Mythology | 3 |
| AHSS153 | Monuments and Sites of the Near East | 3 |
| AHSS154 | Monuments and Sites of the Near East | 3 |
| AHSS155 | Mythological Stories | 3 |
| AHSS157 | Mythological Stories | 3 |
| AHSS161 | Sexuality in the Ancient World | 3 |
| AHSS162 | Anatolian Settlements | 3 |
| AHSS163 | Settlements of Cyprus | 3 |
| AHSS201 | History of The Mediterranean (1500 B.C.E-1571 C.E.) | 3 |
| AHSS202 | Archaeology of Cyprus | 3 |
| AHSS203 | Gender Studies | 3 |
| AHSS204 | Gender Studies | 3 |
| AHSS206 | Maps: A Gateway to Mediterranean History | 3 |
| AHSS210 | Social History of Football | 3 |
| AHSS211 | Humanities - II | 3 |
| AHSS212 | Psychoanalysis and Film | 3 |
| AHSS222 | Video Games,Art,History and Archaeology | 3 |
| AHSS261 | Cultural History of Cyprus | 3 |
| AHSS272 | Introduction to Clay Sculpture | 3 |
| AHSS273 | Conceptual Sculpture | 3 |
| AHSS301 | Introduction to Creative Photography | 3 |
| AHSS401 | World of Art : A Survey for Translation Studies | 3 |
| AHSS402 | World of Knowledge: Cosmopolitan Cities | 3 |
| AHSS421 | Museology | 3 |
| AHSS444 | Underweater Archaeolgy | 3 |
| ARCY111 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ARCY112 | Archaeological Concepts - I : Methods | 3 |
| ARCY205 | History of Technology | 3 |
| ARCY213 | Prehistory | 3 |
| ARCY223 | Ancient Civilizations | 3 |
| ARCY234 | Archaeological Concepts - II : Analysis | 3 |
| ARCY315 | Archaeology of South West Asia | 3 |
| ARCY333 | Archaeology of the Medieval Near East | 3 |
| ARCY336 | Archaeology of Cyprus | 3 |
| ARCY356 | Archaeology of Anatolia | 3 |
| ARCY401 | Aegean Prehistoric | 3 |
| ARCY417 | Archaeological Concepts - III : Theories in Archaeology | 3 |
| ARCY445 | Underwater Archaeology Theory and Methods | 3 |
| ARTH121 | Introduction to Art | 3 |
| ARTH122 | Arts Practice | 3 |
| ARTH142 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art | 3 |
| ARTH224 | Concepts in Art History - I : Methods | 3 |
| ARTH243 | Renaissance and Baroque | 3 |
| ARTH244 | Romanticism to Modernism | 3 |
| ARTH325 | Concepts in Art History II : Analysis | 3 |
| ARTH345 | Modern Art | 3 |
| ARTH366 | Art History and Historiography | 3 |
| ARTH386 | Postmodern to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARTH433 | Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management - II | 3 |
| ARTH481 | Orientalism in Art | 3 |
| ENLH123 | Introduction to Humanities | 3 |
| ENLH125 | Composition and Grammar - I | 3 |
| ENLH126 | Composition and Grammar - II | 3 |
| ENLH129 | Politics and Literature | 3 |
| ENLH140 | Literature and Politics | 3 |
| ENLH141 | Introduction to Literature and Literary History | 3 |
| ENLH142 | Concepts in Literary Studies | 3 |
| ENLH231 | Academic Writing for Humanities - I | 3 |
| ENLH232 | Academic Writing - II | 3 |
| ENLH242 | Literature and Classical Contexts | 3 |
| ENLH251 | Cultural Studies for Arts and Social Sciences - I | 3 |
| ENLH252 | Cultural Studies for Arts and Social Sciences - II | 3 |
| ENLH261 | Philosophy and Literature | 3 |
| ENLH262 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 |
| ENLH271 | Literature and Gender Studies | 3 |
| ENLH273 | Rhetoric and Forms of Argument | 3 |
| ENLH281 | World Literature | 3 |
| ENLH341 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENLH342 | 18th Century Literature | 3 |
| ENLH343 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENLH346 | 17th Century Literature | 3 |
| ENLH348 | Semiotics and Textual Interdisciplinarity | 3 |
| ENLH371 | Literary Theory and Criticism - I | 3 |
| ENLH372 | Literary Theory and Criticism - II | 3 |
| ENLH373 | Introduction to Theater | 3 |
| ENLH382 | Contemporary Culture and Literature - Special Topics | 3 |
| ENLH440 | 20th Century and Contemporary Fiction | 3 |
| ENLH443 | 19th Century Literature | 3 |
| ENLH445 | 20th Century and Contemporary Poetry | 3 |
| ENLH446 | 20th Century and Contemporary Drama | 3 |
| ENLH448 | World Literature - Special Topics | 3 |
| ENLH451 | Literature into Film | 3 |
| ENLH452 | Technology and Systems of Literature | 3 |
| ENLH453 | 20th Century and Contemporary Drama | 3 |
| ENLH454 | 20 th Century and Contemporary Cultural Contexts | 3 |
| ENLH458 | Literature into Film | 3 |
| ENLH471 | Rhetoric and Rhetorical Crticism | 3 |
| ENLH477 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| ENVT212 | Human Ecology | 3 |
| FELS240 | Philosophy and Literature | 3 |
| KAAY501 | Approaches to Urban Archaeology and Techniques of Analytical Interpretation | 3 |
| KAAY502 | Architectural Systems and their Development | 3 |
| KAAY503 | Approaches to Research on Archaeological Finds | 3 |
| KAAY504 | Archaeology of Turkey and the History of Civilisation | 3 |
| KAAY505 | Archaeology of Urbanisation and Urban Communities | 3 |
| KAAY506 | Turkish-Islamic Archaeology and Urban Architecture | 3 |
| KAAY507 | Mediterranean Civilisations and Cypriot Archaeology | 3 |
| KAAY509 | Iconography of Late Antiquity | 3 |
| KAAY510 | A Historical&Theor. Approach to the Ottoman Arch.Art | 3 |
| KAAY511 | Settlements in the Light of Material and Byzantine World | 3 |
| KAAY513 | Music in the Context of Cultural Heritage | 3 |
| KAAY599 | Term Project | 0 |
| PHIL101 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL201 | Nietzsche and Plato | 3 |
| PHIL202 | Moral Philosophy | 3 |
| PSYC205 | Sports and Human Behaviour | 3 |
| | | |
| SBSB101 | Museum and Child in the New Age | 3 |
| SBSB114 | Interpretation of Stories and Films | 3 |
| SBSB115 | Woman In Fairy Tales | 3 |
| SBSB116 | XIX-XX Century Russian Culture | 3 |
| SBSB118 | Art and Aesthetic | 3 |
| SBSB120 | The Role of Archaeology in Forensic Studies | 3 |
| SBSB122 | Art Practice | 3 |
| SBSB124 | Archeology, Culture and Art Photography | 3 |
| SBSB126 | Renaissance Art | 3 |
| SBSB149 | Great Discoveries in Archaeology | 3 |
| SBSB171 | World Theatre | 3 |
| SBSB173 | Modern Theatre | 3 |
| SBSB181 | Mythology and Iconography | 3 |
| SBSB182 | Central Asia Mythology and Its Influence | 3 |
| SBSB203 | Gender Studies | 3 |
| SBSB214 | Interpretation Of Stories and Films | 3 |
| SBSB224 | Digital Approaches in Social Sciences | 3 |
| SBSB226 | Byzantine Culture and Art | 3 |
| SBSB261 | Cultural History of Cyprus | 3 |
| SBSB284 | Anatolian Civilizations | 3 |
| STUDENT NAME SURNAME | GRAD. YEAR | THESIS TITLE | SUPERVISOR & CO-SUPERVISOR NAME SURNAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| FATMA OLCAYTUĞ | 2021-22 | A Study on Motherhood in North Cyprus: 'Yorgun Anneler Kulübü' (Tired Mothers Club) | ASST. PROF. DR. PEMBE BEHÇETOĞULLARI |
| GÖZDE KABA | 2017-18 | Disappointment and Dystopic Fear in Franz Kafka's The Trial | ASST. PROF. DR. CAN SANCAR |
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
99628, Famagusta, North Cyprus
via Mersin 10, Turkiye
