where to study nationalism?

[a piece of bread]

Hi,

I know it depends on my background, nevertheless I am curious about your opinions. Just a few hints about what I have done: I am an international applicant, hold an Economics BA degree with a 2.92 GPA and writing my thesis in MA in Cultural Studies where I performed well (GPA: 3.87) Next year (2010/11 cohort), I will be applying to PhD programs in the US. Actually I may not have a great shot without GRE (Q:800, V:650) and TOEFL: 107 which make me stronger on applications. (I hope so)

Well, my thesis which I will present to departments as a sample paper is dealing with racist movements in single-party experience of Turkey. I took History courses (9) during my undegraduate study and Sociology and Anthropology classes in Cult MA program.

In addition, I have been accepted to a 1-year Nationalism Studies MA program at CEU in Hungary. Instead of applying to American Universities, I decided to strenghten my application file with a second MA in relevant field. There, I will concentrate on nationalist discourse in official historical narratives of Turkey. At the same time, I will be preparing a powerful SOP

What I am wondering is which PhD program is appropriate for me. Fields such as Nationalism, Racism, Ethnicity etc. can be studied in many departments like Sociology, Anthropology, History, Near Eastern Studies (because the thesis is based on Turkey), Political Science etc. So I am pretty puzzled! Where to study these fields? My current MA program is closer to Antrhopology with faculty members who have Anthro PhD's. One of them currently wants to offer me to NYU.

I am looking for a program that can provide oppurtunities in this field! What do you think?

[rising_star]

You may want to take a look at geography programs as well. Anna Secor at the University of Kentucky does research on Turkey, though I don't know the specifics.

Sorry I don't have any specific programs to suggest. Good luck in your search!

[JFT]

Hi,

I know it depends on my background, nevertheless I am curious about your opinions. Just a few hints about what I have done: I am an international applicant, hold an Economics BA degree with a 2.92 GPA and writing my thesis in MA in Cultural Studies where I performed well (GPA: 3.87) Next year (2010/11 cohort), I will be applying to PhD programs in the US. Actually I may not have a great shot without GRE (Q:800, V:650) and TOEFL: 107 which make me stronger on applications. (I hope so)

Well, my thesis which I will present to departments as a sample paper is dealing with racist movements in single-party experience of Turkey. I took History courses (9) during my undegraduate study and Sociology and Anthropology classes in Cult MA program.

In addition, I have been accepted to a 1-year Nationalism Studies MA program at CEU in Hungary. Instead of applying to American Universities, I decided to strenghten my application file with a second MA in relevant field. There, I will concentrate on nationalist discourse in official historical narratives of Turkey. At the same time, I will be preparing a powerful SOP

What I am wondering is which PhD program is appropriate for me. Fields such as Nationalism, Racism, Ethnicity etc. can be studied in many departments like Sociology, Anthropology, History, Near Eastern Studies (because the thesis is based on Turkey), Political Science etc. So I am pretty puzzled! Where to study these fields? My current MA program is closer to Antrhopology with faculty members who have Anthro PhD's. One of them currently wants to offer me to NYU.

I am looking for a program that can provide oppurtunities in this field! What do you think?

[JFT]

the London School of Economics has quite a lot of Nationalism stuff, they also have an Asscoiation dedicated to the study of Nationalism and Ethnicity (whatever that is,...)