Boğaziçi University’s philosophy students and the Ph.D.

A story about 189* of this department’s graduates

Stephen Voss | Nov 10, 2020

 

This story has two chapters. The first chapter tells of alumni of this university’s philosophy department who as of 2018 were enrolled in Ph.D. programs. The second chapter tells of department alumni who as of 2018 had received the Ph.D. degree. 

The story has two large morals. The first concerns the quality of the philosophical education these people have received in this university. The second and more important concerns the quality of these people. They can be proud of their department; it can be still more proud of them. 

(* Note: one person is mentioned in both chapters: she has earned a PhD and is pursuing a second one. For an overview of all theses, see this database.)

In 2018, 78 Boğaziçi University philosophy students were pursuing a Ph.D. What were they studying? Here is the spectrum of disciplines into which their work in our department led our doctoral students.

- anthropology

- arts (2)

- cognitive science (2)

- language & literature (3)

- management

- media (3)

- philosophy (60)

- religion

- social sciences (5)

Where were they studying? Across a pretty wide geographical spectrum.

Turkey 45

- Boğaziçi (28)

- Galatasaray (5)

- İstanbul

- Istanbul Technıcal

- Maltepe

- Marmara

- Middle East Technical (4)

- Mimar Sinan (3)

- TODAIE

United States 21

- Boston U (2)

- Chicago

- Columbia (2)

- DePaul

- Duquesne

- Florida State

- George Mason (2)

- Miami, Florida

- Rutgers

- SUNY Binghamton (3) 

- SUNY Buffalo

- Syracuse (2)

- Villanova

- Virginia

- Yale

Germany 5

- Free U of Berlin (2)

- Hamburg

- Heidelberg

- Ludwig Maximilian

Canada 2

- Alberta

- York

France 2

- Paris 1 (2)           

Spain

- Autonomous U of Barcelona

Czech Republic

- Charles

Hungary

- Central European

Australia

- ANU

Finland

- Helsinki

By 2018, 111 Boğaziçi University philosophy students had received the Ph.D. What field did they do their Ph.D. work in? A remarkably wide disciplinary spectrum:

- biomedical ethics      

- business administration  

- cognitive science      

- economics                 

- environment (2)        

- history (4)              

- literature (4)

- management             

- mathematics             

- oriental studies

- performing arts (2)

- philosophy (71)

- physical education (2)   

- politics / international relations (8)

- psychology (3)          

- sociology (6)

- translation     

- visual cultures

Where did they do their PhD work? An equally extended geographical spectrum:

Turkey 48

- Bilkent (2)

- Boğaziçi (27)

- Galatasaray (3)

- Gebze Technical

- Hacettepe

- Istanbul (6)

- Marmara (4)

- Middle East Technical (4)

United States 44

- California Berkeley

- Clark

- Columbia

- CUNY

- DePaul (4)

- Duke

- Duquesne (2)

- Florida

- Harvard

- Illinois Champaign-Urbana

- Indiana

- Johns Hopkins

- Kentucky

- Maryland

- Massachusetts Amherst

- Memphis (2)

- Miami, Florida

- NYU (2)

- Northwestern

- Notre Dame

- Oklahoma

- Penn State (2)

- Pennsylvania (2)

- Pittsburgh

- Rochester

- Stanford

- SUNY Albany

- SUNY Binghamton (4)

- Syracuse (2)

- Vanderbilt

- Virginia

- Washington (Seattle)

United Kingdom 8

- Exeter

- Kent

- London

- Oxford (3)

- Queen Mary

- St Andrews

France 4

- Paris 1

- Paris 8

- Paris 10

- Strasburg

Germany 3

- Cologne

- Free U of Berlin

- Tübingen

Canada 3

- Alberta

- McMaster

- York

Australia

- ANU

Italy

- LUISS

Singapore

- Singapore

Switzerland

- Zürich

Which institutions of higher education were they affiliated with? Our alumni held a total of 89 academic positions in 10 countries.

Turkey 63

Istanbul 49

- AI Ethıcs Lab

- American

- Bahçeşehir (2)

- Boğaziçi (7)

- Galatasaray (5)

- Işık

- Ibn Haldun

- İstanbul (3)

- İstanbul 29 Mayıs (2)

- İstanbul Aydın

- İstanbul Bilgi (2)

- İstanbul Medeniyet

- Istanbul Şehir

- Istanbul Technıcal

- Kadir Has

- Koç (5)

- Maltepe (3)

- Marmara (3)

- Mimar Sinan (4)

- Nişantaşı

- Özyeğin

- Üsküdar

- Yeditepe

Elsewhere in Turkey 14

- Aksaray, Aksaray

- Ankara, Ankara

- Anadolu, Eskişehir

- Balıkesir, Balıkesir

- Bingöl, Bingöl

- Gebze Technical, Gebze

- İzmır Kâtip Çelebi, İzmir (2)

- Kilis 7 Aralık, Kilis

- Middle East Technical, Ankara 

- Muğla Sıtka Koçman, Muğla

- Namık Kemal, Tekirdağ

- Tiyatro Medresesi, Şirince

- Trakya, Edirne

United States 15

- Allegheny

- Bowdoin

- Dartmouth

- Earlham

- East Carolina

- Emory

- John Carroll

- Loyola of Maryland (2)

- Miami, Ohio

- North Carolina State

- Northern Iowa

- Penn State

- SUNY Albany

- Vanderbilt

Elsewhere Abroad 12

- British Columbia, Canada

- Concordia, Canada 

- Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany

- Göttingen, Germany  

- International U of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

- London School of Economics, UK

- Mount Royal, Canada

- Nagoya, Japan

- Open U, Israel

- Oxford, UK

- Trinity, Ireland

- Vienna, Austria