Our students come from various countries, backgrounds and with different research interests, making our study program truly multi-cultural and diverse. Some of them agreed to share their information and feedback. See for yourself!
Poland, 3rd-year student
Main Academic Interests: queer/ LGBTQIA+ community movements and rights, trans exclusionary feminism and its critique, gender binary discourse, inclusive language, reproductive rights, climatic justice and ecofeminism
e-mail: zuziakiwak@gmail.com
Turkey, 4th-year student
Main Academic Interests: gender-based violence, gender oppression, ecofeminism
e-mail: aslittan@gmail.com
Turkey, 4th-year student
Main Academic Interests: sexuality studies, psychological studies on sexuality, cyberspace and digital culture, religious and cultural research in Middle East and Asia, queer theory
e-mail: sibelmelek172@gmail.com
Turkey, 4th-year student
Main Academic Interests: queer migration policies, perception of gender, woman as refugees, gender equality in education, sexual identity and children
e-mail: bugrarsu@gmail.com
4th-year student
Main Academic Interests: gender sensitive urban landscapes, sexual education as a school subject, psychological help to victims of gender-based violence
e-mail: forbesschool@yandex.ru
Turkey, 5th-year student
Main Academic Interests: gender stereotypes, punishing queer sexuality in the age of LGBT rights, gender equality and disability, Syrian women's rights in Turkey
e-mail: esrasolhivand@gmail.com
Russia, 4th-year student
Main Academic Interests: gender issues, media studies, representation issues and women image in media, feminist approach on future
e-mail: anibraginskaya@gmail.com
Russia, 5th-year student
Main Academic Interests: sex work and sex positivity in feminism, gender and media
e-mail: vasilina.pazdnikova@aauni.edu
Turkey, graduated in 2024
Main Academic Interests: psychology and gender, gender development in childhood, feminist therapy
Diploma Thesis: Influence of parents and parental attitudes on children’s gender perception
e-mail: melis.kaymak@hotmail.com
graduated in 2024
Main Academic Interests: intersection of gender and disability, representation of marginalized bodies and gender identities in media
e-mail: tata91314@gmail.com
Iran, graduated in 2023
Previous Study: a bachelor´s degree in Clinical Psychology and a master´s degree in General Psychology at Allameh Tabataba'i University (Tehran, Iran)
I have 14 years of experience in clinical counseling and diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. My particular interests in gender studies originated from the period when I worked as a psychologist on my Master's thesis from [2007 to 2010] and as a registered member of the Psychology and Counseling Organization of I.R. Iran (PCO) in my private clinic (Ravi Psychology Clinic) in Tehran.
Main Academic Interests: feminist discourse, feminist narratology, feminist Literary Criticism, body, culture, health, gender-sensitive analysis, and history
e-mail: makians@student.cuni.cz
USA, graduated in 2023
Main Academic Interests: sexual violence, reproductive justice, eating disorders, human rights
Russia, graduated in 2023
Main Academic Interests: feminist critique of science, gender bias, ethics of artificial intelligence
e-mail: lumosmassimo@gmail.com
Slovenia, graduated in 2023
Main Academic Interests: in what role gender and sexuality play in the international arena, politics and public space, with particular interest in Central Europe and the Balkan region
e-mail: mursicnusa0@gmail.com
Spain, graduated in 2023
Main Academic Interests: historian with an intense interest in literature, using it as a mean for studying identities and power relationships within the context of Imperialism, especially in the 19th century
e-mail: jurocan@alumni.uv.es
Kazakhstan, graduated in 2022
Main Academic Interests: men´s movement, philosophy, visual culture, totalitarianism & propaganda
Diploma Thesis: The Men Movement in Former Soviet Countries
e-mail: pyrexls@yahoo.com
USA, graduated in 2022
Main Academic Interests: queer & transgender identity/community formation, history of sexuality, history of radical movements
e-mail: faolan.thompson@gmail.com
Turkey, graduated in 2022
Main Academic Interests: linguistics, media studies, gender studies
Diploma Thesis: Explanation of Veganism in Terms of Ecofeminism
Turkey, graduated in 2022
Main Academic Interests: Identity politics, nationalism and conservatism, binary gender discourses, gender-based violence
e-mail: gulsah.kurtar@gmail.com
Turkey, graduated in 2021
Main Academic Interests: gender equality, women in business, feminist theories, international relations, literature (critical discourse analysis), social behavior, psychology, history
Diploma Thesis: Ecofeminist analysis of grassroot movements in Turkey
e-mail: gungorsebiha@gmail.com
USA, graduated in 2021
Main Academic Interests: gender and nationalism, migration, and war; gender and Czech culture; gender and bisexual identity
Diploma Thesis: Mapping the Construction of Bisexuality in the Czech Asylum System
e-mail: brianamichelle17@gmail.com
Turkey, graduated in 2021
Main Academic Interests: gender studies, cultural studies, media studies
Diploma Thesis: Clean City: Discourses, Technologies and Practices of Social Cleansing in Istanbul
e-mail: caglacirikciel@hotmail.com
Japan, graduated in 2021
Main Academic Interests: gender relationship and employment, gender and politics, childcare systems
e-mail: maikohata823@gmail.com
Vietnam, graduated in 2020
Diploma Thesis: Ethnic Identity Among Vietnamese Descendants in The Czech Republic: An Intersectional Analysis of The Lived Experiences
e-mail: maiphuong199532@gmail.com
Turkey, graduated in 2020
Main academic interests: gender and sexuality in the Middle East, Islam and feminism, sexuality in Islamic feminisms
Diploma Thesis: ‘Leave No One Behind’: The Rhetoric of Equality in the Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for Undocumented Migrants
Turkey, graduated in 2020
Diploma Thesis: The Importance of Religion and Spirituality in Feminist Science Fiction Literature
e-mail: ozgekaracaokur@gmail.com
USA, graduated in 2020
Diploma Thesis: Autobiography, Subjectivity and Agency: The Long Loneliness od Dorothy Day
e-mail: Lisabethflow@gmail.com
Armenia, graduated in 2020
Diploma Thesis: The Institution of Marriage in Armenia from Gender Perspective
e-mail: lidiatalalyan@gmail.com
Azerbaijan, graduated in 2020
Diploma Thesis: Gender, ethnicity and peacebuilding in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Ramil started his PhD studies in 2020 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. His doctoral thesis project is titled Queer and Marginalised Masculinities in Azerbaijan
e-mail: ramilelkhanzamanov@gmail.com
Ghana, graduated in 2021
Diploma Thesis: Widowhood Rites of Asantes of Ghana (Case Study: Kwadaso, Ejisu Sekyere East)
e-mail: ebenoseiowusu@yahoo.com
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