Postgradute Theses Submitted to the Departments of Islamic History and Some Problems in Choosing the M.A. and PH.D Topics

Year 2005, Issue: 5, 9 - 77, 01.12.2005

Adnan Demircan

Abstract

Given the M.A. and Ph.D theses submitted to the Departments of
Islamic History in 23 Theology Faculties in Turkey after the
establisment of Higher Education Committee (YOK), it is seen that the
majority of the theses were done in the 8 Universities in which there
were either a Theology Faculty or an Institute of Higher Islamic
Education before the YOK. More than 91 % of the theses until 2003
were done in these universities. This clearly indicates that Theology
Faculties, especially those founded in the 90’s, are in need of lecturers
who can supervise postgraduate theses.
One quarter of the postgraduate theses on Islamic History in our
country are Ph.Ds. and the rest are M.A. theses. Given the subject of
these theses, one realizes that the majority of them are on issues related
to the Ottoman period.
One of the problems facing researchers is that several M.A. or Ph.D.
candidates study the same subject at the same time. In my personal
opinion, to avoid this problem, an internet site giving the latest
information about ongoing theses on Islamic History urgently needs to
be established.

İSLÂM TARİHİ BİLİM DALINDA HAZIRLANAN LİSANSÜSTÜ TEZLER, KONULARI VE TEZ KONUSU BELİRLENMESİNDE KARŞILAŞILAN BAZI SORUNLAR

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