Dear ECREA members,
We are going through tough times in Turkey due to last week’s two major earthquakes (measuring 7.8 and 7.6 on the magnitude scale) that hit southern Turkey on February 6, 2023, which left 13.5 million people living in the region (10 cities) with considerable damage. Nearly 40,000 people died according to official bodies, and the number is likely to increase even more.
Each one of us has some loved ones in the area directly impacted by the earthquakes. But, in these difficult times, we are trying to get back to our routine (somehow) in the western city of Izmir to overcome the shock and devastation.
On that note, I’d like to share an announcement with you considering some of you might be interested. Yaşar University (in İzmir) is searching for universities and international partners for the Blended Intensive Course- Gender Studies, which will be funded under the Erasmus program in Spring Semester 2022-23 (February-June 2023).
Expectations from partner universities:
- 5 students need to be enrolled in the online course and fly to Yaşar University in May for a 1-week face-to-face part of the course. Flight and accommodation will be covered under the Erasmus budget of each University’s Erasmus Programme.
- The course will start online in April and the 1-week face-to-face part will be in May.
- Yaşar University will cover transportation from the airport, social excursions (Ephesus, Çeşme), dinners, and coffee breaks during the face-to-face part of the course in May.
Here is the last BIP experience that Yaşar University already did in 2022 with BUas University, Netherlands, Koblenz Unv Germany, and Politecnic Unv, Portugal. You may watch a short video of the last BIP course experience at this link.
The syllabus of the course and short info on the BIP course Project will be provided upon request. Hope to collaborate with motivated universities.
Should you be interested please write to me at gizem.melek@yasar.edu.tr and I will put you in contact with the coordinator of the project.
All the best,
Gizem Melek, Chair of the Women's Network
