
Murat Kabak, PhD
Istanbul Kültür University, Faculty of Science and Letters
Department of English Language and Literature
Istanbul, Turkey
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
2020 – 2026
Boğaziçi University, Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, English Literature Program
Thesis title: Ecologies of Satire in Neo-Victorian Fiction
Thesis Advisor: Assistant Professor Burcu Kayışçı Akkoyun (Boğaziçi University)
Master of Arts
2017 – 2020
Boğaziçi University, Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, English Literature Program
Research focus: Utopian fiction, Anglo-American fiction, contemporary theory and criticism
Thesis title: The Politics of Nostalgia in Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl
Thesis Advisor: Associate Professor Ayşe Naz Bulamur Baypınar (Boğaziçi University)
Bachelor of Arts
2013 – 2017
Istanbul Kültür University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of English Language and Literature
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Istanbul Kültür University
2025 – 2026 Spring Semester
ENL4005 – Literary Genres: Drama
ENL2003 – Popular Culture