Free and Open Online Courses
At Off University, the digital realm turns into a space where at-risk scholars, lecturers based at traditional universities, and course participants can exchange and produce critical knowledge freely, protected by a safe online infrastructure. Off University is dedicated to creating an educational space that overcomes traditional classroom hierarchies and enables participants and lecturers to learn together and from each other. This approach empowers participants to actively engage in learning, taking ownership of their educational journey and cultivating a researching habitus.
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2025-26 Winter Semester Courses
Cities at War
Lecture Series
This lecture series is jointly organized by scholars from war-torn cities focusing on how military conflicts and their aftermath have produced and re-produced their cities.
16 Sessions
15.10.25 – 06.02.26
Wednesdays, 16:00 CET
Gender, Power and Social Transformation
Critical Approaches from Turkey and Beyond
This course brings together gender-focused academic research, civil society initiatives, activist interventions, and artistic practices selected from Turkey and beyond. It aims to critically analyze the rise of anti-gender ideologies on a global scale, opening up space to explore the possibilities of resistance, resilience, and transformative politics in different cultural and political contexts.
14 Weeks
14.10.25 – 13.02.26
Tuesdays, 15:00 CET
Media Communication in the 21st Century
The Backbone of Democracy or a Tool of Social Oppression
This course is designed as an interdisciplinary dialogue between scholarship and practice. Students will engage critically with theory and current events, exploring themes such as the essence of political communication, media power, the watchdog–chain dog dilemma, post-truth networks, and the aesthetics and rhetoric of political media. Through discussion, debate, and collaborative research, we will uncover the techniques, tactics, and means by which media shape – and are shaped by – democratic and authoritarian contexts.
14 Weeks
15.10.25 – 06.02.26
Wednesdays, 14:00 CET
