The term comparative cultural studies refers to studying culture from a global perspective. Classes in this specific field of study tend to focus on how culture is evident in everyday experiences and how these routine cultural manifestations can influence members of society in both positive and negative ways.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.