Michele Massa from the Department of Archaeology has received official approval to commence excavations at Türkmen-Karahöyük on the Konya plain. The excavation of this important archaeological site is being sponsored by Bilkent University, The University of Chicago, Oriental Institute at Chicago, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, British Institute at Ankara, Oxford University, and other private donors. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
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Faculty member awarded British Academy Global Professorship
Sandrine Bergès from the Department of Philosophy has been awarded a prestigious British Academy Global Professorship to carry out research in the Department of Philosophy at the University of York (UK). During her research leave from Bilkent she will be working on new project which focuses on the abolitionist debates of the early modern and enlightenment periods in France and […]
Faculty member awarded international prize
James Kinkaid from the Department of Philosophy is this year’s recipient of the American Philosophical Association’s Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize, which recognize the scholarly work of junior professors. James won the prize for his article “Phenomenology, anti-realism, and the knowability paradox”, which appeared in the European Journal of Philosophy (2022). You can read more about the prize and the […]
Department of Archaeology Newsletter Fall 2023
Read the latest newsletter from Department of Archaeology [click here] + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
Teaser video for Sinopia Symposium
Watch the teaser video for the upcoming Sinopia Symposium at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtvP46udqBY + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
Master’s student awarded Fulbright scholarship
Our Philosophy MA student, Erim Bakkal, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to pursue his PhD studies in the United States. Congratulations to Erim on this wonderful achievement! + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
Faculty member publishes book with Routledge
Dr Patrick MacDonald from the Department of American Culture and Literature has just published a monograph with Routledge on narrative fiction during the antebellum period in the United States. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
Faculty member gives tercentenary lecture at Adam Smith’s house
Sandrine Bergès from the Department of Philosophy recently gave the Fringe Tercentenary Lecture at the final permanent home of the Scottish Enlightenment thinker, Adam Smith. Professor Bergès’s lecture formed part of the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth and the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
Department of Archaeology to direct excavations at Parnassos
Department of Archaeology has been granted approval to conduct excavations at the Byzantine site of Parnassos in Cappadocia. Luca Zavagno from the Departments of Archaeology and History will direct the project, in partnership with the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Professor Dominique Tezgör, Chair of the Department of Archaeology, also played a vital role in securing this important project for the […]
Faculty member elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Associate Professor Julian Bennett, from the Department of Archaeology, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS) in recognition of his contribution to historical scholarship. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT