Talk / English Language and Literature Dear colleagues and students, You are cordially invited to the first instalment of the new Humanities Faculty Seminar Series. Speaker: Seda Bahar Pancaroğlu (TOBB ETÜ) Date: Wednesday 2 November 2022 Time: 17:30 – 18:30 Place: G-160 (humanities building) Title: Bringing back from the dead: Questioning Authors’ Agency in Postcolonial Biofiction Abstract: Taking real historical […]

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Paper Presentation by Zach Gudmunsen (November 3, 15.30-17.20) (H-232) Title: Can Artificial Agents Be Independent Enough to Be Moral Agents? Abstract: All artificial systems, however they are made and whatever they do, have a designer somewhere. This includes machine learning systems, which, for all their complexity and adaptation to the environment, ultimately turn to humans for their parameters, data sources and data quality, and function. This has led to the argument that, because they are always dependent on […]

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  Konu: Lecture/ Department of Translation and Interpretation   Dear Students and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to the lecture organised by the Department of Translation and Interpreting (TRIN).   Speaker: Ceyda Gerali Vanden Berghe Title: Postgraduate Education Abroad Date: Nov 10, 2022 Time: 13:00 Place: Department of Translation and Interpreting (TRIN), L Building, LA 101 Abstract: Mrs Berghe will […]

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6th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will take place on Saturday, November 19, 2022, via Zoom. This year, we have 6 speakers from 5 countries.   To attend the conference, please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlf-2tpzsuEtyGpjlpeYSeZXgnoIGeqnni   Once you are registered, Zoom meeting information will be sent to you via e-mail.   (GE 250/1 points will be given)   Conference Program: (Istanbul […]

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Dear Students and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to the online lecture on “Breaking News Reporting and Broadcast Interpreting” by Hilken Doğaç Boran, organised by the Department of Translation and Interpreting (TRIN).     Speaker: Hilken Doğaç Boran Title: Breaking News Reporting and Broadcast Interpreting Date: Nov 21, 2022 Time: 11:00   Zoom Meeting   Abstract: Boran will give information […]

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Treasure-Hunters and Organized Criminals: Looters and Traffickers of Antiquities in Turkey By Dr. Samuel Andrew Hardy (Heritage Management Organization) Followed by a Panel with Zeynep Boz (Ministry of Culture and Tourism), Gürcan Türkoğlu (Ambassador, R.) and Işılay Gürsu (BIAA) as a moderator. In C Blok Amphi, Faculty of Humanities on Wednesday 23rd November at 17:30. Abstract Around the world, the illegal trade in historic artefacts and fake goods involves everyone […]

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Bilkent Üniversitesi, Oğuz Tansel Türk Edebiyatı Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi 2022 Oğuz Tansel Şiir Ödülü: Bilkent Üniversitesi tarafından Oğuz Tansel adına verilen 2022 Şiir Ödülü'nü "Güneş Kalır Bir Başına" adlı kitabıyla kazanan Ömer Erdem'e törenle ödülü takdim edilecektir. Tören öncesinde, Devrim Dirlikyapan'ın yönetiminde ve Alphan Akgül, Mahmut Temizyürek, Murat Üstübal'ın katılımıyla "Modern Şiir Üzerine Düşünceler" başlıklı bir panel yapılacaktır. Panel […]

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