Articles by: Simon Wigley

First Princeton-Bilkent Philosophy Workshop held

The inaugural History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, bringing together faculty and graduate students from the Philosophy departments of Princeton University and Bilkent University, was held from October 13-15. The principal organizers for the event were Dan Garber (Princeton) and Alireza Fatollahi (Bilkent). Tarek Dika (Toronto) and David Miller (Auburn) joined the workshop as special guests. By all accounts, the […]

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Faculty member awarded fellowship

Ivana Bičak from the Department of English Langauge and Literature has been awarded a fellowship to carry out research using a collection held at Durham University. The research topic is entitled ‘Monsters on Durham’s Riverbanks: Bertram Colgrave’s Notebooks on OE and ME poems’. Dr Bičak’s project will bring to light extensive notes and lectures on Beowulf by Bertram Colgrave (1888-1968). […]

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New BIAA-Bilkent University Joint Fellowship Established

Bilkent University has signed a new Memorandum of Agreement with the British Institute in Ankara for the establishment of a joint fellowship scheme.Each year, the fellowship will support a UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated postdoctoral scholar to undertake 12 months’ research on any topic within the arts, humanities and social sciences that aligns with the BIAA’s Strategic Research Initiatives and focuses […]

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Faculty member receives young scientist award

Jonathan Payton, from the Department of Philosophy, has been awarded the Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) for 2024. The aim of the award is to reward the best young academics and to support them in conducting new studies.   + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT

Faculty member receives approval for excavations at Türkmen-Karahöyük

Michele Massa from the Department of Archaeology has received official approval to commence excavations at Türkmen-Karahöyük. This is a major archaeological site in the Konya Plain, with an occupation spanning approximately the end of the Late Chalcolithic to the late Hellenistic periods (ca 3500-30 BCE). The excavation is being sponsored by Bilkent University, The University of Chicago, Oriental Institute at […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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