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“Bringing back from the dead: Questioning Authors’ Agency in Postcolonial Biofiction”, Seda Bahar Pancaroğlu

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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“Can Artificial Agents Be Independent Enough to Be Moral Agents?”, Zach Gudmunsen

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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Postgraduate Education Abroad, Ceyda Gerali Vanden Berghe

  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

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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“Breaking News Reporting and Broadcast Interpreting”,Hilken Doğaç Boran

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”, Samuel Andrew Hardy

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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2022 Oğuz Tansel Şiir Ödülü

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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“John Clare in the Longue Durée of Farming”, Ayşe Çelikkol

Seminar / Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas   Please find below the details for this academic year’s first seminar for the Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas Colloquia Series, organised by Dr. William Coker, Dr. Luuk de Boer, and Dr. Aslı Menevşe and featuring invited speaker Dr. Ayşe Çelikkol, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Bilkent University. The event […]

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“Is a concept of freedom implied in free indirect discourse?”, Patrick F. Fessenbecker, Andrea Selleri

TALK  / CCI and  ELIT     The final event for the semester of the Bilkent Philosophy and Literature Colloquium, a seminar by Professor Tim Bewes of Brown University, is this Friday, 9 December at 19:30; his talk is entitled “"Is a concept of freedom implied in free indirect discourse?" The link is below; hope to see you there! Andrea […]

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“Uncooperative Nation-States: The Syro-Anatolian Culture Complex”,James Osborne

Our last lecture of the semester will be given on Wednesday 14 December on Zoom at 17:30 (Turkish time) by Prof. James Osborne, (University of Chicago): « Uncooperative Nation-States: The Syro-Anatolian Culture Complex ». Zoom Meeting Abstract One of the most salient features of the Iron Age kingdoms in southeastern Anatolian and northern Syria is their stubborn resistance to ethnic […]

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“Your Brain on Interpreting: How interpreting training and expertise influence the brain”, Laura Babcock

KONU: WEBINAR/DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION   Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Zoom Webinar organized by the Department of Translation and Interpretation. Title : Your Brain on Interpreting: How interpreting training and expertise influence the brain Speaker: Asst. Prof. Laura Babcock, Stockholm University Date & Time: December 16, 2022, Friday, 13.30-15.00 Zoom Meeting   Abstract: […]

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