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“End of Democracy – The Nazi Rise to Power and the Failure of Anti-Fascism in Germany”, Lukas Knopp

Dear students and staff of Bilkent University, I would like to invite you to the one-time lecture, “End of Democracy – The Nazi Rise to Power and the Failure of Anti-Fascism in Germany”. As a DAAD scholar with a research focus on holocaust and social memory, currently teaching German at Bilkent University, I have realized that while there is a […]

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Celebration of International Women’s Day

Celebration of International Women's Day   Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the following talks organized by Bilkent Philosophical Society and Bilkent Philosophy Department. The talks will be in Turkish.   Date: 9 March 2020 Time: 17:40 Place: Humanities Building, H232 Speakers: Prof. Nazile Kalayı (Hacettepe University): "My Wounds Existed Before Me: A Feminist Reading of Greek […]

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“Counting Composites”,  Jonathan Payton (Calgary, Philosophy)  

Philosophy Colloquium, Jonathan Payton (Online event) Counting Composites By Jonathan Payton (Calgary, Philosophy)  Date: Thursday April 2, 2020 Time: 1640-1800 Zoom link: This is online event. All are welcome. If you would like to listen to the talk please click on the following link when the event is due to begin: https://zoom.us/j/556133950. Abstract: According to the thesis ‘Composition Entails Identity’ (CEI), a […]

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“Archaeological Research at the ionian City of Notion”, Prof. Christopher Ratté (Michigan University)

The Department of Archaeology cordially invites you to attend the Lecture of Prof. Christopher Ratté (Michigan University) on Zoom entitled “Archaeological Research at the ionian City of Notion”. Date: Sunday 25 October 2020 Time: 17:00 (UTC+3) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99319633129?pwd=eTB2VnM1UmlzNnhKdm8rakd4a0ZOUT09 Meeting ID: 993 1963 3129 Passcode: 797772 Summary of the Lecture Notion was a Greek city on the western coast […]

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“Sometimes a real one!’: Mock Marriage, Liberal Politics, and the Performative in Antebellum City Mysteries”, Professor Patrick McDonald (Auburn University, Department of English)

The Department of American Culture and Literature welcomes all Bilkent students and faculty to a talk by Professor Patrick McDonald (Auburn University, Department of English), titled "'Sometimes a real one!': Mock Marriage, Liberal Politics, and the Performative in Antebellum City Mysteries." Date: Tuesday 27 October 2020 Time: 20:00   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92450821368?pwd=VGR5NnpmdjBKR3BESHJSaG1MMElydz09 Meeting ID: 924 5082 1368 Passcode: 856917     Abstract   This […]

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“Transnational Feminisms and Contemporary Turkish Women Writers in English Translation: Theories, Texts and Practices”, Dr. Şule Akdoğan METU University

Bilkent University Turkish Literature Department EDEB TALKS announces,   Talk’s Title “Transnational Feminisms and Contemporary Turkish Women Writers in English Translation: Theories, Texts and Practices”     by Dr. Şule Akdoğan METU University   Monday, November 02, 2020, 15:30 p.m.       Zoom Meeting Info: Meeting Room 140 https://zoom.us/j/93516347871?pwd=dXZjdFVMVTZIanI5NEFSN2dFMGs3QT09 Meeting ID: 935 1634 7871 Passcode   : 856917     […]

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“Copredication and the Possibility of Truth-Conditional Semantics”David Liebesman (Calgary) (joint work with Ofra Magidor, Oxford)

Philosophy colloquium: David Liebesman (online event) November 19, 2020 5:30 pm Copredication and the Possibility of Truth-Conditional Semantics By David Liebesman (Calgary) (joint work with Ofra Magidor, Oxford) Date: Thursday November 19, 2020 Time: 1730-1900 (GMT+3) This is an online event. All are welcome. If you would like to listen to the talk please click on the following link when the event is due to begin.  […]

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“A Discussion on Genre, Narrative and Representation in Modern Turkish Fiction since 1950s”, Dr. Şule Akdoğan

A Discussion on Genre, Narrative and Representation in Modern Turkish Fiction since 1950s by Dr. Şule Akdoğan Wednesday, November 25 2020, 1:30 pm Zoom Meeting Info: https://zoom.us/j/96194771978?pwd=UU9PeEp5bis0SDRGcndDNkFoTm5Vdz09 Meeting ID: 961 9477 1978 Passcode : 856917 Abstract: In Turkish literature, fiction has been a powerful tool to reflect and interpret the intriguing and complex relationships between the individual, the socio-historical and […]

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Philosophy colloquium: Claudio Calosi (online event)

Philosophy colloquium: Claudio Calosi (online event) November 27, 2020 12:30 pm How to Build Things from Atoms By Claudio Calosi (Geneva) Date: Friday November 27, 2020 Time: 1230-1400 (GMT+3) This is an online event. All are welcome. If you would like to listen to the talk please click on the following link when the event is due to begin. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81367491177?pwd=NDl1QlBXaTM1NXpZV1BBNi84a3Brdz09 Meeting ID: 813 […]

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“Byzantine routes and frontiers in the Black Sea region and the hagiographical dossier of St Eugenios”, James Crow

Department of Archaeology   Sunday Evening Lecture: James Crow, Byzantine routes and frontiers in the Black Sea region and the hagiographical dossier of St Eugenios Time: Sunday, November 29, 2020 06:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98997732810?pwd=dHFiUmZvVC9YYnBSbm1weHlyendoQT09<https://zoom.us/j/98997732810?pwd=dHFiUmZvVC9YYnBSbm1weHlyendoQT09> Meeting ID: 989 9773 2810 Passcode: 856917   Abstract   An account of the miracles of St Eugenios, the patron saint of Trebizond (Trabzon), […]

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Philosophy colloquium: Helen Brown Coverdale

Philosophy colloquium: Helen Brown Coverdale (online event) December 17, 2020 1:30 pm Risking penal collateral consequences and the moral permissibility of punishment By Helen Brown Coverdale (UCL) Date: Thursday December 17, 2020 Time: 1330-1500 (GMT+3) This is an online event. All are welcome. If you would like to listen to the talk please click on the following link when the event is due to […]

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“Structuring the LBA Western Anatolia,”Assoc. Prof. Peter Pavuk

Assoc. Prof. Peter Pavuk   (Institute of classical Archaeology, Charles University in Prague)     Structuring the LBA Western Anatolia     Sunday 20 December 2020 at 17:00 PM (UTC +3)   Zoom Lecture   Abstract   When speaking of Western Anatolia, one almost instantly thinks of sites such as Troy, Panaztepe or Miletus. However, there is much more than […]

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