“Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination”
"Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination" Date: 25-26 October Place: FFB-22 (Fine Arts, Block B) Program: go to http://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/ Speakers: Adam Zeman (Exeter, Psychology), Amy Kind (Claremont McKenna College, Philosophy), David Papineau (CUNY Graduate Center & KCL, Philosophy), Bence Nanay (Antwerp & Cambridge, Philosophy), Anna Abraham (Leeds Beckett University, Psychology), Margot Strohminger (Oxford, Philosophy), Kourken Michaelian (Université […]
“The descent of women to the power of domesticity: from Margaret Cavendish to Laura Ingalls Wilder.”, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sandrine Berges
The Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas presents a lecture by Dr. Sandrine Bergès, Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University. The lecture is entitled "The descent of women to the power of domesticity: from Margaret Cavendish to Laura Ingalls Wilder." It will take place on Friday, November 15, at 12:40pm, in the Library Art Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. All […]
“Roach Against the Machine: Humor as Resistance and Affirmation in Border Culture”, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez
The Department of American Culture and Literature will be sponsoring the following talk: Speaker: Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez Title: "Roach Against the Machine: Humor as Resistance and Affirmation in Border Culture" Day, time, and place: Tuesday, 19 November 16:40-18:30 G-160 Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is an unrepentant border crosser, ex-DJ, writer, painter, and academic. An Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Hispanic […]
“Science and Prejudice: Perspectives on Prehistoric People”, Eric Jean (Hitit University, Çorum)
We cordially invite you to attend the Lecture of Assist. Prof. Eric Jean (Hitit University, Çorum) entitled "Science and Prejudice: Perspectives on Prehistoric People", Date: Tuesday 26 November 2019 Time: 17:40 Place: Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Department of Archaeology, Room H-232 (2nd floor) We look forward to welcoming you to our evening! The Department of Archaeology
The Turkish course (TURK 101-TURK 102) Award Ceremony
The Turkish course (TURK 101-TURK 102) is a compulsory course for all Bilkent University undergraduate students. These courses on creative writing allow students to write essays during the academic year about books they read and contemporary cultural and artistic events they attended. The essays expect students to express themselves by developing arguments and demonstrate good command of Turkish. All essays […]
“The Future of Technique Ian James”, University of Cambridge
The Future of Technique Ian James, University of Cambridge Monday, December 9 5:40pm Library Art Gallery This paper will give an overview of my recently published book, The Technique of Thought: Nancy, Laruelle, Malabou, and Stiegler After Naturalism (University of Minnesota Press, 2019). It will review the arguments in this book concerning the recasting of the relation between philosophy and […]
“Humanities at Bilkent – What Are They and Where Are They Going?”, Prof. Stein Haugom Olsen
Title: Humanities at Bilkent – What Are They and Where Are They Going? Speaker: Prof. Stein Haugom Olsen, Faculty of Humanities and Letters (Dean) and English Language and Literature (Chair) Place: Art Gallery, Bilkent University Library Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2019 Time: 12.40-13.30. Abstract: Recent discussions about the value and nature of the humanities proceed as if […]
“What is Reality and How Can I Find It? Plato, the Gracious Quran, and Romance”, Professor Victoria Rowe Holbrook (Bilgi University)
Dear members of the Bilkent community, As part of its speakers series, the Department of Turkish Literature is happy to invite you to a talk by Professor Victoria Rowe Holbrook (Bilgi University) entitled "What is Reality and How Can I Find It? Plato, the Gracious Quran, and Romance" to take place on Tuesday December 17th at 15.40. The talk will be given in English, in C Blok Amfi. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Summary: We have long known that […]
Poetry Reading, Andrea Read
Poetry Reading DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Poet: Andrea Read Date: 23 December 2019, Monday Time: 5 p.m. Place: Bilkent Library Art Gallery You are cordially invited to a reading by the poet Andrea Read at the Bilkent Library Art Gallery at 5pm on Monday 23 December. Andrea’s poems have appeared most recently in Barrow Street, Black Rabbit […]
“The Author in Nineteenth – Century Literary Culture : Romanticism to Formalism”, Andrea Selleri
Department of English Language and Literature Seminar The Author in Nineteenth – Century Literary Culture : Romanticism to Formalism Speaker : Andrea Selleri Date: January 16, 2020 Time: 14.40 - 16.00 Location: G 160 The Author in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture: Romanticism to Formalism The significance of the relationship between the author and the work is among the most contentious issues in the theory of criticism. In an anglophone context, […]
“Hating Rubens: Charlotte Brontë, Anti-Catholicism, and the Limits of Female Self-Fashioning in Victorian England”, Aleksandar Stevic
Time: 14:40 to 16:00, Monday 20 January 2020. Location: G 160 Aleksandar Stevic Hating Rubens: Charlotte Brontë, Anti-Catholicism, and the Limits of Female Self-Fashioning in Victorian England What form can female development take in a culture committed to severely limiting the rights of women? What kinds of narratives about female education and growth can be produced by a […]
“Learning after Athens: Equity, Grace, and Prophecy in Milton’s Paradise Regained”, Deni Kasa
Time: 14:40 to 16:00, Thursday 23 January 2020. Location: G 160 Deni Kasa Learning after Athens: Equity, Grace, and Prophecy in Milton’s Paradise Regained Although Milton’s poetry is now understood to be republican, Paradise Regained poses a problem: it rejects Athenian learning in favour of the prophetic inspiration of the Holy Spirit. On this evidence, criticism has increasingly […]