“Script Charisma in Hebrew and Turkish: a Comparative Framework for Explaining the Success and Failure of Romanization.”, Dr. İlker Aytürk
The Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas cordially invites you to the next talk in its colloquium series, in which Associate Professor Dr. İlker Aytürk of the Bilkent Political Science Department presents "Script Charisma in Hebrew and Turkish: a Comparative Framework for Explaining the Success and Failure of Romanization." Dr. İlker will speak in the Bilkent Main Campus Art Gallery […]
“HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP POSSIBILITIES IN GERMANY”, Foreign Language Department and DAAD
Bilkent University, Foreign Language Department and DAAD Ankara Information Center jointly organized an information meeting on the subject of "HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP POSSIBILITIES IN GERMANY". An informative meeting will be held for all students, young researchers and faculty members. Anyone who is interested is invited! Day: Monday, December 4th Time: 12:40-13:40 Place: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social […]
“Constructivism, Yes! Constitutivism, No! (at least for serious naturalists)”, Jack Woods (Leeds, Philosophy)
Abstract: Many contemporary naturalistic pictures of normativity struggle with extensional adequacy. If we tie our reasons to our psychological states, practices, values, or the like, as any serious naturalist should, then we face the problem that our actual psychologies, practices, and values are radically disordered and incomplete. We are limited creatures, after all, and we make many mistakes. We […]
“Ho hum, I’m being attacked by a bear’: How judgment is tied to concern and motivation” By Jeremy Koons (Georgetown University in Qatar, Philosophy)
Date: Thursday 7th December, 2017 Time: 1540-1715 Place: H-232 Abstract: A persistent problem in metaethics is the question of how to reconcile the cognitive and motivational elements of moral judgment. The lynchpin to the ‘moral problem’ is the Humean philosophy of mind, which holds that belief and desire are ‘distinct existences,’ and that both must be present to explain motivation. […]
“New Excavations at Zeugma”,Professor Kutalmis Gorkay (Ankara University, DTCF)
We are pleased to invite you to the Lecture given by of Professor Kutalmis Gorkay (Ankara University, DTCF): "New Excavations at Zeugma" on Wednesday 13th December at 17:40 PM in the Department of Archaeology of Bilkent University (Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Room H-132).
“Cognitive Aging and its Relationship to Neuronal Structure and Function” By Michelle Adams (Bilkent, NSC/Psychology)
Organized by the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Group at Bilkent University. Date: Friday, 15th December, 2017 Time: 1240 – 1330 Place: A-130 Abstract: Normal aging is accompanied by a range of biological changes that diminish quality of life. Understanding the changes contributing to memory decline is important for developing strategies to prevent or lessen cognitive problems. What are the specific changes that take place during aging which […]
“Kant’s Response to Hume in the Second Analogy: A Critique of Buchdahl’s and Friedman’s Accounts”, Saniye Vatansever (Yeditepe, Philosophy)
“Kant’s Response to Hume in the Second Analogy: A Critique of Buchdahl’s and Friedman’s Accounts” By Saniye Vatansever (Yeditepe, Philosophy) Date: Wednesday 20th December, 2017 Time: 1640-1745 Place: H-232 Abstract: While commentators mostly agree that in the Second Analogy Kant responds to the “Humean problem,” there is not yet an agreement on exactly which Humean problem he aims to solve. L.W. Beck, Gerd Buchdahl, Graham Bird and Henry Allison, among […]
“Rethinking Turkish Language Reforms: Language and Resistance in the Republican Era”, Ali Bolcakan from the University of Michigan
Dear Colleagues and Students, On Wednesday, December 20, Ali Bolcakan from the University of Michigan will give the following talk, as part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series. Rethinking Turkish Language Reforms: Language and Resistance in the Republican Era Ali Bolcakan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. […]
ELIT Club Poetry Reading
At 1830 on Tuesday 26 December a poetry reading organised by the new student-run ELIT club will be held in the library exhibition hall. The event will feature several current and former members of the department (both students and faculty), as well as friends from other departments. The following will be reading: Bleda Gülsen Gül Eroğlu Kibele Özden Reem […]
“Two Varieties of Appropriation and the Pragmatic Theory of Slurs”, By Ben Lennertz (Western Kentucky, Philosophy)
“Two Varieties of Appropriation and the Pragmatic Theory of Slurs” By Ben Lennertz (Western Kentucky, Philosophy) Date: Wednesday, 3rd January, 2018 Time: 1500–1700 Place: H-232 Abstract: Most theorists accept that slurs are derogatory and their use causes warranted offense. However, there are situations in which uses of slurs are neither derogatory nor offensive. The process that allows for this is called appropriation or reclamation. There are two sorts of appropriation – language-wide appropriation, where any speaker of the language can […]
“Memory is a Modeling System”,By Sara Aronowitz (University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Philosophy)
Date: Friday 2nd February, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: This talk addresses the question: how does memory help us learn? I start by re-thinking the epistemic problem that memory systems solve in light of memory successes and failures in humans, rodents, and artificial systems. Rather than merely functioning to store information or to preserve justification, I argue that the core function of any memory system […]
“Revelations of Reading in Wieland; or, the Transformation”, Samantha Sommers
Samantha Sommers, affiliated with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, will be giving a talk entitled "Revelations of Reading in Wieland; or, the Transformation" on Monday, February 12th, 16.40-18.00, in room G-160. The talk is sponsored by the Department of American Culture and Literature. All members of the Bilkent community are invited to attend. […]