Philosophy Colloquium, Marco Finici
Marco Finici (University of Florence) Date: Wednesday 26 April, 2017 Time: 1100-1230 (provisional) Place: A-130
Poetry Reading
April is National Poetry Month in the USA. In celebration of NaPoMo, the American Culture Society and the Department of American Culture and Literature are hosting a student-faculty poetry reading on Wednesday 26 April. The event will feature undergraduates reading original poetry, as well as favorite poems from around the world. Faculty members from the Amer, E-lit, CCI and the […]
1st Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
PLACE: Bilkent University, Main Campus, Room: A-130 Refreshments will be available between talks. Everyone is warmly invited to attend. SCHEDULE 10.00-10.55 Was David Hume Really an “Empiricist” Philosopher? Ali Mert İnal, Yeditepe University Commentator: Kerem Eroğlu 11.05-12.00 Knowing One’s Own Intentional Actions: Knowledge in Intention, and Its Implications on Knowing Other Agents and Other Minds Emre Fatih, Koç University Commentator: […]
“Training of conference interpreters, the requirements of international organisations and the future of the profession”, Sally Bailey-Ravet
You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Translation and Interpretation (TRIN/CINT). The speaker is Sally Bailey-Ravet, Head Interpreter, Council of Europe. Title : « Training of conference interpreters, the requirements of international organisations and the future of the profession » Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 Time: 10:00-12.00 Place: EE01 (next to Mozart café, ELECTRICAL […]
“Contra Cantor: How to Count the “Uncountably Infinite”, Erdinç Sayan
Place: G-160 Abstract: Georg Cantor’s celebrated diagonalization argument is supposed to demonstrate that the set of real numbers has a higher cardinality than the set of natural numbers. In other words, real numbers are “uncountably (or nondenumerably) infinite” whereas natural numbers are “countably (or denumerably) infinite.” I argue that the set of real numbers is, like the set of natural […]
TRIN presents “Beckett Translating Beckett”
The Department of Translation and Interpretation presents "Beckett Translating Beckett" Three short plays in English and in French written and translated by the author: Catastrophe/Catastrophe Ohio Impromptu/ L'Impromptu D'Ohio Rockaby/Berceuse Playwright: SAMUEL BECKETT Directors: BARBARA GÜLEN,: LAURENCE HERCULIN Lighting Design: YILMAZ ERTEKİN Players: MELİSA ALGÜR (TRIN), DENİZ ARMAN (BF), EGE KACAR (TRIN), BORAN ÖZGÜL (TRIN), PELİN TÜRKMEN (TRIN) Samuel Beckett […]
ELIT Lectures
On May 16, Tuesday, the Department of English Language and Literature will be hosting two lectures in G-160, at 2 pm and 4 pm. 2 pm: Katherine J. Anderson (UC Davis), “On Torture, Empire, and Victorian Domestic Fiction” 4 pm: Boyda Johnstone (Fordham University), “‘With minde of knowledge leke wakinge’: Dreaming as Resistance in Late-Medieval England” Abstracts: “On Torture, Empire, […]
THE STYLITE SITES OF SYRIA AND THEIR ARCHITECTURAL SETTING: A BRIEF REAPPRAISAL , AYŞE BELGİN-HENRY
ABSTRACT St. Symeon the Elder introduced stylitism, the ascetic pillar dwelling, in the 5th century AD at Qal‘at Sem‘an/ Syria. This talk focuses on the architectural characteristics of the Early Christian stylite sites in the region with a specific emphasis on the building complex at Qal‘at Sem‘an, underscoring their contexts and interaction. AYŞE BELGİN-HENRY (PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana […]