ELIT Colloquium
Dr. Richard Cole (Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Notre Dame): "William of Norwich/Vilhjálmr í Norðvík: Anti-Jewish Legends from England to Iceland" (2 pm) Abstract for Dr. Cole's lecture: In 1144, the body of a young boy named William was found in the woods outside the city of Norwich. The local Jewish community was blamed for the boy's murder. Although […]
CCI Colloquium, Visiting Assistant Professor Daniel Irizarry (Department of Performing Arts)
"Kuden and Mask Work – From Ancient Greek Theater to Meyerhold’s etudes & biomechamics to My Grandma: how mask work and tempo have helped shape my training with actors" Location: Bilkent Main Campus Library Art Gallery
Philosophy Colloquium, Mehmet Elgin
Mehmet Elgin (Muğla University) Date: Friday 31 March, 2017 Time: 11.00-12.30 Place: tba
“The Use of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in Understanding Geometric Clay Objects or “Tokens” in Neolithic West Asia”,Lucy Ebony Bennison-Chapman
Department of Archaeology guest lecture: Asst. Prof. Dr. Lucy Ebony Bennison-Chapman, Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak Place: H-132 Abstract: This study focuses on an enigmatic artefact type; small, geometric clay objects, or “tokens.” Initially appearing at the start of the Neolithic period, by the late Neolithic they are present in abundance and in great variety at numerous sites across the […]
Philosophy Colloquium, Jan Kandiyali
Jan Kandayali (İTÜ) “‘Marx on Meaningful Work” Date: Friday 7 April, 2017 Time: 1100-1230 Place: G-160
Museum Hours (Jem Cohen/2012/1 h 47 min.), Ahmet Gurata
Perhaps no film genre approaches its subject with as much curiosity as does the documentary. Join us this spring for four documentaries of varying styles and subjects. Each screening will open with a brief introduction and an informal discussion will follow. All are welcome! Tuesday, April 11 at 17.45 in FFB05 Museum Hours (Jem Cohen/2012/1 h 47 min.) Introduction by […]
“There, Where We are Not”, Mihaela Harper
The Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas cordially invites you to the next session of its colloquium series, in which CCI Assistant Professor Mihaela Harper explores renowned Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov's most recent volume of poetry, "There, Where We are Not." Dr. Harper's talk will take place in the Bilkent Main Campus Library Art Gallery from 12:40-14:40 on April 20, […]
“Hittite Geographers: Cosmology and Geography in Late Bronze Age Anatolia”, Ilgi Gerçek
Location: FEASS, C-Blok Amfi
Philosophy Colloquium, Örsan Öymen
Örsan Öymen (Işık University) Date: Friday 21 Aprıl, 2017 Time: 1740-1900 (provisional) Place: G-160
CCI Colloquium , Mihaela Harper
Georgi Gospodinov’s There, Where We Are Not: Beyond, Between, Elsewhere, and Nowhere Assistant Professor Mihaela P. Harper (CCI) After his last novel, The Physics of Sorrow, prompted Jean-Luc Nancy to urge everyone to read it “without delay,” a much-anticipated volume of poetry by Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov appeared in print in April 2016. He writes “In Place of a Preface” […]
The Wolfpack ,(Crystal Moselle/2015/1h30min), Introduction by Kitty Aal (Independent Film Scholar)
Perhaps no film genre approaches its subject with as much curiosity as does the documentary. Join us this spring for four documentaries of varying styles and subjects. Each screening will open with a brief introduction and an informal discussion will follow. All are welcome! This Tuesday, April 25 at 17.45 in FFB 05 The Wolfpack (Crystal Moselle/2015/1h30min), Introduction by Kitty […]