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 […]
Department of Philosophy, Senior Thesis Defenses 2017
Date: May 31, 2017 Time: 09.00-15.30 Room: H-235 Everyone is warmly welcome to attend. Schedule 0900-0925: Reyyan Baş “A New Approach to Molyneux’s Problem” 0925-0950: Göksu Dayan “On Zombies” 0950-1015: Gülce Torun “Filling the Moral Gap between Rational and Emotional” 1015-1025: Break 1025-1050: Fatih Öztürk “Emotional Machines” 1050-1115: Elif Erdoğan “Universality in Aesthetic Judgments” 1115-1140: Eylül Yücel “Plato […]
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY: SENIOR THESIS DEFENSES 2017
Date: May 31, 2017 Time: 09.00-15.30 Room: H-235 Everyone is warmly invited to attend. SCHEDULE 0900-0925: Reyyan Baş “A New Approach to Molyneux’s Problem” 0925-0950: Göksu Dayan “On Zombies” 0950-1015: Gülce Torun “Filling the Moral Gap between Rational and Emotional” 1015-1025: Break 1025-1050: Fatih Öztürk “Emotional Machines” 1050-1115: Elif Erdoğan “Universality in Aesthetic Judgments” 1115-1140: Eylül Yücel “Plato and Musonius Rufus on Gender Equality” 1140-1300: Lunch 1300-1325: Samet Sevindi “Is There a Duty to Obey the Law Beyond Political Obligation?” 1325-1350: Bilge Sever “Spinoza’s Understanding of Conatus and Evolutionary Ethics” 1350-1415: Emre Keser “Analytical Marxism: Marx, ‘de non te fabula narratur!’” 1415-1425: Break 1425-1450: Orhan Kavas “Content Regulation and Photojournalism“ […]
The Contribution of Mary Wollstonecraft to Contemporary Issues in Philosophy, Sandrine Berges – Alan Coffee
Date: June 1-2, 2017 Room: A-130 This project is funded through a Newton mobility fellowship. The workshop is organized by Sandrine Bergès (Bilkent) and Alan Coffee (KCL), in co-operation with the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent. Conference website Mary Wollstonecraft worked primarily on social and political philosophy, with an emphasis on republicanism, education and women's rights. But she also touched […]
Informal workshop about publishing in political thought, Alan Coffee
Informal workshop about publishing in political thought. Alan Coffee, King's College London Dr Coffee will be available to talk with graduate students (and undergraduates who are applying to do graduate studies) about the skill set necessary for publishing in philosophy, selecting journals, drafting, getting feedback, collaborating, responding to reviewers' reports. Please come with your questions to A130 on Friday […]
The Foreign Language Unit
Dear students, The Foreign Language Unit is opening two new credit free German communication courses. The required level should be at least end of A2 / end of B1-B2. (level of the european framework for languages) In this course we will practice communication on different topics, such as culture and traditions, films, sports, music, politics, environment etc. We can fix […]
“Excavations at Komana near Tokat”, Professor Burcu Erciyas
The Department of Archaeology of the University of Bilkent is pleased to invite you to a Lecture given by Professor Burcu Erciyas, Middle East Technical University: “Excavations at Komana near Tokat”. The lecture will take place in the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, room H-132. We are looking forward to see you. Abstract: Archaeological […]
Games ‘They Play, Games Played On ‘Us’, The Center for Turkish Literature
A comparative approach to fantasies of espionage in British and Turkish literatures A talk by Doruk Tatar, Ph.D. Candidate at Department of Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo A Building-Room 130 Light refreshments will be served
“Neonatal Imitation in Context”, Nazım Keven
Abstract: Over 35 years ago, Meltzoff and Moore (1977) published their famous article ‘Imitation of facial and manual gestures by human neonates’. Their central conclusion, that neonates can imitate, was and continues to be controversial. Here we focus on an often neglected aspect of this debate, namely on neonatal spontaneous behaviors themselves. We present a case study of a paradigmatic […]
Department of Archaeology Lunchtime Talk, Lyuben Leschtakov
Department of Archaeology Lunchtime Talk Lyuben Leschtakov (National Institute of Archaeology/ Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Thracian Archaeology) "Metallurgical Research in Modern Bulgaria" Dr. Leschtakov is an expert in Eastern European prehistoric metalwork. In this lunchtime lecture, Dr. Leschtakov will talk about the development of metal production and consumption in Bulgaria, with a special focus on […]
“What Computers Cannot Do – A Philosophical Approach”,Kai Hauser (TU Berlin)
Date: Tuesday, 31 October, 2017 Time: 16:40-18:00 Place: A-130 This talk is intended for a general audience. Abstract: Recent developments in computer programming, information technology, and robotics have given rise to optimistic predictions about future possibilities in artificial intelligence. I will present two sets of philosophical arguments that cast this optimism into doubt. One of them suggests that there is a limitation of principle applying to any machine whatsoever. Web: www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr Facebook: www.facebook.com/bilkent.philosophy