Collaborative Teaching in Digital Classics and Cultural Heritage”, Dr. Valeria Vitale and Dr. Gabriel Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London)
We cordially invite you to attend the lecture of Dr. Valeria Vitale and Dr. Gabriel Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) entitled “Collaborative Teaching in Digital Classics and Cultural Heritage.” Date: March 27, 2019 Time: 17:40 Place: Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Department of Archaeology, Room H-132 This lecture is part of the workshop “Digital Epigraphy: 3D Imaging and EpiDoc” co-organized by the […]
Bilkent Archaeology Day
The Department of Archaeology of Bilkent University has the pleasure to invite you to the Bilkent Archaeology Day on Friday, April 12, 2019. It will be held in the C Block Auditorium (Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences). New Perspectives on the Bronze Age in Anatolia Program Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Students Symposium: Magic and Ritual […]
“The Challenges of Being a Thinking Thing”, By Lisa Shapiro (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy)
“The Challenges of Being a Thinking Thing” By Lisa Shapiro (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy) Date: Friday, 12th April, 2019 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 This is a SWIP-TR event. Abstract: What is it to be a thinking thing? What is it to teach someone to be a thinking thing? I look to the school at Saint-Cyr founded by Madame Maintenon to problematize our understanding of a Cartesian thinking thing as simply conscious awareness and to motivate an alternative interpretation which holds that thinking […]
“The Greek Dramatic Festivals in Roman Asia Minor”, Dr. Mali Skotheim, NEH Fellow, American Research Institute in Turkey
Bilkent University, Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas will be hosting a talk by: Dr. Mali Skotheim, NEH Fellow, American Research Institute in Turkey Date: Monday, April 14th, 2019 Time: 18:00 Location: G-160 Seminar Room Title: The Greek Dramatic Festivals in Roman Asia Minor Description: Greek drama originated at the Dionysia in Athens in the late […]
“Empathy Education: A Response to Affective Polarization” By Hannah Read (Duke, Philosophy)
"Empathy Education: A Response to Affective Polarization" By Hannah Read (Duke, Philosophy) Date: Wednesday, 17 April, 2019 Time: 1240 – 1330 Place: H-232 Organized by the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Group at Bilkent University. Abstract: In this talk, I propose empathy education as a response to the problem of affective polarization, or extreme antagonism towards moral and political opponents. More specifically, […]
“Ends and Aftermaths in the Popular Imagination”, An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Department of American Culture and Literature Presents An Interdisciplinary Symposium "Ends and Aftermaths in the Popular Imagination" Date: Thursday, 9 May 2019 Time: 17:00 to 18:30 Place: G-160 Speakers: Kara McCormack, American Culture and Literature "Frontier Nostalgia, Authenticity, and Renewal in the Post-Apocalyptic Western" Mihaela Harper, Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas "'Like an […]
“Either/or: subjectivity, objectivity, and value” By Katalin Balog (Rutgers, Philosophy)
"Either/or: subjectivity, objectivity, and value" By Katalin Balog (Rutgers, Philosophy) Date: Wednesday, 15 May, 2019 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: I propose a novel framework in philosophical psychology – one that is based on an underappreciated distinction made by Kierkegaard in a number of his major works – to shed new light on central questions in ethics. The main […]
“Ecological Scaffolding and Natural Selection”, By Walter Veit (Bristol, Philosophy)
"Ecological Scaffolding and Natural Selection" By Walter Veit (Bristol, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, 16 May, 2019 Time: 1640-1800 Place: A-130 Abstract: For decades Darwinian processes were framed in the form of the Lewontin conditions: reproduction, variation and differential reproductive success were taken to be sufficient and necessary. Since Buss (1987) and the work of Maynard Smith and […]
“Exclusion endures: How compatibilism allows dualists to bypass the causal closure argument”, By Chris Brown (CUNY Graduate Center, Philosophy)
"Exclusion endures: How compatibilism allows dualists to bypass the causal closure argument" By Chris Brown (CUNY Graduate Center, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday 21st May, 2018 Time: 15:00-16:45 Place: H-232 Abstract: Jaegwon Kim maintains that his 'exclusion argument' forces us to accept reductive physicalism, which identifies mental and other high-level properties of the world with lower-level properties, over nonreductive physicalism, which avoids […]
“Translation and the Politics of Cosmopolitan Nativeness: On Ignatius Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau Général de l’Empire Ottoman”, Dr. Neveser Köker
Dear Colleagues and Students, On Wednesday, May 22, Dr. Neveser Köker (Arizona State University) will give the following talk, as part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series. The talk will be in English and take place in A-130 at 17.00 « Translation and the Politics of Cosmopolitan Nativeness: On Ignatius Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau Général de l’Empire Ottoman » Dear […]
“Art, Society and Christianity in Late Medieval Anatolia: Visual and Material Culture in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Cappadocia”, Assoc. Prof. Tolga Uyar
We cordially invite you to attend the Lecture of Assoc. Prof. Tolga Uyar (Nevşehir Hacıbektaş Veli University) entitled "Art, Society and Christianity in Late Medieval Anatolia: Visual and Material Culture in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Cappadocia" Date: Monday 21 October 2019 Time: 17:40 Place: Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Department of Archaeology, Room H-132 We look forward to welcoming you to […]
“Start up”, a movie (Foreign Languages Unit Italian Department)
Dear Students and Dear Members of the Bilkent University, It is my sincere pleasure and honor, as the head of the cultural office of the Italian Embassy in Ankara, to kindly invite You to join the screening of “Start up” a movie of 2017 from Alessandro D’Alatri (in Italian language with Turkish subtitles), that we organize together with Your University. […]