The First 30 Years of The Department of Archaeology, founded in 1988-1989
The event will take place on November 2 at 13:30 PM in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, amphi FFB 06. An exhibition and a cocktail will close the afternoon in the Art Gallery of the Faculty at 18:00.
‘I find this is not the land of harmony’: Publishing Henrietta Liston’s travel journals (1812-1820)
Time: 16:40 to 18:00, Thursday 15 November 2018 Location: G 160 'I find this is not the land of harmony': Publishing Henrietta Liston's travel journals (1812-1820) Valerie Kennedy & Patrick Hart Who was Henrietta Liston and why should her Constantinople journals (1812-1820) be published? Introducing the 'Approaching Constantinople' project, a collaboration between Bilkent and the […]
“HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP POSSIBILITIES IN GERMANY”
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: Friday, November 16th Time: 12:40-13:40 Place: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social […]
“The Influence of Fairness Judgments, Reference Points, and Subjective Entitlements on Bargaining Behavior and Outcomes” By Emin Karagözoğlu (Bilkent, Economics)
Date: Tuesday, 20th November, 2018 Time: 1240 – 1330 Place: A-130 Organized by the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Group at Bilkent University. Abstract: Bargaining has always been one of the most popular topics within the game theory tradition. Not surprisingly, it gained a similar status when economists started running lab experiments. Bargaining experiments conducted in the 80s led economists to question some of their assumptions such as […]
“Alien Encounters: Race and UFO Tourism in Roswell, New Mexico”, By Kara McCormack
“Alien Encounters: Race and UFO Tourism in Roswell, New Mexico”, By Kara McCormack Date: Thursday, 22nd November, 2018 Time: 17.40 Place: G- 160 Abstract: When people think of Roswell, New Mexico, they may think of the UFO landing story from 1947. This narrative is so popular that Roswell has crafted its public identity around the “Roswell Incident” and made UFO […]
“Biological Debt, Illness and the Limits of Nation State in Women’s Writing in Turkish”, By Dr. Şima İmşir
Dear Colleagues and Students, As part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series, Dr. Şima İmşir will give a talk entitled “Biological Debt, Illness and the Limits of Nation State in Women’s Writing in Turkish” Thursday, November 29, at 17:00 (5pm). The talk will take place in A-130. Refreshments will be available afterwards. Şima İmşir is Assistant Professor of […]
“Acknowledgment, not Recognition: A Wish-to-say” By Erturk Demirel (Boğaziçi, Philosophy)
“Acknowledgment, not Recognition: A Wish-to-say” By Erturk Demirel (Boğaziçi, Philosophy) Date: Friday 30 November, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: I examine acknowledgment in Rancière’s philosophy, drawing on his notion of disagreement. I reflect on the speech of Percennius the slave in Ancient Rome. Acknowledgment for Rancière is an act of speech irreducible to recognition that acknowledges and poetically investigates […]
“The Istanbul Branch of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in the years 1933 until 1944”, Dr. Daniel Bauer
Department of Archaeology guest lecture: Dr. Daniel Bauer Ernst Reuter School, Ankara « The Istanbul Branch of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in the years 1933 until 1944 ». Time: Tuesday, December 11, 17:40 Place: FEASS, H-132 The Istanbul Branch of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in the years 1933 until 1944. With the beginning of the National […]
“Aesthetics and Politics: The Long 1960s in Turkey and the U.S.”, Kenan Sharpe (UC Santa Cruz)
Dear Colleagues and Students, Kenan Sharpe (UC Santa Cruz) will give a talk entitled “Aesthetics and Politics: The Long 1960s in Turkey and the U.S.,” on Wednesday, December 12, 17:00 (5pm). The talk will take place in A-130, as an event co-sponsored by the Center for Turkish Literature and the Department of American Culture and Literature. Light refreshments will be […]
“Crusoe’s Diversions” Jonathan C. Williams
Date: Thursday 13, December, 2018 Time :16.40 to 18.00 Location : G 160 "Crusoe's Diversions" Jonathan C. Williams It has become something of a truism that Robinson Crusoe is as much about things as it is about persons. Crusoe’s maturation out of a melancholic obsession with his losses and into a state of absolute self-possession coincides with his fixation on […]
“Unconditional Commitments, Integrity, and the Polity”,By Shmulik Nili (Northwestern/ANU)
“Unconditional Commitments, Integrity, and the Polity” By Shmulik Nili (Northwestern/ANU) Date: Friday 14 December, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: An important philosophical position holds that an agent’s moral integrity is entirely parasitic upon morality’s overall requirements. According to this “integrity skepticism,” we can only know what our moral integrity requires once we know how, all things considered, we morally ought to act. In this essay’s opening part, focused on individual ethics, I present […]
“A Complementary Scientific Approach to Eratosthenes’ Calculation of the Earth’s Circumference”,By Cem Erkli (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy)
“A Complementary Scientific Approach to Eratosthenes’ Calculation of the Earth’s Circumference” By Cem Erkli (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, 20 December, 2018 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: Eratosthenes (276 – 194 BC) is the Hellenistic scientist known for calculating the earth’s circumference by using the shadow of a sundial. Today, he is commended for getting admirably close to the currently accepted value for the earth’s circumference. In this paper, I examine […]