“Walter Pater and the Philosophical Turn to Experience”, Atti Viragh / Andrea Selleri
Topic: ELIT Invited Talks (Atti Viragh) / Andrea Selleri Time: Feb 10, 2022, 19:45. Zoom Meeting Walter Pater and the Philosophical Turn to Experience Long recognized as among Victorian England’s most influential writers and thinkers, Walter Pater helped establish the foundations of the aesthetic movement with essay collections including Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), Appreciations (1889), […]
“Society 5.0: Towards a Sustainable Future”, Dr. Yıldız Tuğba KARA
Dear Students and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to the online lecture on ‘Society 5.0: Towards a Sustainable Future”’ by Dr. Yıldız Tuğba KARA, organised by the Department of Translation and Interpreting (TRIN). Date: Feb 11, 2022 11:00 Time: 11:00 AM İstanbul Zoom Meeting Abstract: Dr. Kara will talk about Society 5.0 as a vision to balance economic advancement […]
“Saints, Sinners, and Censorship: Henry Arthur Jones and the Dawn of the New Drama”, Marija Reiff / Andrea Selleri
Topic: ELIT Invited Talks (Marija Reiff) / Andrea Selleri Time: Feb 11, 2022, 16:30. Zoom Meeting Saints, Sinners, and Censorship: Henry Arthur Jones and the Dawn of the New Drama Throughout the bulk of the nineteenth century, theatrical censorship was common through Europe and Great Britain. However, by the late 1800s, censorship laws in Britain had loosened enough to […]
“Originals and Copies in Thomas Hardy”, Sezen Ünlüönen / Andrea Selleri
Topic: ELIT Invited Talks (Sezen Ünlüönen) / Andrea Selleri Time: Feb 11, 2022, 18:15. Zoom Meeting Originals and Copies in Thomas Hardy In “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Benjamin famously writes that what separates an original work of art from a copy is its existence over time: the original, unlike the copy, is […]
“The Architecture of the Caucasus in the Global Middle Ages”, Robert G. Ousterhout (Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania)
Department of Archaeology Sunday Evening Lecture Robert G. Ousterhout (Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania): "The Architecture of the Caucasus in the Global Middle Ages." Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 18:00 PM Zoom Meeting Abstract The stunning architecture of the medieval Caucasus is normally discussed in isolation, often limited by current national boundaries between eastern Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia. […]
“Independence and Kant’s Positive Conception of Freedom”, Pauline Kleingeld
Title: Independence and Kant’s Positive Conception of Freedom By Pauline Kleingeld (Groningen, Philosophy) Date: Thursday March 3, 2022 Time: 15.30-17.00 Zoom: go to www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr Abstract: The resurging interest in the republican tradition of legal and political theory has shed new light on Immanuel Kant’s conception of freedom and revealed that it is best understood along republican lines. The discussion of […]
“Fatih Özgüven ile Çeviri, Öykü ve Sinema Üzerine Söyleşi”, Fatih Özgüven
“Fatih Özgüven ile Çeviri, Öykü ve Sinema Üzerine Söyleşi” “Etkinlik Türkçe olacaktır.” Yöneten: Levent Yılmaz Tarih : 9 Mart, Çarşamba Saat : 16:50 – 17:50 Yer : İİSBF, C Blok Amfi Fatih Özgüven İlk yazısı Birikim dergisinde yayımlandı. Sinema ve edebiyat yazılarını “Yazko Çeviri”, “Yazko Somut”, “Çağdaş Eleştiri”,” Gösteri”, “VideoSinema”, “Sokak”, “Yeni Gündem”, “Express”, “Roll” dergileri ile “Cumhuriyet” ve […]
“Renaissance Psalm Reading and George Herbert’s The Temple”, Jeremy Specland
Talk / Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas Bilkent University’s Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas will host an academic talk via ZOOM by: Jeremy Specland, Ph.D. Candidate in English Literature, Rutgers University Title: Renaissance Psalm Reading and George Herbert’s The Temple Description: No instance of lyric poetry contributed more to the cultural life of Renaissance […]
“The Problem of History in an Age of Reform: Secularism, Civilization, and the Syriac Christians of the Late Ottoman Empire”,Henry Clements
Talk / Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas Bilkent University’s CCI Program is hosting an academic talk via ZOOM by: Speaker: Henry Clements, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Yale University "The Problem of History in an Age of Reform: Secularism, Civilization, and the Syriac Christians of the Late Ottoman Empire" The administrative reforms of the late Ottoman […]
“Endless Revenge”, Dr. Benjamin Jeffrey
TALK / PROGRAM IN CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS, AND IDEAS Bilkent University’s Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas presents a ZOOM Seminar talk on Wednesday, March 16th at 18:30. The speaker is Dr. Benjamin Jeffrey, from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Dr. Jeffrey will present a talk entitled: “Endless Revenge” Description: 'Simone Weil […]
“Beyond Reason and Unreason: Khlebnikov’s Poetics of Zaum”, Aurelia Cojocaru
TALK / PROGRAM IN CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS, AND IDEAS SPEAKER: Aurelia Cojocaru Department of Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley Title: Beyond Reason and Unreason: Khlebnikov’s Poetics of Zaum Description: Russian Futurist poets coined the term Zaum to describe their bold experimentation with the sound and grammar of the Russian language. A neologism composed of za- (beyond) and […]
“Expressivism, Subjectivism, and Inquiry”, Phil Clark
Title: Expressivism, Subjectivism, and Inquiry By Phil Clark (Philosophy, Toronto) Date: Thursday March 17, 2022 Time: 15.30-17.00 Zoom: go to www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr Abstract: The view now known as expressivism derives its name from a distinction between expressing and reporting an attitude. Expressivists use this distinction to explain why they are not subjectivists. Subjectivism about some topic, they say, is the […]