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“Training of conference interpreters, the requirements of international organisations and the future of the profession”, Sally Bailey-Ravet
“Training of conference interpreters, the requirements of international organisations and the future of the profession”, Sally Bailey-Ravet
You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Translation and Interpretation (TRIN/CINT). The speaker is Sally Bailey-Ravet, Head Interpreter, Council of Europe. Title : « Training of conference interpreters, the requirements of international organisations and the future of the profession » Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 Time: 10:00-12.00 Place: EE01 (next to Mozart café, ELECTRICAL […]
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“Contra Cantor: How to Count the “Uncountably Infinite”, Erdinç Sayan
“Contra Cantor: How to Count the “Uncountably Infinite”, Erdinç Sayan
Place: G-160 Abstract: Georg Cantor’s celebrated diagonalization argument is supposed to demonstrate that the set of real numbers has a higher cardinality than the set of natural numbers. In other words, real numbers are “uncountably (or nondenumerably) infinite” whereas natural numbers are “countably (or denumerably) infinite.” I argue that the set of real numbers is, like the set of natural […]
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TRIN presents “Beckett Translating Beckett”
The Department of Translation and Interpretation presents "Beckett Translating Beckett" Three short plays in English and in French written and translated by the author: Catastrophe/Catastrophe Ohio Impromptu/ L'Impromptu D'Ohio Rockaby/Berceuse Playwright: SAMUEL BECKETT Directors: BARBARA GÜLEN,: LAURENCE HERCULIN Lighting Design: YILMAZ ERTEKİN Players: MELİSA ALGÜR (TRIN), DENİZ ARMAN (BF), EGE KACAR (TRIN), BORAN ÖZGÜL (TRIN), PELİN TÜRKMEN (TRIN) Samuel Beckett […]
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ELIT Lectures
ELIT Lectures
On May 16, Tuesday, the Department of English Language and Literature will be hosting two lectures in G-160, at 2 pm and 4 pm. 2 pm: Katherine J. Anderson (UC Davis), “On Torture, Empire, and Victorian Domestic Fiction” 4 pm: Boyda Johnstone (Fordham University), “‘With minde of knowledge leke wakinge’: Dreaming as Resistance in Late-Medieval England” Abstracts: “On Torture, Empire, […]
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THE STYLITE SITES OF SYRIA AND THEIR ARCHITECTURAL SETTING: A BRIEF REAPPRAISAL , AYŞE BELGİN-HENRY
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 […]
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Department of Philosophy, Senior Thesis Defenses 2017
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
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“ […]
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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 […]
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Informal workshop about publishing in political thought, Alan Coffee
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 […]