Dear Colleagues and Students, On Thursday, May 3rd, Asssistant Professor Kristin Dickinson from the University of Michigan will give the following talk, as part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series. "Translating Turanism: German-Turkish Cultural Relations of the Early 20th Century" The talk will be in English and take place in A-130 at 17:40. Refreshments will be available. Abstract: […]

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Dear Colleagues and Students, On Tuesday, May 8th, Dr Peter J. Cherry from the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) will give the following talk, as part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series. " Transcultural Travel in Turkey: British Travel Writing, Grace Ellison and Zeynep Hanım " The talk will be in English and take place in A-130 at […]

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On Monday May 14, 2018 between 18:00 – 19:00 As part of their senior projects, English Language and Literature Department (ELIT) students will stage “The 39 Steps”in English.   The performance will be atC-Block Amphitheatre.   GE250/251 points will be given.   We kindly invite all. Entrance is free.

“Against Phylogenetic Conceptions of Race” By Kamuran Osmanoglu (Kansas, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday May 22, 2018 Time: 1540-1715 Place: H-232 Abstract: Biological racial realism (BRR) continues to be a much-discussed topic, with several recent papers presenting arguments for the plausibility of some type of “biological race.” In this paper, the focus will be on the phylogenetic conceptions of race, which is one of the most promising views of BRR, that define races as lineages of […]

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