Departmental Events

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  February 12, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Bill Brewer

  Title: The Role of Concepts in Perceptual Objectivity By Bill Brewer (KCL, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: Does our application of concepts in perception […]

   
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  February 20, 2026 9:30 am - February 22, 2026 5:00 pm

  Mind, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Buddhism Conference

  Mind, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Buddhism Conference Dates: February 20-22, 2026 Location: Humanities Seminar Room (H232) Speakers: Amber Carpenter — Einstein Forum/ KCL Bronwyn Finnigan — Australian National University Maria […]

   
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  March 12, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Mary Leng

  Title: tbd By Mary Leng (York, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the Department of Philosophy     […]

   
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  March 29, 2026 1:00 pm

  9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

  9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference  will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2026, via Zoom. You can find the conference program and registration details on the conference page:   9th […]

   
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  April 2, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Faik Kurtulmuş

  Title: tbd By Faik Kurtulmuş (Sabancı, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the […]

   
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  April 30, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Nick Stang

  Title: tbd By Nick Stang (Toronto, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the Department of Philosophy   […]

   
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  May 7, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Cody Gilmore

  Title: tbd By Cody Gilmore (UC Davis, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the Department of Philosophy […]

   
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  May 14, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Michael Della Rocca

  Title: tbd By Michael Della Rocca (Yale, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the Department of Philosophy […]

   
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  May 18, 2026 9:30 am - May 22, 2026 5:00 pm

  Princeton-Yale-Bilkent Workshop on the History of Philosophy

  Princeton-Yale-Bilkent Workshop on the History of Philosophy  Dates: May 18-22, 2026  Participants: Faculty and graduate students from the philosophy departments of Princeton, Yale, and Bilkent. About: These workshops bring together […]

   
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  May 21, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Tim Stoll

  Title: tbd By Tim Stoll (Warwick, Philosophy)  Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: H-232 Abstract: tbd About the speaker: click here. Organized by the Department of Philosophy   […]

   
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  May 15, 2027 9:30 am - May 15, 2027 5:00 pm

  Forum Descartes’ 27

  Forum Descartes’ 27 Dates: May, 2027 Location: Bilkent University The department will host the 2027 edition of the Forum Descartes, an annual event that brings together specialists in early modern philosophy […]

   
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  December 30, 2027 2:00 pm

  No Upcoming Event

  Currently, there are no scheduled events. 

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Damien Storey — January 22, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Cansu Yüksel — December 18, 2025 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Lilian O’Brien — November 27, 2025 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Giorgio Lando — November 20, 2025 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Øystein Linnebo — October 20, 2025 5:30 pm - October 20, 2025 7:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Paco Calvo — October 9, 2025 3:30 pm

   

• Bilkent PhilFest’25 — September 27, 2025 11:00 am - September 27, 2025 9:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Domenica Romagni — September 25, 2025 3:30 pm - April 25, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Lars Vinx — May 22, 2025 3:30 pm - May 22, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Chris Tillman — May 8, 2025 3:30 pm - May 8, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• Workshop on the History of Modal Metaphysics — April 29, 2025 9:30 am - May 2, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Dominik Perler — April 17, 2025 3:30 pm - April 17, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• Graduate Program Open House — April 12, 2025 11:00 am

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Arieh Schwartz — April 10, 2025 3:30 pm - April 10, 2025 5:00 pm

   

• 8th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — February 15, 2025 1:00 pm

   

• Philosophy film night: Through Olive Trees — November 19, 2024 5:45 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Berker Basmacı — November 14, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Sena Bölek — November 7, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Dilara Boğa — October 31, 2024 3:30 pm - October 31, 2024 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Corry Shores — October 24, 2024 4:30 pm - October 24, 2024 6:00 pm

   

• Princeton-Bilkent Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Science — October 13, 2024 9:30 am - October 15, 2024 5:00 pm

   

• Bilkent PhilFest’24 — September 28, 2024 12:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Hrishikesh Joshi — May 16, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy-Literature colloquium: Derek Matravers — May 9, 2024 5:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Jack Woods — April 25, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Andrei Buckareff — April 18, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy film night: Life and Nothing More — April 2, 2024 6:00 pm

   

• Graduate Program Open House — March 30, 2024 10:40 am

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Heidi Maibom — March 14, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Kendy Hess — March 5, 2024 5:30 pm

   

• Social Ontology Workshop — March 3, 2024 7:00 pm

   

• Philosophy film night: Where Is the Friend’s House — February 27, 2024 6:00 pm

   

• 7th International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — February 10, 2024 1:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Hezki Symonds — February 1, 2024 3:30 pm

   

• 3. Bilkent – Lykeion Lise Felsefe Konferansı — January 28, 2024 2:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Eylem Özaltun — December 1, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Sarah Paul — November 3, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Nurbay Irmak — October 26, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Gregory Brown — October 12, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Bilkent PhilFest’23 — September 23, 2023 12:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Mehmet Erginel — May 23, 2023 5:30 pm - May 23, 2023 7:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Felipe Romero — May 11, 2023 3:30 pm - May 11, 2023 5:00 pm

   

• Social Ontology in Political Philosophy — May 5, 2023 9:00 am - May 6, 2023 5:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: David Nicolas — May 4, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Kant Conference — March 11, 2023 10:20 am - March 11, 2023 5:45 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Daniel Sutherland — March 9, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Christoph Horn (Online event) — March 2, 2023 3:30 pm - March 2, 0202 3:30 pm

   

• Bilkent Lykeion Lise Felsefe Konferansı — January 29, 2023 2:00 pm - January 29, 2023 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Andrew Fyfe — January 27, 2023 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Nina Dmitrieva (Online event) — December 22, 2022 4:00 pm

   

• 6th Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — November 19, 2022 1:00 pm

   

• Bilkent PhilFest’22 — October 4, 2022 2:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Laura Georgescu (Online event) — April 28, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Sergio Tenenbaum (Online event) — April 21, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Anne Schwenkenbecher (Online event) — April 14, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Stephen Voss (Online event) — April 7, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Aaron Wells (Online event) — March 31, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Alireza Fatollahi (Online event) — March 29, 2022 5:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Umut Baysan (Online event) — March 24, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Mario Hubert (Online event) — March 23, 2022 5:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Phil Clark (Online event) — March 17, 2022 3:30 pm - May 17, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Pauline Kleingeld (Online event) — March 3, 2022 3:30 pm

   

• 5th International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — February 26, 2022 2:00 pm

   

• Bilkent İyi Oluş Günleri — February 19, 2022 1:30 pm

   

• Lykeion Lise Felsefe Konferansı — January 30, 2022 1:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Robert Williams (Online event) — November 30, 2021 1:30 pm - November 30, 2021 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: David Nicolas (Online event) — November 9, 2021 1:30 pm - November 9, 2021 3:30 pm

   

• Interview with Massimo Pigliucci (online event) — October 12, 2021 6:00 pm

   

• CCI talk: Dominic McIver Lopes (online event) — September 9, 2021 7:00 pm

   

• Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson (online event) — August 25, 2021 6:00 pm

   

• Söyleşi: Enis Doko (Çevrimiçi etkinlik) — July 31, 2021 8:00 pm

   

• Interview with Amy Kind (online event) — June 26, 2021 8:00 pm

   

• SWIP-TR talk: Leonie Smith (online event) — June 8, 2021 2:00 pm - June 8, 2021 3:30 pm

   

• Interview with Donald Robertson (online event) — May 29, 2021 8:00 pm - May 29, 2021 9:00 pm

   

• Philosopy colloquium: Helen Steward (online event) — May 6, 2021 3:30 pm

   

• Q&A with Peter Singer (online event) — May 5, 2021 12:30 pm - May 5, 2021 1:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Kathrin Koslicki (online event) — April 29, 2021 3:30 pm

   

• Online Conference on Social Ontology: Doing Things Together — April 17, 2021 2:00 pm - April 18, 2021 8:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Matti Eklund (online event) — April 15, 2021 2:30 pm

   

• 4th International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — April 3, 2021 2:00 pm - April 3, 2021 6:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Jessica Wilson (online event) — April 1, 2021 3:30 pm - April 1, 2021 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Gösta Grönroos (Online Event) — March 18, 2021 4:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Amie Thomasson (Online event) — March 11, 2021 4:30 pm - March 11, 2021 8:30 am

   

• Work-in-progress seminar: Dan Wolt — January 5, 2021 1:30 pm - January 5, 2020 1:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Helen Brown Coverdale (online event) — December 17, 2020 1:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Claudio Calosi (online event) — November 27, 2020 12:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: David Liebesman (online event) — November 19, 2020 5:30 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium: Max Cappuccio (online event) — October 8, 2020 1:30 pm

   

• Student Activity, Online Book Club — July 8, 2020 6:00 pm - July 8, 2020 7:30 pm

   

• MA Defenses 2020 — June 17, 2020 3:30 pm - June 17, 2020 5:30 pm

   

• 7th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (Virtual Symposium) — May 31, 2020 9:00 am - May 31, 2020 7:00 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Meeting — May 13, 2020 6:00 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Meeting — May 6, 2020 6:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium, Saniye Vatansever (Online event) — April 30, 2020 4:40 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Meeting — April 29, 2020 6:00 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Meeting — April 22, 2020 6:00 pm - April 17, 2020 7:00 pm

   

• Online Event, Philosophy Talk — April 18, 2020 8:00 pm - April 18, 2020 9:00 pm

   

• Philosophy colloquium, Heidi Maibom (event cancelled) — April 9, 2020 3:40 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Talk (Zoom) — April 8, 2020 6:00 pm - April 8, 2020 7:30 pm

   

• Student Activity, Philosophy Talk (Zoom) — April 5, 2020 4:00 pm - April 5, 2020 5:30 pm