Events

Early visitors to the Bilkent include Donald Davidson, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Roger Scruton, and Bernard Williams. More recently visitors to the department include Timothy Williamson, G.A. Cohen, Jonathan Wolff, Sarah Broadie, Keith Lehrer, Julia Driver, Tim Crane, Frederick Schauer, Paul Guyer and David Chalmers.

October 4, 2022 2:00 pm

Bilkent PhilFest’22

Bilkent University Philosophy Festival PhilFest’22 is organized by Bilkent University Department of Philosophy, Bilkent Philosophical Society and Bilkent Psychological Counseling and Development Center. Date: 4 October 2022 Place: Bilkent Mayfest […]
November 19, 2022 1:00 pm

6th Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

We invite undergraduate students from all departments and universities to take part in the 6th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference on Saturday, November 19, 2022, which will be held online […]
December 30, 2025 2:00 pm

No Upcoming Event

Currently, there are no scheduled events.

Past Events

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
Student Activity, Philosophy Talk (Zoom) — April 4, 2020 4:00 pm - April 4, 2020 5:30 pm
4th International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (event cancelled) — April 3, 2020 9:00 am - April 5, 2020 5:00 pm
Philosophy Colloquium, Jonathan Payton (Online event) — April 2, 2020 4:40 pm
Student Activity, Women’s Day Talk — March 9, 2020 5:40 pm - March 9, 2020 7:15 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — March 9, 2020 12:40 pm - March 9, 2020 1:30 pm
Philosophy Colloquium, Murali Ramachandran — March 5, 2020 3:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Coffee Hour — March 5, 2020 12:40 pm - March 5, 2020 1:30 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Anthony Cross — February 27, 2020 3:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Talk — February 27, 2020 12:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — February 20, 2020 5:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Lu Chen — February 18, 2020 4:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, David Schroeren — February 11, 2020 4:40 pm
Philosophy Colloquium, Allauren Forbes — February 4, 2020 4:40 pm
Philosophy Colloquium, Hülya Şimga — January 17, 2020 3:00 pm - January 17, 2020 4:30 pm
Undergraduate Seminar, How to Make Successful Presentations — November 13, 2019 5:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — November 7, 2019 5:40 pm
Undergraduate Seminar, How to Write Philosophy Essays — November 6, 2019 5:40 pm
Conference: Exploring the Mind’s Eye – An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination — October 25, 2019 9:00 am - October 26, 2019 5:30 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Bence Nanay — October 24, 2019 5:40 pm
Imagination and Mental Imagery Reading Group — October 22, 2019 5:40 pm - October 22, 2019 7:00 pm
Student Activity, Learning Workshop — October 9, 2019 5:40 pm - October 9, 2019 7:00 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Adam Bradley — October 4, 2019 11:00 am
Student Activity, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind Summer Reading Groups — August 1, 2019 7:00 pm - August 1, 2019 9:00 pm
Imagination and Mental Imagery Reading Group — July 16, 2019 3:00 pm - July 16, 2019 4:30 pm
Short course on counterfactuals by Alan Hajek — June 10, 2019 2:00 pm - June 17, 2019 5:00 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Chris Brown — May 21, 2019 3:00 pm
Conference: Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Biology — May 17, 2019 9:00 am - May 18, 2019 5:00 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Walter Veit — May 16, 2019 4:40 pm - April 16, 2019 4:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Katalin Balog — May 15, 2019 4:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — May 6, 2019 5:45 pm
3rd Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — April 20, 2019 9:00 am - April 20, 2019 7:00 am
MBB Seminar, Hannah Read — April 17, 2019 12:40 pm
SWIP-TR talk, Lisa Shapiro — April 12, 2019 11:00 am
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — April 3, 2019 5:45 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Film Night — April 2, 2019 5:45 pm
MBB seminar, Ercument Cicek — March 27, 2019 12:40 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — March 19, 2019 5:45 pm
Work-in-progress seminar, Istvan Aranyosi — March 15, 2019 12:00 pm
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — March 8, 2019 5:45 pm
Work-in-progress seminar, Rafael Ventura — March 8, 2019 11:40 am
Student Activity, Philosophy Film Night — March 7, 2019 6:00 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Poppy Mankowitz — March 1, 2019 11:30 am
Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — February 27, 2019 5:45 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Alexander Skiles — February 22, 2019 11:00 am
Philosophy colloquium, Daniel Wolt — February 19, 2019 4:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Fatema Amijee — February 15, 2019 11:00 am
Philosophy colloquium, Daniel Hoek — February 12, 2019 4:40 pm
Work-in-progress seminar, Saniye Vatansever — February 8, 2019 11:00 am
MBB Seminar, Burcu Ayşen Ürgen — December 21, 2018 12:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Cem Erkli — December 20, 2018 4:40 pm
Philosophy colloquium, Shmulik Nili — December 14, 2018 11:00 am
Philosophy colloquium, Ertürk Demirel — November 30, 2018 11:00 am

Events

Bilkent PhilFest’22

6th Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

No Upcoming Event

Past Events

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

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

4th International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (event cancelled) — April 3, 2020 9:00 am - April 5, 2020 5:00 pm

Philosophy Colloquium, Jonathan Payton (Online event) — April 2, 2020 4:40 pm

Student Activity, Women’s Day Talk — March 9, 2020 5:40 pm - March 9, 2020 7:15 pm

Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — March 9, 2020 12:40 pm - March 9, 2020 1:30 pm

Philosophy Colloquium, Murali Ramachandran — March 5, 2020 3:40 pm

Student Activity, Philosophy Coffee Hour — March 5, 2020 12:40 pm - March 5, 2020 1:30 pm

Philosophy colloquium, Anthony Cross — February 27, 2020 3:40 pm

Student Activity, Philosophy Talk — February 27, 2020 12:40 pm

Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — February 20, 2020 5:40 pm

Philosophy colloquium, Lu Chen — February 18, 2020 4:40 pm

Philosophy colloquium, David Schroeren — February 11, 2020 4:40 pm

Philosophy Colloquium, Allauren Forbes — February 4, 2020 4:40 pm

Philosophy Colloquium, Hülya Şimga — January 17, 2020 3:00 pm - January 17, 2020 4:30 pm

Undergraduate Seminar, How to Make Successful Presentations — November 13, 2019 5:40 pm

Student Activity, Philosophy Workshop — November 7, 2019 5:40 pm

Undergraduate Seminar, How to Write Philosophy Essays — November 6, 2019 5:40 pm

Conference: Exploring the Mind’s Eye – An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination — October 25, 2019 9:00 am - October 26, 2019 5:30 pm

Philosophy colloquium, Bence Nanay — October 24, 2019 5:40 pm

Imagination and Mental Imagery Reading Group — October 22, 2019 5:40 pm - October 22, 2019 7:00 pm

Student Activity, Learning Workshop — October 9, 2019 5:40 pm - October 9, 2019 7:00 pm

Philosophy colloquium, Adam Bradley — October 4, 2019 11:00 am

Student Activity, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind Summer Reading Groups — August 1, 2019 7:00 pm - August 1, 2019 9:00 pm

Imagination and Mental Imagery Reading Group — July 16, 2019 3:00 pm - July 16, 2019 4:30 pm

Short course on counterfactuals by Alan Hajek — June 10, 2019 2:00 pm - June 17, 2019 5:00 pm

Philosophy colloquium, Chris Brown — May 21, 2019 3:00 pm

Conference: Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Biology — May 17, 2019 9:00 am - May 18, 2019 5:00 pm