Departmental Events

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  November 11, 2026 6:00 pm - November 11, 2026 8:30 pm

  Philosophy film night: Hamoun

  Film: Hamoun (1989) Director: Dariush Mehrjui Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Time: 1800-2030  Place: FB309 Amphi Description: Hamid Hamoun, a struggling would-be philosopher, is haunted by his failed attempt to […]

   
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  November 19, 2026 9:30 am - November 20, 2026 5:00 pm

  Bilkent-Bochum-Grenoble Memory Workshop

  Dates: 19-20 November, 2026  Location: Bilkent University Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Speakers: István Aranyosi — Bilkent Betül Aydın — Bilkent Megan Entwistle — Grenoble Ariel Gonçalves — Grenoble Nazım […]

   
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  November 26, 2026 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Guy Schuh

  Title: Aristotelian Cosmopolitanism and the Moral Desert for External Goods By Guy Schuh (Tübingen, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, November 26, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: What do […]

   
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  December 17, 2026 3:30 pm - December 4, 2026 3:17 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Lilian Alweiss

  Title: tbd By Lilian Alweiss (Trinity College Dublin, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, December 17, 2026 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: tbd About the speaker: Click here. Organized by […]

   
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  January 17, 2027 9:30 am - January 24, 2027 5:00 pm

  Princeton-Yale-Bilkent Workshop on the History of Philosophy

  Princeton-Yale-Bilkent Workshop on the History of Philosophy  Dates: January, 2027  Participants: Faculty and graduate students from the philosophy departments of Princeton, Yale, and Bilkent. About: These workshops bring together scholars […]

   
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  February 4, 2027 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Mike Deigan

  Title: tbd By Mike Deigan (Cen­tre for Ad­vanced Stud­ies in Berlin) Date: Thursday, February 4, 2027 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: tbd About the speaker: Click here. […]

   
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  March 18, 2027 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Angela Yeo

  Title: tbd By Angela Yeo (Yale, Classics and Philosophy) Date: Thursday, March 18, 2027 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: tbd About the speaker: Click here. Organized by […]

   
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  April 29, 2027 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Thomas Schmidt

  Title: tbd By Thomas Schmidt (Humboldt, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, April 29, 2027 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: tbd About the speaker: Click here. Organized by the Department […]

   
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  May 6, 2027 3:30 pm

  Philosophy Colloquium: Lea Aurelia Schroeder

  Title: tbd By Lea Aurelia Schroeder (UC Berkeley, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, March 6, 2027 Time: 1530-1700 Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Abstract: tbd About the speaker: Click here. Organized by […]

   
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  June 5, 2027 9:30 am - June 6, 2027 5:00 pm

  Analytic Approaches to the History of Philosophy Conference

  Analytic Approaches to the History of Philosophy Conference Dates: 5-6 June, 2027  Location: Bilkent University Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Key note speakers: Monima Chadha (University of Oxford) Kris McDaniel […]

   
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  June 8, 2027 9:30 am - June 12, 2027 5:00 pm

  Forum Descartes’ 27

  Forum Descartes’ 27 Dates: 8-12 June, 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 […]

   
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  December 30, 2027 2:00 pm

  No Upcoming Event

  Currently, there are no scheduled events. 

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Jonas Heller — October 22, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Domenica Romagni — October 15, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Bilkent PhilFest’26 — September 26, 2026 11:00 am

   

• Law-Philosophy Colloquium: Lars Vinx — September 24, 2026 5:30 pm - September 24, 2026 7:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Cody Gilmore — May 7, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Nick Stang — April 30, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Graduate Program Open House — April 25, 2026 10:30 am

   

• Philosophy film night: I Heart Huckabees — April 14, 2026 6:00 pm - April 14, 2026 8:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Faik Kurtulmuş — April 2, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• 9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference — March 29, 2026 1:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Mary Leng — March 12, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• Mind, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Buddhism Conference — February 20, 2026 9:30 am - February 22, 2026 5:00 pm

   

• Philosophy Colloquium: Bill Brewer — February 12, 2026 3:30 pm

   

• 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