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ZOOMING IN ON BYZANTINE CITIES: HAI ALĒTHEIAI TŌN POLEŌN
17 DECEMBER
10:40 Session One
Seljuk View of Byzantium:
Oya Pancaroğlu
Dmitry Korobeynikov
Respondent: Alexander Beihammer
2:00 Session Two
Late Byzantium and It's Viewers
Mİchael Chatzidakis
Siren Çelik
Respondent: Scott Kennedy
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https://zoom.us/j/3899516358
17 DECEMBER
10:40 Session One
Seljuk View of Byzantium:
Oya Pancaroğlu
Dmitry Korobeynikov
Respondent: Alexander Beihammer
2:00 Session Two
Late Byzantium and It's Viewers
Mİchael Chatzidakis
Siren Çelik
Respondent: Scott Kennedy
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https://zoom.us/j/3899516358
SEMINAR
"Byzantium Outside Byzantium: The Evidence of The Non-Greek Seals From
Dumbarton Oaks Collection”
by
Dimitri Korobeinikov
(University of Albany)
Date: 14.12.2022
Time: 14:30
Room: A-130
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
"Behind the Walls"
The Department
of History, cordially invites you to special screening of “Behind the Walls” Documentary.
Date: 07 December 2022, Wednesday,
Avenue: Mithat Çoruh Amphitheather
Time: 16.30
"Behind the Walls"
The Department
of History, cordially invites you to special screening of “Behind the Walls” Documentary.
Date: 07 December 2022, Wednesday,
Avenue: Mithat Çoruh Amphitheather
Time: 16.30
ZOOMING IN ON BYZANTINE CITIES: HAI ALĒTHEIAI TŌN POLEŌN
8 DECEMBER
10:30 Session One
Cultural Construction of Space:
Maria Cristina Carile
Nikos Bakirtzis
Respondent: Ivana Jevtic
2:00 Session Two
Icon, Texts, and Monuments
Jelena Bogdanovic
Elena Boeck
Buket Kitapçı Bayrı
Respondant: Sercan Yandım Aydın
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https://zoom.us/j/3899516358
8 DECEMBER
10:30 Session One
Cultural Construction of Space:
Maria Cristina Carile
Nikos Bakirtzis
Respondent: Ivana Jevtic
2:00 Session Two
Icon, Texts, and Monuments
Jelena Bogdanovic
Elena Boeck
Buket Kitapçı Bayrı
Respondant: Sercan Yandım Aydın
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https://zoom.us/j/3899516358
SEMINAR
“The Imperial Palace as an Iconic Space of Power: In and Beyond Constantinople”
by
Marie Cristina Carile
(University of Bologna)
Date: 9.12.2022
Time: 10.30
Room: A-130
“The Imperial Palace as an Iconic Space of Power: In and Beyond Constantinople”
by
Marie Cristina Carile
(University of Bologna)
Date: 9.12.2022
Time: 10.30
Room: A-130
SEMINAR
"LexiQamus: A Digital Humanities Project, Challenging Long-Established Definitions and Methodologies"
by
Dr. Ahmet Abdullah Saçmalı
Date: 30 November 2022, Wednesday
Avenue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 15.30-17.30
You are cordially invited!
"LexiQamus: A Digital Humanities Project, Challenging Long-Established Definitions and Methodologies"
by
Dr. Ahmet Abdullah Saçmalı
Date: 30 November 2022, Wednesday
Avenue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 15.30-17.30
You are cordially invited!
ZOOMING IN ON BYZANTINE CITIES: HAI ALĒTHEIAI TŌN POLEŌN
25 NOVEMBER
10:30 Session One
Cities of the Byzantine Heartland:
Zeliha Demirel Gökalp
Jenny Albani
Suna Çağaptay
Respondent: Anais Lamesa
2:00 Session Two
Urbanism in the Insular and Coastal Koine:
Akın Ersoy
Paul Arthur Respondant: Luca Zavagno
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https:/ /zoom.us/j/3899516358
25 NOVEMBER
10:30 Session One
Cities of the Byzantine Heartland:
Zeliha Demirel Gökalp
Jenny Albani
Suna Çağaptay
Respondent: Anais Lamesa
2:00 Session Two
Urbanism in the Insular and Coastal Koine:
Akın Ersoy
Paul Arthur Respondant: Luca Zavagno
DETAILED PROGRAM
Zoom link : https:/ /zoom.us/j/3899516358
SEMINAR
"Married yet Single: Experiences of Muslim and Christian Deserted Women in Seventeenth-Century İstanbul"
by
Dr. Gamze Yavuzer
Date: 09 November 2022, Wednesday
Time: 15.30-17.30
You are cordially invited!
"Married yet Single: Experiences of Muslim and Christian Deserted Women in Seventeenth-Century İstanbul"
by
Dr. Gamze Yavuzer
Date: 09 November 2022, Wednesday
Time: 15.30-17.30
You are cordially invited!
Çiğdem Barçan Tansel
and
Kalbiye Tansel Thesis Awards
Kalbiye Tansel and Çiğdem Barçan Tansel Thesis Awards are presented to the best MA and PhD thesis written in graduate programs under ESBE each year
Our M.A. Student Ayşenur Çenesiz is awarded the best MA thesis written in history
We would like to congratulate our student for receiving the award!
Our M.A. Student Ayşenur Çenesiz is awarded the best MA thesis written in history
We would like to congratulate our student for receiving the award!
ZOOMING IN ON BYZANTINE CITIES: HAI ALĒTHEIAI TŌN POLEŌN
15 OCTOBER
15 OCTOBER
11:00 Session One
Water at Constantinople:
Kerim Altuğ
Michael Jones
Respondent: Jim Crow
1:30 Session Two
History and Urbanism:
Jorge Quiroga
Natalia Poulou Papadimitriou
Respondent: Koray Durak
Zoom link : https://zoom.us/j/3899516358
HIST 200 STUDENT PUBLICATION
History of Turkey (HIST 200) article written by a group of undergraduate students has been published by Ankara Barosu Dergisi. We congratulate the students.
History of Turkey (HIST 200) article written by a group of undergraduate students has been published by Ankara Barosu Dergisi. We congratulate the students.
On the sixth anniversary of his passing (25 July), we commamorate with respect and grattitude Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık, prominent Ottoman historian and founder of the Department of History at Bilkent University
Vefatının altıncı yılında (25 Temmuz) Bilkent Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü'nün kurucusu ve değerli Osmanlı tarihçimiz sayın Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık'ı saygı ve minnetle anıyoruz
BİLKENT HISTORY GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
9-10 May 2022
Twenty six graduate students from Bilkent University, Bogazici University, Middle East Technical Umiversity and Koç University will present their work in eight panel sessions at this two-day event which will be held at C-Block Amphi from 09:30 till 17:00 each day.
Symposium Program
Twitter Account
9-10 May 2022
Twenty six graduate students from Bilkent University, Bogazici University, Middle East Technical Umiversity and Koç University will present their work in eight panel sessions at this two-day event which will be held at C-Block Amphi from 09:30 till 17:00 each day.
Symposium Program
Twitter Account
SEMINAR
"Coins and Contexts – Enriching Our Picture of the Past"
by
Assoc. Prof. Andrew Kurt
Date: 29.04.2022
Time: 16.30 (GMT +3)
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
"Coins and Contexts – Enriching Our Picture of the Past"
by
Assoc. Prof. Andrew Kurt
Date: 29.04.2022
Time: 16.30 (GMT +3)
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
SEMINAR
"From Coins to Data: New History for Ancient Antioch"
by
Assoc. Prof. Kristina Neumann
Date: 27.04.2022
Time: 17.30 (GMT +3)
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
"From Coins to Data: New History for Ancient Antioch"
by
Assoc. Prof. Kristina Neumann
Date: 27.04.2022
Time: 17.30 (GMT +3)
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
HISTORY TALKS
"Blue Eyes, Pockmarks, and the Violent Making of the Slaves in the Late Ottoman Empire"
by
Dr. Ceyda Karamürsel
Date: 19.04.2022
Time: 17.00 (GMT +3)
Online Event (Zoom)
Room 167
Zoom ID: 463 611 1564
Password: 604a2ab80e
"Blue Eyes, Pockmarks, and the Violent Making of the Slaves in the Late Ottoman Empire"
by
Dr. Ceyda Karamürsel
Date: 19.04.2022
Time: 17.00 (GMT +3)
Online Event (Zoom)
Room 167
Zoom ID: 463 611 1564
Password: 604a2ab80e
SEMINAR
by
Silvana Rachieru
"From Vassality to Equality: Ottoman-Romanian Relations in the 19th Century"
08. 04. 2022 Friday. 17.30
Online or Face to Face (Room AZ 31)
Zoom Link
Zoom ID/Password: 463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
and
"Ottoman Heritage in Romania"
12.04.2022, Tuesday. 17.30
Online or Face to Face (Room AZ 31)
Zoom Link
Zoom ID/Password: 463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
by
Silvana Rachieru
"From Vassality to Equality: Ottoman-Romanian Relations in the 19th Century"
08. 04. 2022 Friday. 17.30
Online or Face to Face (Room AZ 31)
Zoom Link
Zoom ID/Password: 463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
and
"Ottoman Heritage in Romania"
12.04.2022, Tuesday. 17.30
Online or Face to Face (Room AZ 31)
Zoom Link
Zoom ID/Password: 463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
ANAMED TALKS
"Urban Life After Antiquity:
The Byzantine City between Heraclius and the Fourth Crusade"
by
Assist. Prof. Dr. Luca Zavagno
(the Department of History)
Moderator:
Nokolas Bakirtzis
Date: 21.04.2022
Time: 17.00 (GMT +3)
Online Event
For Registration and Information
"Urban Life After Antiquity:
The Byzantine City between Heraclius and the Fourth Crusade"
by
Assist. Prof. Dr. Luca Zavagno
(the Department of History)
Moderator:
Nokolas Bakirtzis
Date: 21.04.2022
Time: 17.00 (GMT +3)
Online Event
For Registration and Information
SEMINAR SERIES
"Beyond Books: the Diagrammatic Mode in Byzantium"
by
Prof. Linda Safran
(Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto)
Date: 31.03.2022
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Event
For further info and registration:
byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com
"Beyond Books: the Diagrammatic Mode in Byzantium"
by
Prof. Linda Safran
(Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto)
Date: 31.03.2022
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Event
For further info and registration:
byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com
SEMINAR
"Love (mahabbet): An Emotion Providing the Meaning-making Mechanisms of Protection (hıfz) in early modern Ottoman Familial Relations"
by
Dr. Nil Tekgül
(the Department of History)
Date: 29.03.2022
Time: 17.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://zoom.us/j/4636111564?pwd=c1g5NjcyWW9Qc2E4dEhUTTBNZ2poUT09
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
"Love (mahabbet): An Emotion Providing the Meaning-making Mechanisms of Protection (hıfz) in early modern Ottoman Familial Relations"
by
Dr. Nil Tekgül
(the Department of History)
Date: 29.03.2022
Time: 17.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://zoom.us/j/4636111564?pwd=c1g5NjcyWW9Qc2E4dEhUTTBNZ2poUT09
Meeting ID/Password:
463 611 1564 / 604a2ab80e
PUBLIC LECTURE
“"Can Ottoman Women Speak? An Inquiry into Ottoman Gender
Studies”
Studies”
by
Asst. Prof. Dr. Berrak Burçak
Date: 08.03.2022
Time: 17.00 (Ankara Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting ID: 463 611 1564
Password: 604a2ab80e
Zoom Link
SEMINAR
"The Visible city": History of Byzantine
Urbanism Between 600 and 1204
by
Asst. Prof. Luca Zavagno
(Metu Architectural History Talks
Fall 2021-22)
Date: 24.01.2022
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Event
Meeting ID: 982 4937 9054
Passcode: 462612
"The Visible city": History of Byzantine
Urbanism Between 600 and 1204
by
Asst. Prof. Luca Zavagno
(Metu Architectural History Talks
Fall 2021-22)
Date: 24.01.2022
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
Zoom Event
Meeting ID: 982 4937 9054
Passcode: 462612
Araştırma Görevlisi Pozisyonu
Sınav Sonuç İlanı
Bilkent Üniversitesi İİSBF Tarih Bölümü'nde "Araştırma Görevlisi" pozisyonunda istihdam edilmek üzere başvuran ve ön değerlendirmeyi geçen adaylar için 04.01.2022 tarihinde yapılan bilim sınavı sonucu
(06 Ocak 2022)
Sınav Sonucu
BYZANTIUM AT ANKARA SEMINAR SERIES
FALL 2021/22
"Cherson in the Crimea and the Byzantine Empire (early – middle Byzantine period)”
by
Dr. Martina Cechova
(Institute of Slavonic Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague)
Date: 10.01.2022
Time: 18.00 (Ankara Time Zone)
Research Assistant Recruitment Pre-Evaluation Report
Candidate List
Bilkent Üniversitesi İİSBF Tarih Bölümünde “Araştırma Görevlisi” pozisyonunda istihdam edilmek üzere başvuran adayların ön değerlendirmesi yapılmış ve ekteki adaylar sözlü ve yazılı sınava hak
kazanmışlardır.
(29 Aralık 2021)
Candidate List
SEMINAR
“Fantastic Fountains and Where to Find Them
A Comparative Analysis on Fountains In Byzantium and the Islamicate World”
by
“Fantastic Fountains and Where to Find Them
A Comparative Analysis on Fountains In Byzantium and the Islamicate World”
by
Federica A. Broilo
(University “Carlo Bo” of Urbino)
Date: 16.12.2021
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
To obtain Zoom access
byzantiumatankara@gmail.com
Byzantium at Ankara
SEMINAR
"Some Considerations on Relationship Between the Western Powers and the Ottoman Turks in the Late Middle Ages: From the Case Study of Sigismondo Malatesta Lord of Rimini"
by
Elisa Tosi Brandi
(University of Bologna)
Date: 02.12.2021 Thursday
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
(Zoom Event)
Byzantium at Ankara
"Some Considerations on Relationship Between the Western Powers and the Ottoman Turks in the Late Middle Ages: From the Case Study of Sigismondo Malatesta Lord of Rimini"
by
Elisa Tosi Brandi
(University of Bologna)
Date: 02.12.2021 Thursday
Time: 18.00 (İstanbul Time Zone)
(Zoom Event)
Byzantium at Ankara
PUBLICATION
Assist. Prof. Dr. Luca Zavagno of the Department of History published his third monograph.
"The Byzantine City from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade, 610-1204"
The book was published by Palgrave McMillan, 2021 in the New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Series.
Detailed Information
MINI SYMPOSIUM/WORKSHOP
“Strolling Through Echoes of the Past: Byzantine Music"
This mini symposium/workshop aims to explore the many facets of Byzantine music and its legacy. The symposium provides also a Byzantine Note-Reading Workshop. Friday's session will be concluded with a concert program.
(Zoom Event)
Detailed Program
For more details:
Byzantium at Ankara
Bilkent Saygun Center
“Strolling Through Echoes of the Past: Byzantine Music"
This mini symposium/workshop aims to explore the many facets of Byzantine music and its legacy. The symposium provides also a Byzantine Note-Reading Workshop. Friday's session will be concluded with a concert program.
(Zoom Event)
Detailed Program
For more details:
Byzantium at Ankara
Bilkent Saygun Center
BİLKENT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY TALKS
SOCIETY TALKS
"Venedik Arşivi'nden II. Osman Fermanı"
by
Dr. Vera Costantini
(Ca' Foscari Venedik Üniversitesi)
Date: 20.04.2021 Tuesday
Time: 20:00 (Ankara Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting Info
by
Dr. Vera Costantini
(Ca' Foscari Venedik Üniversitesi)
Date: 20.04.2021 Tuesday
Time: 20:00 (Ankara Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting Info
SEMINAR
"Machiavelli's Florentine Histories: An Essay on the Birth of 'Constitutional' Law"
by
Prof. Levent Yılmaz (University of Paris Nanterre)
Date: 08.04.2021, Thursday
Time: 16.30 (Ankara Time Zone)
Meeting ID: 256 109 2748
Passcode: 768464
BYZANTIUM AT ANKARA
SPRING 2021
Byzantium and the Silk Roads, Mini Seminar Series
by
Irene Giviashvili, Qiang Li Ihac, Aniket Chettri
Friday 9 April (17.00 o'clock, Istanbul time)
For More Information: byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com
For further info and registration: Program
The Dumbarton Oaks Library Research Collection/ Harvard Center for Byzantine Studies has selected the Department of History as one of the few institutional recipients of their Byzantine Seminar Series on Numismatic and Sigillography. Prof. Jonathan Shea has delivered a seminar on "Byzantine Seals and their use" to Bilkent Ug and Grad students enrolled in Dr. Luca Zavagno's Byzantine History course.
A further seminar on Byzantine Coins will be held (virtually) in the Fall 2021/22 Semester.
A further seminar on Byzantine Coins will be held (virtually) in the Fall 2021/22 Semester.
Dr. Luca Zavagno and three Bilkent History Grad Students (Fermude Gulsevinç, Yunus Dogan and Aysenur Mulla) will be delivering a paper at the 52 International Congress of Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo as members of the FLAME-Princeton University project
Date: 10-15 May 2021
Program
the Flame Project
Date: 10-15 May 2021
Program
the Flame Project
EXTRATERRITORIALITY AND THE CAPITULATIONS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: AN OVERVİEW
By
Dr. Berke Torunoğlu
(The University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Date:10.03.2021, Wednesday
Time: 17.00 (Ankara Time Zone)
Zoom Meeting Info
Meeting ID: 256 109 2748
Passcode: 768464
Bedirhan Laçin, our Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded a TUBITAK
research grant for nine months as a visiting fellow at the University
of California, Davis in the United States of America.
Göksel Baş, our Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded a TUBITAK research
grant for six months as a visiting fellow at the University of Vienna,
Austria.
research grant for nine months as a visiting fellow at the University
of California, Davis in the United States of America.
Göksel Baş, our Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded a TUBITAK research
grant for six months as a visiting fellow at the University of Vienna,
Austria.
Turaç Hakalmaz, our Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded a TUBITAK research grant for one year as a visiting fellow in the United Kingdom.
He will also be delivering a speech at the IMC International Medieval Congress 2021
(Turaç Hakalmaz has been awarded a grant by "Templar Heritage Trust Fund" which has been awarded only to six applicants)
Date of the Congress: 5-9 July 2021
IMC Website
He will also be delivering a speech at the IMC International Medieval Congress 2021
(Turaç Hakalmaz has been awarded a grant by "Templar Heritage Trust Fund" which has been awarded only to six applicants)
Date of the Congress: 5-9 July 2021
IMC Website
Two of our Ph.D. students, Yunus Doğan and Fermude Gülsevinç will be delivering a paper at the prestigious OUBS 23rd International Graduate Conference, Organized by the University of Oxford
Date: 26-28 February 2021
Registration
Program
Date: 26-28 February 2021
Registration
Program
BYZANTIUM AT ANKARA
SPRING 2021
February: Ceylan Karaca, Rossina Kostova, Malte Fuhrman
March: Myrto Veikou, Jonathan Shea
April: Byzantium and the Silk Roads, Mini Seminar Series
Irene Giviashvili, Qiang Li Ihac, Aniket Chettri
May: Sercan Yandım Aydın, Cenk Güray & Nevin Şahin, Ingo Herklotz
For More Information: byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com
Also: Program
SPRING 2021
February: Ceylan Karaca, Rossina Kostova, Malte Fuhrman
March: Myrto Veikou, Jonathan Shea
April: Byzantium and the Silk Roads, Mini Seminar Series
Irene Giviashvili, Qiang Li Ihac, Aniket Chettri
May: Sercan Yandım Aydın, Cenk Güray & Nevin Şahin, Ingo Herklotz
For More Information: byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com
Also: Program
Bilkent Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü ve Londra Birkbeck Üniversitesi arasında yapılan işbirliği çerçevesinde son dört ayda üç farklı eğitici ve geliştirici "Yazı Atölyesi" düzenlendi.
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Welcome
The Department of History functions mainly as a graduate department, offering M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the areas of Ottoman, American, and European histories.
News and Announcements
Previous news and announcements regarding the Department of History at Bilkent University.
History of Turkey (HIST 200)
This course focuses on aspects of Turkey's history with an emphasis on research.
Minor in History
If you have an interest in history or are perhaps considering graduate study in history at a later stage, you may wish to apply for the Minor Program in History.
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