BOOK TALK

Island and Empire:
How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World

by
Uğur Zekeriya Peçe, Lehigh University

Date: 12 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

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SEMINAR

The Concept of the Persianate:
What It Can and Cannot Tell Us!

by
Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn

Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

SEMINAR

Byzantine Sardinia: History and Archaeology Through Coins, Seals, and Metal Artifacts

by

Marco Muresu, University of Cagliari

Date: 28 November 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

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SEMINAR

Methodological Remarks on Studying Metal Belt Buckles: A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Byzantine Mediterranean

by
Sara Tacconi, University of Cagliari

Date: 27 November 2024, Wednesday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

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SEMİNER

Çayın Hikâyesi


Konuşmacı: Esra Ansel Derinbay

Gün: 20 Kasım 2024, Çarşamba
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: AZ-31

SEMINAR

The Making of Corporate Bodies in the Late Ottoman Empire:
Law, Property and Greek Communal Institutions in Istanbul

by
Ayşe Ozil

Date: 14 November 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

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SEMİNER

Edebiyat ve Tarihle Mitoloji ve İklim Krizi İlişkisi


Konuşmacı: Buket Uzuner

Gün: 06 Kasım 2024, Çarşamba
Zaman: 15:30
Yer: C-Blok Amfi

SEMİNER

Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 2

Erken Tanzimat Döneminin Bilinmeyen Tarihi

Konuşmacı: S. Akşin Somel, Sabancı Üniversitesi


Gün: 07 Kasım 2024, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
TALK

Department of History Research Talks

 Ottoman Censuses of the Famagusta Region (1831-1877)

by
Ahmet Zeybek

Date: 24 October 2024, Thursday
Time: 16:30
Venue: AZ-31

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BHS EVENT

Historians at the Movies: The Return of Martin Guerre

Guest: Dr. Kenneth Weisbrode

Date: 15.10.2024
Time: 17:30-20:00
Venue: FFB-05

GE250-251: 10 Points
TALK

Department of History Research Talks

Liber Historiae Francorum: Its Content, Importance and Turkish Translation

by
Erdinç Ofli

Date: 10 October 2024, Thursday
Time: 16:30
Venue: AZ-31

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SEMINER

Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 1

Türkiye’de ve Dünya’da Osmanlı Tarihçiliği: Nereye?

Konuşmacı: Ali Yaycıoğlu, Stanford Üniversitesi

Gün: 24 Eylül 2024, Salı
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130

We commemorate with respect and gratitude Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık, prominent Ottoman historian and founder of the Department of History at Bilkent University, on the eight anniversary of his passing (25 July).

Vefatının sekizinci yılında (25 Temmuz) Bilkent Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü'nün kurucusu ve değerli Osmanlı tarihçimiz sayın Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık'ı saygı ve minnetle anıyoruz.

Bilkent History Graduate Symposium 2024
May 9-10, 2024

We would like to thank all our attendees for their participation. We hope you enjoyed your time here with us. We are looking forward to see everyone in next year's symposium.

For more information and more pictures please visit the following link:
Graduate Symposium Page
INTERESTED IN HISTORY?

The Department of History is now accepting applications for
Masters and Ph.D. Programs

Application Deadline:
15 May 2023

Click for
Admission and Application

Bilkent History Graduate Symposium 2024

The Department of History at Bilkent University invites everyone to the 2024 Bilkent History Graduate Symposium which will take place on Thursday and Friday, 9th and 10th May, 2024. 

GE 250/251: 20 Points (Per day)

For more information, abstracts and a higher resolution of the program please visit the following link:
Graduate Symposium Page

Abstracts
BİLKENT HISTORY GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
4-5 May 2022

Twenty eight graduate students from various universities of Turkey, Europe and United States will present their work in eight panel sessions at this two-day event which will be held at C-Block Amphi from 10:30 till 17:30 each day.

Keynote Speaker: Christoph K. Neumann - The Director of the Orient-Institut Istanbul

Symposium Program

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!
 
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
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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

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.
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.


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

Upcoming Events

  • Island and Empire: How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World by Uğur Zekeriya Peçe, Lehigh University December 12, 2024 at 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm A-130
  • Bilkent History Graduate Symposium Call for Paper Deadline February 14, 2025 For more information please refer to: history.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent-history-graduate-symposium-2025
  • Bilkent History Graduate Symposium 2025 Accepted Abstracts Announcement March 1, 2025 via e-mail.

For Information

  • Admission and Application

    An undergraduate degree in history is NOT a prerequisite for entering the M.A. program. Graduates of departments of social sciences, humanities, management, engineering, and science may apply. All students entering…

  • Contact

    Yeliz Çevik yeliz.cevik@bilkent.edu.tr +90 312 290 2206 Office: MA-126 Paul Latimer paul@bilkent.edu.tr +90 312 290 2076 Office: MA-103 Department of History, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Bilkent University, …

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