Bilkent University Library

Some comments on transdisciplinary science methodology
2015-04-02 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Orhan Güvenen
“Some comments on transdisciplinary science methodology”

Department of Institute of World Systems, Economies and Strategic Research, DSEE, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
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BiographyProf. Orhan Güvenen is an expert in the fields of Strategic Decision Systems, Information Systems, Econometrics and International Economy. He holds a B.Sc. in Econometrics from İstanbul Üniversitesi, and his M.Sc., in Econometrics, from the Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Econometrics and International Economy, also from La Sorbonne, in 1975. From 1979-1988, Prof. Güvenen was Research Director and Professor of Applied Econometrics at the Université Paris, during which time he also worked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.
Prof. Güvenen joined Bilkent University in 1988, as Professor of Strategic Decision Systems, Econometrics and International Economics, and as founding director of the Institute of World Systems, Economies and Strategic Research (DSEE). He has been Chair of the Department of Accounting Information Systems since August 2000, and is also a member of the executive board of the UNAM National Nanotechnology Research Center, as well as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Strategy, Economy and Industry at Bilkent. From 1997 – 2009, he worked closely with the Prime Ministry of Turkey and held various administrative roles for UNESCO. He is currently the president of the Applied Econometrics Association.
Prof. Güvenen has published numerous books and papers internationally and in Turkey, and holds many awards and honors. As well as being a native Turkish speaker, he also speaks fluent English, French and Italian.
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The Library of Tomorrow, Today Poster Competition (30 March 2015)
2015-03-30 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “The Library of Tomorrow, Today” Poster Competition” is now available:

Anıl Karasaç(COMD)
Övgü Cansu Şahin(EEE)
Görkem Bozkurt(PHYS)

Things Hidden Behind the Numbers of İnce Memeds
2015-03-05 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Fazlı Can
“Things Hidden Behind the Numbers of İnce Memeds”
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University.

Thursday, 5 March 2015
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BiographyProf. Fazlı Can received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering and his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. During his PhD studies in 1982 and 1983, he was a research assistant at Arizona State University and worked as an engineer at Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona on the RAP database machine project.
He is a professor of Computer Engineering at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Before joining Bilkent University he was a tenured full professor at Miami University, Oxford, OH. He was one of the two co-editors of the *ACM SIGIR Forum* between 1995 and 2002. He has published several papers in computer science conferences and journals and received the Sigma Xi Miami University Researcher of the Year Award in 1998. He has served on the program committees of several international conferences, workshops, and NSF and TÜBİTAK panels.
His more recent funded research projects are on new event detection and topic tracking in news portals, novelty detection in topic tracking, chronological news summarization, and analysis of Ottoman texts and poetry. He is a co-founder of the Bilkent Information Retrieval Group. He enjoys reading and surprises of life.
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One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey
2014-12-18 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
V. Assistant Professor Jason Hale & Meltem Keskin
“One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey”

Jason Hale, Bilkent V. Assistant Professor / Theatre Department Chair and Meltem Keskin, Bilkent Theater Department Instructor / Ankara State Theatre Artist
Thursday, 18 December 2014
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Biographyason Hale is an American theatre director and teacher of acting, with over twenty years of experience as a professional actor, director and producer in New York City, at theatres across the United States and internationally. Jason Hale has an M.A. in Directing from Antioch University and worked for many years as an assistant to director John Uecker and as a personal assistant to writer James Purdy. He has directed internationally in Turkey and Mexico and at many diverse theatres in New York City such as La MaMa ETC, St. Mark’s Theatre, Triad Theatre, Bank Street Theater, Theatre for the New City, 45th Street Theatre, Phil Bosakowski Theatre, CSV, Kraine Theater, Stella Adler Studio Theater, New Actors Workshop Theater, RAW Space, and the Times Square Arts Center. Regionally he has developed and directed new works at theatres in Pennslyvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Long Island, New York.
As a teacher of acting, Jason is a qualified teacher of the Viola Spolin improvisational technique, having worked and studied privately with Ms. Spolin’s son, director Paul Sills, for many years. Jason is in demand internationally as a teacher of this technique, having trained students in this work throughout the U.S., and from Mexico to Turkey. In addition, he also has a thorough knowledge of modern acting theory, having taught in such diverse schools as the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, New York University- Tisch School of the Arts, New Actors Workshop, Antioch University McGregor, HB Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York Film Academy and in many workshops with the Screen Actors Guild, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and several theaters and groups across the U.S. Internationally, he has taught at the Olusum Drama Institute in Istanbul and Ankara, Istanbul University State Conservatory, Spolin IST, Maltepe University, Robert College of Istanbul, and in 2010 and 2012 at ACTUANDO SIN ACTUAR, an international acting method festival in Auguascalientes, Mexico. Jason currently directs and teaches as Visiting Assistant Professor at Bilkent University in Ankara Turkey.
As a professional actor, Jason has performed in theater, film and televison. He is a 1993 graduate of the New Actors Workshop in NYC where he trained as an actor full-time with Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. As a longtime member of the Actors’ Equity Association, Jason has performed in over 50 classical and contemporary plays at both Off and Off Off Broadway theater groups in New York City and at such regional theaters and ensembles as the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Baltimore Theatre Project, Touchstone Theatre, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Blue Circle Theater Company in Door County, Wisconsin, Montauk Theatre, Bearsville Theatre, and the Tamarind Theater in Los Angeles.
In 2012, Jason was selected by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars to become a roster candidate to teach internationally as a US Fulbright Scholar Specialist.
Jason is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
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“Ghost in the Library” (21 November 2014)
2014-11-21 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “Ghost in the Library” Competition” is now available:

Gonca Araz

Markov and His Chains
2014-11-20 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Tuğrul Dayar
“Markov and His Chains”

Associate Provost, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
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BiographyTuğrul Dayar received his BS degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1989, and the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science with a minor in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 1991 and 1994, respectively. Since 1995, he has been with the Department of Computer Engineering at Bilkent, where he is now a full professor. While at Bilkent, he has received an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation Research Fellowship, a Young Scientist Award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), and an Incentive Award from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). He has also taken sabbatical leaves of one year each at Technical University of Dresden and Saarland University, Germany. His research interests are in the areas of performance modeling/analysis and scientific computing with applications to bioinformatics and computer networks. His book titled “Analyzing Markov Chains using Kronecker Products: Theory and Applications” has been published by Springer. He is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, American Mathematical Society (AMS), Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) – Activity Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG/LA), and a senior member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Computer Society (CS). He also is an evaluator for the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MÜDEK) in Computer Engineering. Before being appointed as Associate Provost, he has served for about three years as the Associate Dean of Engineering responsible from student affairs at Bilkent.
Professor Dayar enjoys attending concerts, biking, and gardening.
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“Shelfie” Competition (14 November 2014)
2014-11-14 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the photograph competition entitled “Shelfie: Library Selfie Competition “ are now available:

Muhammed Bilgin
Hale Erkan
Tansel Asan
Uygar Parçal

All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver: Ancient Anatolian jewellery unveiled
2014-10-23 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Thomas Zimmermann
“All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver: Ancient Anatolian jewellery unveiled”
Assistant Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Archaeology, Bilkent University

Thursday, 23 October 2014
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BiographyThomas Zimmermann graduated from the University of Regensburg, Germany, where he completed his studies in Pre- and Protohistory, European Ethnology and Classical Archaeology. For his PhD project he was based with scholarship at the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum Mainz, an internationally renowned research institute, studying Copper Age burials with daggers in their technological and social dimensions, as part of the Early Elites Research Cluster. In 2003, he succumbed to the oriental lure and moved to Turkey, where he is currently appointed as Assistant Professor and Acting Chair at the Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University, Ankara. His versatile research interests include science in archaeology, early metallurgy, the emergence of elites in 3rd millennium BC Asia Minor, and the history of archaeological methodology.
He has participated in numerous digs in Germany and Turkey. His fieldwork experience extends from excavating medieval tanneries and Late Bronze Age hilltop settlements in Bavaria to Hittite towns in Eastern Cappadocia. His current research focus is set on Bronze Age metal production and consumption, particularly non-destructive spectrographic analyses of 3rd and 2nd millennium metal objects from Anatolia, to reveal their elementary composition. His studies in collaboration with Ankara University, the Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Centre (SANAEM) and the Museum for Anatolian Civilizations are published in reputed peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Antiquity, and Oxford Journal of Archaeology, alongside with numerous other articles on interregional trade, early elites and various other metal age phenomena at large. One of his recent joint publications (T. Zimmermann/ N. Dilek/ T. Kağan Önder, Ein neues Schwert vom Typus ‘Arslantepe’ – frühmetallzeitliche Waffentechnologie zwischen Repräsentation und Ritual. Mit einem archäometrischen Beitrag von Latif Özen und Abdullah Zararsız. Praehistorische Zeitschrift 86, 2011, 1-7) discusses one of the oldest swords in World history, dating to about 3.000 BC, erroneously filed as a “Roman knife” in a museum collection. He is currently coordinating the scientific analyses of Neo-Assyrian metal artifacts from Ziyaret Tepe, Bismil, and worked on Early Bronze Age metal finds from settlements and cemeteries in the Eskişehir plain, and the metals from Kinet Höyük this summer.
His MA and PhD theses have appeared as monographs (RGZM Catalogue and Monograph Series, Mainz 2006 and 2007); and he co-edited the “Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia” conference proceedings with Charles Gates and Jacques Morin (BAR International Series, Oxford 2009). That aside, he loves to watch Dr. Who and vintage James Bond flicks, and to accumulate mechanical timepieces, old maps and Star Wars collectibles.
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Well-Done! On Chemistry and Cooking
2014-05-14 12:40 - 13:30 (Europe/Istanbul) | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Ulrike Salzner
“Well-Done! On Chemistry and Cooking”

Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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BiographyAssoc. Prof Ulrike Salzner studied chemistry at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen Germany. She obtained a doctorate in natural sciences in 1993 under supervision of Prof. v. R. Schleyer, for theoretical investigation of structures and electron affinities of small molecules and anomeric effects in sugars. She moved then to DeKalb, Illinois to do post doctoral research on pericyclic reactions involving low-valent phosphorous compounds with Prof. S. M. Bachrach at Northern Illinois University. During a second post doctoral appointment at University and Memorial University of Newfound land, Canada with Profs. P. Pickup, R. Poirier, and J. Lagowski she began investigating conducting and organic polymers with density functional theory and started teaching general chemistry classes. In 1997 she joint the Chemistry Department of Bilkent University as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000. At Bilkent she teaches general chemistry, applied quantum chemistry courses and recently food chemistry. She continues theoretical research on conducting organic polymers. She has published over 40 articles in SCI journals, including three invited reviews and received over 1500 citations.
Teaching food chemistry she combines her interest in cooking with her scientific background in chemistry. Apart from cooking she loves to read, and do sports, especially playing tennis, hiking, biking and horse-back riding. She is married (to an excellent hobby cook) and has a grown up son who studies computer science.
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Photography Competition (4 April 2014)
2014-04-04 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Begüm Konor (MAN)
Murat Can Yıldız (MAN)
İrem Abul (LAW)
Alp Taner Tirben (MAN)

A Typical Turkish Leadership Style: Paternalistic Leadership Comparisons within Turkey and Cross-Nationally
2014-04-02 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Carnot Nelson
“A Typical Turkish Leadership Style: Paternalistic Leadership Comparisons within Turkey and Cross-Nationally”

Visiting Professor, Chair Department of Psychology Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
POSTER of “English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities”

BiographyCarnot Nelson was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his doctorate in social psychology from Columbia University. Prior to joining the psychology faculty at the University of South Florida, he was on the faculty of Emory University and The Johns Hopkins University. At USF he was a member of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology doctoral program. He spent two years at the National Institute of Education in Washington, D.C. as an Intergovernmental Fellow. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.
In August 2006 he came to Turkey for the first time as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer at Hacettepe and Middle East Technical Universities which followed his retirement from USF. He returned to Turkey in 2009, when his wife Alice received a Fulbright, and taught two courses at Bilkent University. He returned to Bilkent as a Visiting Professor in 2011 and after spending the fall 2012 semester in Tampa returned to Bilkent in January 2013. His previous research focused on the utilization of scientific knowledge and program evaluation. His present research on paternalistic leadership and emotional labor both within Turkey and cross nationally.
He spends his free time reading mysteries and history. He and his wife Alice recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and four grandsons.
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Shop advertising in English in a lingua franca context: making sense of language use
2014-03-05 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Louisa Buckingham
“Shop advertising in English in a lingua franca context: making sense of language use”

Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
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BiographyLouisa is of New Zealand heritage but was born in India and partially raised in Germany. She studied linguistics through to PhD level at universities in New Zealand, Austria, Australia and Spain and has held lecturing positions at universities in Turkey, Bosnia and Oman. In addition to academia, Louisa has also been a project assistant on a post – war reconstruction project in Bosnia and was a senior analyst for Latin A merica and Europe in the New Zealand government sector. Her recent research has focused on the use of English as a lingua franca, attitudes to accents in English and second language writing.
In her free time Louisa has become an enthusiastic sign hunter, which combines well with her enjoyment of slow – motion jogging.
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Essay Competition (5 February 2014)
2014-02-05 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
As part of the GE 250 – 251 program, the results of the Essay Competition entitled “My First Library Experience” are now available:

Emina Hasanagic (POLS) – “ My First Visit to the Library ”
Anıl Rızaoğlu (EE) – “ Göz Göze Gelmek Bilkent Kütüphanesi’yle ”
Alper Özyurt (MAN) – “ Sonsuzluk Özlemi ”

Colour Design in the Built Environment
2013-12-18 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Nilgün Olguntürk
“Colour Design in the Built Environment”

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
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BiographyNilgün Olguntürk is an associate professor and the acting chair of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. She received her B.Arch. and MA in architecture and PhD in interior architecture. Her professional experience has included appointments as research fellow at the London South Bank University and as instructor at the Middle East Technical University. She has worked on research projects in the UK for NHS Estates (Department of Health) on color design in hospitals and EPSRC/DTLR LINK (Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions) on color, visual impairment and transport environments. She has over ten years of research and experience on color perception, color preference and color design in interiors. Her current research and teaching include interior design studio, basic design, color and lighting, graduate studio and universal design. Her work has appeared in various journals such as Color Research and Application, Optics and Laser Technology, Building and Environment and Architectural Science Review.
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Turkish Economy during the AKP Rule
2013-11-21 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Refet Gürkaynak
“Turkish Economy during the AKP Rule”

Department of Economics, Bilkent University.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
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BiographyRefet Gürkaynak is an associate professor of economics at Bilkent University and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. He has a BA from Bilkent and a PhD from Princeton Universities, both in economics. Prior to his current position he was an economist at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board. Gürkaynak’s research interests are monetary economics, financial markets and international economics. In particular, he has worked on extracting information from asset prices that help answer monetary policy related questions. His research along these lines has been published in journals such as /Journal of Monetary Economics, International Journal of Central Banking/ and /American Economic Review/. He has been the recipient of awards from the Central Bank of Turkey, the European Central Bank and the Turkish Academy of Sciences. He has editorial roles at the Journal of Monetary Economic and Economic Policy and has been a consultant to various central banks, including the Central Bank of Turkey and the European Central Bank.
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Homicidal Sleepwalkers: Can We Blame Them
2013-10-10 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Simon Wigley
“Homicidal Sleepwalkers: Can We Blame Them?”

Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
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BiographySimon Wigley is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent.
Tijen received her B.Sc. and M.A. degrees in English Language Teaching, and earned her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English from Cambridge University.
Dr. Wigley is from New Zealand and received his B.A. in Philosophy and Politics (Double Major) from the University of Otago in 1990. He holds both M.S. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in Political Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research is in the areas of ethics and political philosophy, with an emphasis on moral responsibility, distributive justice and democratic theory.
In his spare time Dr Wigley indulges in (painfully slow) cross-country running and the occasional (also painfully slow) marathon. He is not a sleepwalker.
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Image Competition (7 May 2013)
2013-05-07 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the library “image competition”, entitled A Beautiful Mind organized for the GE250-251 program are now available:

Uğur Özgümüştaş (FA)
Bengi Zeybek (LAW)
Emre Karagözoğlu (EE)

English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities
2013-05-02 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Asst. Prof. Tijen Akşit
“English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities”

Faculty Academic English Program (Director); Graduate School of Education, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
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BiographyTijen Aksit has been affiliated with Bilkent University for more than 20 years. She has been the Director of the Faculty Academic English (FAE) Program since 2007, and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Education since 2011. Previously, she held appointments in the English Language Preparatory Program. Tijen teaches courses both in the Faculty Academic English and M.A. in Management in Education Programs. She also organizes and teaches FAE in-service teacher training certificate program courses in Teaching English for Academic Purposes.
Tijen received her B.Sc. and M.A. degrees in English Language Teaching, and earned her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English from Cambridge University.
Tijen is a member of International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, English Language Teachers Association in Turkey, Global Forum for English for Academic Purposes Professionals, and European Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes. She serves as a reviewer for some Social Sciences Citation Indexed Journals such as International Journal of Educational Development, Gender and Education, and Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Tijen’s publications and paper presentations focus on topics such as school effectiveness and improvement, teacher appraisal systems, teacher action research, and teaching English for academic purposes. She is the author of the book entitled Characteristics of Effective Schools. Her other research interests include educational leadership, English language teacher development, and content based English for Academic Purposes instruction.
Tennis, yoga and meditation are among Tijen’s hobbies. Tijen is married to Asst. Prof. Dr. Necmi Aksit, Assistant Director of Bilkent University Graduate School of Education. The two met on the first day of their university freshman year, and have been together since then. Their son, Derin, is a sophomore in the department of Economics, Bilkent University.
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Future Management
2013-04-13 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dilek Önkal
“Future Management”

Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative & Social Sciences, Bilkent University
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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BiographyProfessor Önkal received a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Minnesota and joined Bilkent University in 1988. She was an academic visitor at Oxford University Department of Economics and an associate member of the Nuffield College during 2006-2007. She was Chair of Supply Chain Management and Director of OASIS (Operations and Supply Chain Systems) Research Centre at Brunel Business School during 2010-2011. Professor Önkal is a visiting professor at University of Bath School of Management since 2009.
Professor Önkal’s research focuses on judgmental forecasting, judgment and decision making, forecasting/decision support systems, risk perception and risk communication with a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary interactions. Her work has appeared in book chapters and journals such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Decision Sciences Journal, Risk Analysis, Judgment and Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Forecasting, Frontiers in Finance and Economics, Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, Risk Management: An International Journal, International Federation of Technical Analysts Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Teaching Business Ethics, International Forum on Information and Documentation, and European Journal of Operational Research. She is a reviewer for grant councils such as the Economic & Social Research Council, The British Academy, European Science Foundation, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and TÜBİTAK in addition to many psychology, economics, political science and business journals.
Professor Önkal is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Decision Sciences, and the International Journal of Applied Management Science. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters, and is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Bilkent University since May 2011.
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What Educators Can Learn from Games
2013-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Robin Turner
“What Educators Can Learn from Games”

Faculty of Academic English Program, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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BiographyRobin Turner was born in Shropshire, England. After studying music and English at Leeds University, he spent the 1980s playing music, designing role-playing games and doing odd jobs before drifting into academia. He has been in Bilkent since 1993, most of that time in the Faculty Academic English programme. In 2006 he set up Bilkent’s first Moodle server and later became part of the Bilkent Educational Technology Support team (BETS). In addition to teaching, he does translation, editing and television work for various individuals and organisations, particularly for the Ministry of Education’s Educational Technology Directorate (EğiTek). He has written on a variety of subjects, including popular culture, cognitive linguistics and education. He is currently teaching an English 102 course entitled “The Philosophy and Psychology of Games.”
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Poetry Competition (3 April 2013)
2013-04-03 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the “Poetry Competition” organized for the 49th Library Week are now available:

Ahmet Uçar – “Dört Duvar Bir Tavan“
Mustafa Fasih Odabaşı – “Hane-i Kütub“
Ceren Turan – “Kaybolmak“

Essay Competition (30 December 2012)
2012-12-30 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the “Essay Competition” organized for the 48th Library Week are now available:

Işıl Nur Kurnaz – “Babamın Kitapları”
Murathan Kurfalı – “Derinlikler”
Püren Çetin – “Bir Kitabın İlginç Öyküsü”

Cultural Conflicts Continue in the Kitchen
2012-12-10 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Elif Denizci
“Cultural Conflicts Continue in the Kitchen”

Tourism and Hotel Management (Chef ), Bilkent University
Monday, December 10, 2012
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BiographyAfter graduated Management Department of Gazi University in 2006, Elif Denizci graduated from Gazi University’s Master of Tourism program ib 2010. Her master thesis dealt with food tourism and the name is “Food Tourism and Food Tourism Products”. Before joining Bilkent University she trained at Gazi University as a Ph.D student, mainly focusing on food tourism and international cuisines.
She worked in Ankara Sheraton Hotel / Convention Center’s cuisine for 4 years. She has co-hosted “Goz Nuru”, “Gun Be Gun” and “İyi Sabahlar” tv shows and currently hosting “ Gumus Kasık” show at TRT HD. She was the winner of the 13th National Young Commis Rôtisseurs Competition of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs in 2009.
Ms. Denizci is currently holding International Cuisines course at the Department of Tourism. She is leading her students to serve dishes from all around the world every day at Le Piment Rouge restaurant.
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Altruism in Cancer Research: Curing the Patient (and Saving the isolated scientists)
2012-11-14 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Ali Osmay Güre
“Altruism in Cancer Research: Curing the Patient (and Saving the isolated scientists)”
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Bilkent University
Wednesday, 14 Nowember 2012
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BiographyDr. Ali Osmay GÜRE, who is Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Bilkent Univesity, received his M.D. from Ankara University in 1988, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1995. He has worked on the academic staff at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has also headed various projects supported by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the European Union, and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK).
Dr. Güre joined Bilkent in 2006 and teaches courses on Molecular Biology of the Cell, DNA Damage and Repair Mechanisms, and Principles of Gene Expression, as well as an introduction to Modern Biology. His research focuses on cancer immunobiology, early diagnosis, and cancer epigenetics. He has published many papers that have appeared in various important journals, including Cancer Research and Immunological Reviews and Journal of Experimental Medicine. His work has been cited more than 2500 times. Dr. Güre and his research associates have more then 20 patents relating to the discovery and usage of tumor antigens.
Ali Güre’s personal interests include archaeology, photography, swimming, music, social history and etymology.
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A Brief History of Bilkent
2012-10-03 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Abdullah Atalar
“A Brief History of Bilkent”

Rector, Bilkent University
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
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BiographyAbdullah Atalar was born in Gaziantep, Turkey, in 1954. He received B.S. degree from Middle East Technical University, in 1974, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1976 and 1978, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. His thesis work was on reflection acoustic microscopy.
From 1978 to 1980 he was first a Post Doctoral Fellow and later an Engineering Research Associate in Stanford University continuing his work on acoustic microscopy. For 8 months he was with Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, engaged in photoacoustics research. From 1980 to 1986 he was on the faculty of the Middle East Technical University as an Assistant Professor. From 1982 to 1983 on leave from University, he was with Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, West Germany, where he was involved in the development of the commercial acoustic microscope.
In 1986 he joined the Bilkent University as the chairman of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department and served in the founding of the Department where he is now a Professor. In 1995-1996 he was in the Ginzton Lab of Stanford University on a sabbatical leave. He was Vice Rector for Academic Affairs from 1996 until 2010 when he became Rector of Bilkent University.
He collaborates with a Stanford Research team as a Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on VLSI design and microwave electronics. His current research interests include micromachined sensors and actuators and computer aided design in Electrical Engineering. He is a senior member of IEEE.
He is married to Ayşe, and father of three boys: Sinan, Okan and Baran.
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The Fourth Phase of Matter: Liquid Crystals
2012-05-02 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Ömer Dağ
“The Fourth Phase of Matter: Liquid Crystals”

Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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BiographyProf. Dr. Ömer Dağ graduated from Middle East Technical University with a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1986, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the same university in 1989 and 1994, respectively. In 1991-1994, he was a Ph.D. exchange student with the Chemistry Department at University of Toronto. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Toronto, focusing on various porous materials, some of which were synthesized under microgravity in the space shuttle ENDEAVOR 77. Prof. Dağ joined Bilkent University in 1999 and is full professor in the Department of Chemistry.
His research involves nanomaterials, lyotropic liquid crystals (discovered by his group), and mesoporous materials. He is a recipient of the TÜBİTAK Encouragement Award in 2001, and the Turkish Academy of Science (TÜBA) Young Scientist Award in 2002. He was an associate member of TÜBA between 2006 and 2011. He has published over 45 articles in SCI journals (including high impact journals such as Nature, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, etc.), some of which has been highlighted on the cover of respected journals (like Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Chemistry A-European Journal), and many international conference proceedings. His publications have received more than 1000 SCI citations. He holds 1 patent in the area of fast emitting silicon.
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Child Brides
2012-04-05 12:40 - 17:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Tomris Türmen
“Child Brides”
President, International Children’s Center.

Thursday, 5 April 2012
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BiographyDr. Tomris Türmen is a professor of Pediatrics and Newborn Medicine trained in the New York Medical College and the McGill University. She is also the President of International Children’s Center located in the Bilkent University Campus, in the Library Building.
She served as Director-General of Maternal and Child Health Care and as Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health of Turkey.
She worked for 15 years as the Executive Director of the World Health Organization in Geneva. Her long career in global health covers leadership positions in policy, development and analysis, institution building, international cooperation, research and teaching focused on the health of women, children and young people with special emphasis on reproductive health.
She is a strong advocate of gender equality and human rights. She currently serves on several international boards such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She is a recepient of many awards and honorary doctorates an is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London and diplomate of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Neonatology.
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The Wisdom of Groupwork
2012-03-15 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Kadire Zeynep Sayım
“The Wisdom of Groupwork”

Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University
Thursday, 15 March 2012
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BiographyKadire Zeynep Sayım earned her PhD in Human Resource Management from De Montfort University (UK). She also holds MA in Training and Human Resource Development from University of Warwick (UK) and MBA from Middle East Technical University (Turkey). Before joining Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration in 2000, she worked in banking, retail and NGO sectors. She has led a funded project (by TÜBİTAK) on human resource policies of German multinationals in Turkey (2009-2012) and another one on organisation and regulation of employment relations in transnational production and supply networks (2009-2011) funded by Hans‐Boeckler‐Foundation (Germany). She is the recipient of “Prof. Muhan Soysal Innovativeness in Management Education” award (by Middle East Technical University) in 2003. In 2008 she received the Best Paper Award at the Industrial Relations in Europe Conference.
Dr Sayım teaches Introduction to Business courses for first year Management students, in addition to Human Resource Management in MBA and Executive MBA programmes. Her research focuses on cross-national transfer of employment and organisational policies & practices as well as teamwork and gender, particularly in decision making. She has been published in a number of outlets including Human Relations, OMEGA The International Journal of Management Science, and Innovations in Education and Teaching International. She is married to a Turkish diplomat who likes to take assignments in difficult places and currently is the Consul General of Turkey in Mosul, northern Iraq. She is the mother of two, 5 year old Ahmet Işık, and Umay who is 3. As a family, they adore felines and have 5 cats at home.
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International Relations in a Changing World
2011-11-16 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Pınar Bilgin
“International Relations in a changing world”
Department of International Relations, Bilkent University

Wednesday, November 16
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BiographyAssociate Professor Pınar Bilgin received her B.Sc. in International Relations from Middle East Technical University in 1993 and her M.A. from Bilkent University in 1995. She worked as Assistant Researcher at the National Security Council General Secretariat in 1995. Dr Bilgin then pursued further graduate studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, from where she was awarded her M.Sc. in Strategic Studies in 1996 and Ph.D. in 2000. She then returned to Bilkent, and has taught as instructor, assistant professor and, since 2008, as associate professor in the Department of International Relations. She has served as the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences (2002-2006 and 2007-present) and Chair of the Department of International Relations (2010-present).
Dr. Bilgin specializes in critical approaches to Security Studies. She is the author of Regional Security in the Middle East: a Critical Perspective (Routledge, 2005), as well as author and co-author of over 50 papers in international and Turkish journals. Her articles have appeared in Political Geography, European Journal of Political Research, Third World Quarterly, International Relations, Security Dialogue, Foreign Policy Analysis and Geopolitics among others.
Pınar Bilgin is a member of the ‘Young Scientist Scheme’ (GEBİP) of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA, 2008) and an Associate Editor of Security Dialogue. She received the Young Scientists Incentive Award of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) in 2009. She is currently the President of Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), Vice-Chair/Program Chair of the International Political Sociology Section (IPS) of the International Studies Association (ISA), and a Member of the Steering Committee of Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
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Pre-University Education: The Bilkent Experience
2011-10-05 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Ali Doğramacı
“Pre-University Education: The Bilkent Experience”

Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the University
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
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AbstractThe education mission of a university is typically directed towards graduates of high schools or universities. In this vein, Bilkent University excels in undergraduate and graduate education. Why then does Bilkent also encompass several primary and secondary schools in Ankara and elsewhere? This and related questions will be addressed in this presentation, and the direction of future initiatives will also be discussed.
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