News and Events


Dr. Ahmet Gürata received an award by TÜBA for his translation of Timothy J.Corrigan's "A Short Guide To Writing About Film" (more)


Ufuk Önen will be a panelist on the AES New York 2009 in the panel "Education in Game Audio" (more)


Shared Anthropology Today -
Collaboration and Participation in Visual Anthropology (web) - Photos

25-28th May 2009
A four-day event hosted by Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design held at:
Bilkent University, FADA Conference Hall
Ankara, Turkey

Conference, screenings and workshops:
David MacDougall (The Australian National University)
Judith MacDougall (The Australian National University)
Bernard Surugue (Research Institute for Development, IRD)


Sergi 2009 - Exhibition 2009: The END OF THE YEAR SHOW of the students of the DEAPRTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN is ON at the FADA Art Gallery 25th - 27th May 2009


The feature film "Partly Private," whose narration was written by COMD Assistant Professor Geneviève Appleton based on the true story of filmmaker Danae Elon, has been selected for competition in the World Documentary category at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert DeNiro (Link)


PASO EDITION 9 is on from the 23rd April till the 25th at FADA in Bilkent. This years specials are:

Visual Anthropology - Open Source - Video Triathlon 2


Thomas Elsaesser @ COMD

Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design in cooperation with KozaVisual invites to seminar talks featuring Professor Thomas Elsaesser:

“Film Theory: An Introduction to the Body and the Senses”
Monday, 3 November 2008 at 15.30 in FFB022 (located on the lower ground flour of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture on main campus)

“‘Constructive Instability”, or: The Life of Things as the Cinema’s Afterlife?”
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 at 18.30 in The Turco-British Cultural Association (Bestekar Sokak 32, Kavaklidere. For directions please check: http://www.tba.org.tr/bizeulasin.htm)

Thomas Elsaesser is Professor in the Department of Media and Culture and Director of Research Film and Television at the University of Amsterdam. His books and essays on European cinema, film history and contemporary media theory have been translated into many languages. His most recent books include Fassbinder’s Germany: History, Identity, Subject (1996), Weimar Cinema and After (2000), Studying Contemporary American Film (2002, with Warren Buckland), European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood (2005). A tribute to professor Elsaesser, Mind the Screen: Media Concepts According to Thomas Elsaesser is forthcoming in 2009.

 

Overview


The Department of Communication and Design is one of Turkey's leaders in the field of media theory and media practice. The research of our staff is at the forefront of media and cultural studies in Turkey since the departments foundation in 1998.

The Department of Communication and Design is a response to the growing need of our increasingly globalized and networked world in which mass communications and visual technologies of various kinds play a fundamental role.

Therefore the Department of Communication and Design aims to educate media professionals, with a special emphasis on visual communication and visual technologies, specifically in the fields of advertising, journalism, visual design, video and TV production and new media. Our rationale is to produce knowledgeable and responsible media professionals who are able to respond to the urgent needs of development and globalization in effective ways.

The departments curriculum is designed to give the students a thorough grounding in basic professional skills and competencies in the above-mentioned areas. As we believe that such professional skills and the nature of the field require students who are knowledgeable in social sciences, humanities and arts, the curriculum includes several courses in these fields.

 

 


 


Department of Communication and Design, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture,
Bilkent University, Main Campus, Bilkent, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
Phone: +90 (312) 2901749 // Fax :+90 (312) 2902736 // Email:comd@bilkent.edu.tr