Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences Open House

Saturday, March 30, 2024

At the open house you will have the opportunity to:
Learn about the admission process and financial support opportunities.
Meet with our faculty and current graduate students in the department of your interest.

Register before March 29, 23.59

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SEMINAR

Imperial Relatives and Neighbourhood Ties in Early Palaiologan Constantinople

by
James Cogbill

Date: 14 March 2024, Thursday
Venue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

Event Details
TALK

Mediating between East and West: Ottoman Migrants in Medici Tuscany

by

Asst. Prof. Özden Mercan, Hacettepe University

Date: 29.02 2024, Thursday
Venue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

Event Details
Call For Papers: Bilkent History Graduate Symposium 2024

Deadline: 15 MARCH 2024

The Department of History at Bilkent University invites graduate students to the 2024 Bilkent History Graduate Symposium which will take place on Thursday and Friday, 9th and 10th May, 2024. We welcome proposals from all fields of history for the Symposium.

For more information and to apply please visit the following link:
Graduate Symposium Page
Four Seasons Seminar Series
Series Opening Lecture:

"Romans in the East, Roman Religion and Unbecoming Roman"

by

Prof. Dr. Leonora Neville (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Date: 15.12.2023
Time: 15.20 (GMT +3)
Venue: H-232

Zoom Meeting Link
BHS EVENT

Historians at the Movies: Mediterraneo Movie Screening

Guest: Dr. Luca Zavagno

Date: 12.12.2023
Time: 17:30-19:30
Venue: FFB22
SEMINAR

The Use of Friday Sermons (Khutbahs) As Ideological State Tools in the Early Turkish Republic

by

Asst. Prof. Akile Zorlu, METU

Date: 07 December 2023, Thursday
Venue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

Event Details
BHS EVENT

Historians at the Movies: Seven Days in May Movie Screening

Guest: Dr. Kenneth Weisbrode

Date: 22.11.2023
Time: 16:30-19:00
Venue: FFB222
BHS EVENT:
Seminar

"Framing Late Antiquity in the Iberian Peninsula"

by

Jorge Lopez Quiroga, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Date: 21.11. 2023, Tuesday
Time: 17:30
Venue: AZ-31
BHS EVENT

Historians at the Movies: Kingdom of Heaven Movie Screening

Guest: Prof. Paul Latimer

Date: 08.11.2023 
Time: 16:30-19:00
Venue: FFB222
BHS EVENT

Digital Humanities: Academic Workflow, Zotero and Obsidian Demo

Join us for an enlightening discussion that will unveil the impact of this dynamic field on academia and inspire fresh perspectives on the future of scholarship.

Date: 25.10.2023 
Time: 12:30
Venue: AZ-31
TALK

Ottoman Justice and Political Economies of Empires: European merchants in Ottoman courts (16th/17th centuries)

by

Dr. Tommaso Stefini, PhD, Yale University

Date: 19 October 2023, Thursday
Time: 16:30
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room

Event Details
Faculty Position in Modern European History (Post-1500)

The Department of History at Bilkent University invites applications for a tenure-track position of open rank in the European History of Modern Period (post-1500).

Application Deadline: December 30, 2023. 

Application Link

For more information about the position, job benefits and application please refer to;
Job Opportunities Page
SEMINAR

“Religion and Science”: The late Ottoman case in a global debate

by

M. Alper Yalçınkaya

Date: 12 October 2023, Thursday
Venue: AZ-31 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30

Event Details
BHS EVENT

Join us for our introductory meeting in to learn more about Bilkent Historical Society and our plans for 2023-2024.

Bilkent Tarih Topluluğu ve 2023-2024 planlarımız hakkında bilgi almak isteyen herkesi tanışma toplantımıza bekliyoruz.

Date/Tarih: 29.09.2023 Friday/Cuma 
Time/Zaman: 17:30
Venue/Yer: BZ-01


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

Vefatının yedinci 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
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

  • ESBE Open House March 30, 2024 at 10:40 am – 1:45 pm For Information: esbegradopenhouse.bilkent.edu.tr
  • Bilkent History Graduate Symposium Accepted Submissions Announcement Last Day April 15, 2024
  • Bilkent History Graduate Symposium May 9, 2024 – May 10, 2024 Bilkent University, Üniversiteler, 06800 Çankaya/Ankara, Türkiye

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