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Laura Mulvey at Bilgi U: 4 May 2012

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Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Communication Hosts Laura Mulvey Laura Mulvey is best known for her essay, ?Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema? which later appeared in a collection of her essays entitled Visual and Other Pleasures, and number of other anthologies. The article today regarded as one of the most important contributions to the area of film … Read more

21 Şubat’ta Bilgi’de Uluslararası Anadili Günü

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21 February 2012, Tuesday, 19.00-21.00 İstanbul Bilgi University BS Dolapdere Campus, Beyoğlu   Panel: 19.00-20.00 Mehmedali Barış Beşli – Teaching Laz Language Murat Papşu – Circassian Language and its Importance Muhammad Munavvar Hossain – Bengali Language Movement Ayhan Kaya – Moderator   Music Performance : 20.00-21.00 Zahid Anvar (Vocal) and Abdullah Al Mamun (Poetry): Bengali Songs … Read more

16 February- Bilgi U: Prof. Adel Iskandar’s Talk: “Of Streets and Tweets: Media and the Arab Revolutions”

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MA in Media and Communication Systems kindly invites you to Prof. Adel Iskandar?s Talk: ?Of Streets and Tweets: Media and the Arab Revolutions? (February 16, 2012; 16:00; santralistanbul Museum of Energy Seminar Room) Q&A session and cocktail will follow the talk. WITH GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE CANADIAN EMBASSY, ANKARA]

Exhibition in santralistanbul: 20 Modern Turkish Artists of the XXth Century

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official site Santralistanbul hosts historic Turkish contemporary art exhibition from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Santralistanbul is hosting an exhibition this spring that will provide one of the most comprehensive glimpses at Turkish contemporary art ever shown in the country. The exhibition, ?20 Modern Turkish Artists of the XXth Century-1940-2000,? starts Thursday … Read more

Istanbul news roundup: Istanbul Fashion Week ended…

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… and Erkan’s only connection with the Fashion Week was that it took place in santralistanbul, my own campus, and I had to park far away as our usual parking lot was used of IFW. photo via Istanbul Fashion Week ends with flair Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul Fashion Week, held Thursday to Sunday, concluded with … Read more

A video: The Young Turks Show ?Bring the professors back!?

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Student Porn Gets Professors Fired a roundup: The Boston Globe, 2001 from İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesinde Neler Oluyor? PORN IS HOT COURSE ON CAMPUS PROFESSORS SEEK MEANING BEHIND FLOURISHING MARKET Richard Burt, an English professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and host of a provocative Web site, teaches his students about the modern adaptations … Read more

Erkan’s busy Monday

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11:15 – 11:45 A short talk with Advertising undergrads: Social Media and consumers stuff 11:45 – 13:00 Blogging and Google Reader stuff. Coffee. Galip hoca. 13:00 – 14:00 Office hour. 14:00- 17:00 Lecture on Social Darwinism 17:00- 20:00 blogging, reading, coffee, socialising at santralistanbul 20:00- 24:00 Advisory stuff at Sosyal Medya TV Show (TRT Haber) … Read more

Noam Chomsky in Istanbul

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Some friends were absolutely excited about it as he was to attend free speech event in Istanbul Bilgi University. I was not so. Mr. Chomsky’s arguments are known, nothing new. That doesn’t mean I don’t disagree with most of his arguments but I wish an academic of such a calibre would invest more time on … Read more

Bill Clinton visits Bilgi University tomorrow

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President Gül and Bill Clinton meets before the conference at the university… More photos here. Turkey key to future global understanding, says former President Clinton from Hurriyet Dailynews Turkey offers the West a gateway to a new future with the Muslim world, according to Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States. Noting that … Read more

a santralistanbul review and a usual Istanbul news roundup

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Off the radar museum: SantralIstanbul Contrasting Istanbul through Fatih Akın?s films – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review from www.hurriyetdailynews.com Istanbul’s peerless palace Financial Times By Anthony Sattin I had just observed one of the time-honoured traditions of Istanbul, and surrendered to the temptation to buy too much in Istanbul’s Grand Istanbul’s best Turkish restaurants … Read more

You are all welcome to the Cyberculture course meeting tomorrow

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Today is one of the busiest days for us. It is the undergraduate grade submissions deadline at Bilgi U. I am more or less ready to submit the grades. In a few hours I will be done. It is particularly the time you feel you shape the fate of others (!) You could fail some … Read more

Istanbul Bilgi U. Faculty’s Statement on the Gaza Flotilla attack (in Turkish)

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BASINA VE KAMUOYUNA DUYURULUR (8 Haziran 2010) İSTANBUL BİLGİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ ÇALIŞANLARI İSRAİL?E ?ARTIK YETER!? DİYOR 31 Mayıs 2010 tarihinde, uzun zamandır İsrail?in ablukası nedeniyle trajik koşullarda yaşayan Gazze-Filistin halkına insani yardım malzemeleri taşıyan gemiler, uluslararası sularda İsrail Ordusu tarafından saldırıya uğramış ve İsrail askerleri bu saldırıda silahsız dokuz sivili katletmiş, onlarcasını yaralamış, gemilere el koymuş … Read more

Istanbul Seminars 2010 begins soon

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A very high level international intellectual activity is about to start! On 19 May at our campus.

Istanbul Seminars 2010

Check out their website and see who speaks there.

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hell yeah, Erkan is now officially an assistant professor

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Erkan hangs out with a group of lovely 2nd year students. My dear readers, you know how I have had some sad days recently. In a fast turn of events, my dean Prof. Nezih Erdoğan got personally concerned with my appointment and thanks to his support and then our Rector’s (Prof. Halil Güven) interest and … Read more

Bilgi Media MA program presents:

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