New Publication by Samuel J. Hirst
“Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939″, a monograph by Samuel J. Hirst, was published by Oxford University Press.
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New Publication by Pınar Bilgin
“Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR,” a co-authored book by Pınar Bilgin and Karen Smith, was published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Call for Position – Assistant Professor in International Relations
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Call for Papers
We invite proposals for the 12th Annual Eurasian Peace Science Conference, to be held in person on January 11-12, 2024, at Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey. The conference’s goals are to broaden cooperation and intellectual dialogue among Eurasian and global peace science scholars, and to bring together the cutting-edge research with rigorous methods on various aspects of peace science.
The deadline for proposal submissions is August 1st, 2023.
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New Publication by Özgür Özdamar
“Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy” is a new book coauthored by Assoc. Prof. Özgür Özdamar, chair of the Department of International Relations, and Sercan Canbolat.
Published by Cambridge University Press, the book explores the study of leadership in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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Recent Publication by Serdar Güner
Assoc. Prof. Serdar Güner of the Department of International Relations recently published “Art and IR Theory: Visual Semiotic Games” with Springer Press, Mathematics in Mind Series.
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Call for Multiple Positions – Assistant Professor in International Relations
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Faculty Members Honored at BAGEP Awards Ceremony
A ceremony to honor this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) award was held on April 8 at the Bilkent Concert Hall.
Eight Bilkent faculty members were among the individuals receiving awards.
This year, 39 scientists were named BAGEP award recipients. The Bilkent awardees are: Asst. Prof. Ayşenur Dal (Department of Communication and Design), Asst. Prof. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu (Department of Computer Engineering), Asst. Prof. Burçin Kısacıkoğlu (Department of Economics), Asst. Prof. Aykut Koç (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and UMRAM), Asst. Prof. Seçkin Köstem (Department of International Relations), Asst. Prof. Onur Özcan (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Asst. Prof. Deniz Yılmaz (Department of Mathematics) and UNAM Asst. Prof. Hasan Yılmaz (UNAM).
Bilkent alumni Asst. Prof. Gökalp Alpan (MATH ’10; MS ’12; PhD ’17) and Asst. Prof. Talha Erdem (EE ’09; MS ’11; PhD ’16) are also among the 2023 award recipients.
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