Gender and Sexuality: Second Undergraduate Conference on Anglo-American Literature
The Departments of English Language and Literature and American Culture and Literature in the Faculty of Humanities and Letters are pleased to announce their second undergraduate conference. It will be held April 12-13 in C-Block Auditorium for those interested in literature, the arts, the social sciences and cultural studies. The conference will begin with opening remarks by the faculty's dean, Prof. Dr. Talat Halman, at 10 a.m. on April 12 in C-Block Auditorium.
The department's first undergraduate conference, on the topic of "Representing the Other," attracted many speakers and audience members from universities both within and outside of Turkey. This year, young scholars will present papers, hold discussions and exchange ideas on "Gender and Sexuality," a theme chosen on the basis of feedback from last year's attendees regarding possible topics for future conferences.
This annual conference is organized by two committees made up of students in the ELIT and AMER departments. This year, the academic committee for the event included Yasemin Bayramoğlu (ELIT/IV), İpek Çakaloz (ELIT/II), Dilek Tuna Dursun (AMER/IV), Zeynep Duyanoğlu (ELIT/IV), Ülkem Önal (ELIT/IV), Meryem Tuğba Pekşen (ELIT/II), Nimet Poyraz (ELIT/III), Selda Saraç (ELIT/IV) and Nihan Soyöz (AMER/IV).
Members of the social committee -- Özkan Akkaya (ELIT/II), Betül Erdem (ELIT/III), İpek Çakaloz (ELIT/II), Beste Haskan (ELIT/IV), Melih Mol (ELIT/IV), Meryem Tuğba Pekşen (ELIT/II), Gülfem Toy (ELIT/IV) and Ahmet Can Vargün (ELIT/II) -- contributed their ideas to make the event a lively one.
This conference is an activity for the GE 250 and GE 251 courses. For details, please visit http://www.angloamericanbilkent.info