December 2, 2014 — December 8, 2014

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SEMINARS

Tuesday, December 2
“Crisis and Resilience of Neo-Liberalism? Lessons from the Great Financial Crisis,” by Prof. Andrew Gamble (University of Sheffield), at FEASS, C-Block Auditorium, 3:40 p.m. Organized by the Bilkent University Seminar Series on Polity, Society and the World.

Tuesday, December 2
“Julia Sets and Their Generalizations,” by Gökalp Alpan (Bilkent University), at FS, SA-141, 3:40 p.m. Organized by MATH.

Thursday, December 4
“Turkey and the EU: Challenges and Prospects,” by Prof. Bruno Maçães (Secretary of State for European Affairs, Portugal), at FEASS, C-Block Auditorium, 10:30 p.m. Organized by IR.

Friday, December 5
“Surviving Climate Change Under a Challenging Global Context – What Is After Kyoto?”, by Alper Acar (Sector Manager for Climate Change, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey), at FEASS, A-130, 10:30 a.m. Organized by IR.

Friday, December 5
“Optimization with Multivariate Stochastic Preference Constraints,” by Nilay Noyan (Sabancı University), at EA-409, 1:40 p.m. Organized by IE.

Monday, December 8
“Analyzing the Impact of the Experience Curve on ROI in the Software Product Line Adoption Process,” by Dr. Eray Tüzün, at EA-409, 1:40 p.m. Organized by CS.

Thursday, December 12
“Innovation Tournaments with Multiple Contributors,” by Ersin Körpeoğlu (Carnegie Mellon University), at EA-409, 1:40 p.m. Organized by IE.

Friday, December 19
“Decomposition Algorithms for Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Programs,” by Simge Küçükyavuz (Ohio State University), at EA-409, 1:40 p.m. Organized by IE.

CONFERENCES

Wednesday, December 3
“Toplumsal Cinsiyet – Siyasi Konjoktür,” by Melda Onur (CHP), at FADA, FFB-22, 12:30 p.m. Organized by Karşı Argüman Kulübü.

Wednesday, December 3
“Bilen mi Medeni Olur? Medeni Olan mı Bilir?”, by Prof. İhsan Fazlıoğlu (İstanbul Medeniyet University), at FADA, FFB-06, 12:30 p.m. Organized by Medeniyet Topluluğu.

Wednesday, December 3
“How to Engineer the Band Structure of a (Topological) Insulator,” by Balazs Dora (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), at EE-01, 3:40 p.m. Organized by PHYS.

Thursday, December 4
“Gündem,” by Tuncay Özkan (Journalist), at FADA, FFB-22, 12:30 p.m. Organized by Atatürkçü Düşünce Topluluğu.

Thursday, December 4
“The Challenge of Aesthetic Skepticism and the Importance of Being Profound,” by Asst. Prof. Patrick Fessenbecker (Bilkent University), at G-160 (G Building), 4:40 p.m. Organized by CCI.

Friday, December 5
“İş Hukuku – Maden Faciaları,” by Özgür Özel (CHP), at FADA, FFB-22, 12:30 p.m. Organized by Karşı Argüman Kulübü.

LECTURES

Thursday, December 4
“Submerged Stories from the Sidelines of Science: The History of the Keban Dam Rescue Project (1967-1975) in Eastern Turkey,” by Laurent Dissard (University of California, Berkeley), at FEASS, AZ-25, 5:40 p.m. Organized by HART.

EXHIBITIONS

Until December 10
Exhibition of paintings by Betül Bapir and Zeynep San, at the Library Art Gallery.

November 28 – December 20
Exhibition: Multidimensional Sculptures, by Muzaffer Tunca, instructor in the Faculty Academic English Program, at the Turco-British Association Art Gallery.

PLAYS

Thursday, December 4
“American Blues,” by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jason Hale, at the Bilkent Chamber Theater, 8 p.m. Organized by THEA.

CONTEST

Saturday, December 6
ESTIEM Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills, at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium, 8 a.m. Organized by Operational Research Club.

CONCERTS

Thursday, December 4
Irina Nikotina’s Class, at the Ahmet Adnan Saygun Music Research and Education Center, 7 p.m.

Friday, December 5
Adilhoca Aziz’s Class, at the Ahmet Adnan Saygun Music Research and Education Center, 7 p.m.

Saturday, December 6
“Music Alchemists: Beethoven & Dvorak,” Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Christian Vásquez, Violoncello: Julian Steckel, at the Bilkent Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
A. Dvorak
Concerto for Violoncello in B minor, Op. 104
L. van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”