Bilkent American Culture Society

26/11/2019

We held our first Creative Writing Workshop with Dr. Joshua Bartlett 📝
Thank you all for attending!

08/05/2017

Poetry Reading: Creative Writing Showcase

You're all invited to our Creative Writing Showcase where students and faculty members will read their own poems and short stories. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

GE 250/251: Yes.

08/05/2017

TALK: "The American West and the Aporia of Hospitality in HBO’s Westworld"
by Dr. Andrew Ploeg (CCI)

ABSTRACT:
In 1893, historian Frederick Jackson Turner posited the American West as a place of transformation and, thus, as the defining force in American history. While Turner’s “Frontier Thesis” has been roundly criticized over the years, its subject nevertheless remains critical to a robust understanding of America and American identity. HBO’s television series Westworld (2016) is one of the most recent attempts to explore this seminal American symbol. The series focuses on a Wild-West- themed amusement park in which visitors have the opportunity to fulfill their frontier fantasies. The massive, futuristic park is populated by lifelike, artificially-intelligent androids, termed “hosts,” that exist to satisfy even the most sadistic desires of their human “guests.” Due to their programming, the “hosts” are unable to kill the “guests” and their memories are purged every night so that they cannot recall the countless atrocities perpetrated against them. This ethically complex relationship raises questions regarding the aporia of hospitality. Taking up some of these questions, I maintain that Westworld reflects the paradoxical nature of the American West through its depiction of this double bind.

26/04/2017

21/03/2017

Amerikan Kültürü Topluluğu (American Culture Society), Edebiyat Topluluğu ve Renkli Düşün Topluluğu’nun ortaklaşa düzenlediği

18/03/2017

16/03/2017

You are all invited to our LGBT+ Poetry Night with Think Colorfully and Literature Society! It is at 6 p.m. at Library Art Gallery. Drinks and snacks will be served.
With GE 250/1 points!

30/11/2016

Bilkent American Culture Society (BACS) presents panel on 2016 presidential elections of United States. The panel 'Post American Elections: A Look Back' will discuss presidential nominees, their politics and how election results will affect America. Discussion and Q/A will take place after panelists' talks. The event will be in English.

PANEL SPEAKERS:
DR. DANIEL JOHNSON
DR. DENNIS BRYSON
MERT ÖNAL
BUMIN SEZEN

TIME: 17.40
DATE: 06.12.2016
PLACE: C BLOK AMFI
GE 250/251: 10

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