KASA Galeri invites audiences to the re-produced world of possibilities of anonymity where they can create together and experience the practice of sharing.

Sabancı University KASA Galeri reopens its doors after 5 years with an exhibition titled “ANONYMOUS.” As an alternative and independent artistic sphere, Kasa designed its relaunch exhibition with artists who prefer to remain anonymous.  The “ANONYMOUS” exhibition will be available for visiting at Sabancı University Kasa Galeri between January 14th and March 8th, 2015.

Modesty and excellence had been the cornerstones of Kasa when first opened, and the relaunch is not only significant in its institutional history, but along the lines of the artistic and political mood of the day as well.  This attitude may be the way Kasa will design its exhibitions in the future.  Kasa Galeri resumes its journey with the ambition of becoming a medium of knowledge sharing among a non-hierarchical administrative team and between this team and the artists they will cooperate with.

This may be the right time to envisage new formats, new platforms, and new artistic attitudes that contain a fair amount of sharing rather than the will to become a star.  Under market conditions where artists turn into celebrity icons, anonymity as a strategy has been adopted in art circles long ago, and the assertions of artists and artist groups that emphasize collective production and anonymity are viable methods.  Kasa’s relaunch event “ANONYMOUS” revisits the act of being alternative as defined by anonymity, and asserts a critical context regarding work of art/artist identity, original/copy and property/value.

KASA Galeri invites audiences to the re-produced world of possibilities of anonymity where they can create together and experience the practice of sharing between January 14th and March 8th, 2015.

“ANONYMOUS”
Sabancı University Kasa Galeri
January 14th – March 8th, 2015

Opening Date: Wednesday, January 14th 
Time         : 6.00 pm
Address    : Bankalar Caddesi No:2, Minerva Han, Karaköy

Tel: (0212) 292 4939(0212) 292 4939


http://kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu/

The theme for the 2015 Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards was chosen as “Living Together, Dialogue & Cooperation within Diversity in Turkey."  Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2015.

The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award entails a Jury Prize awarded to an individual who has made distinguished contributions on the above-mentioned theme.  In addition to the Jury Prize, Essay Awards will be given to researchers under 45 years of age.  Awardees will be selected by an independent and international jury.

THIS YEAR’S THEME IS:

Few would disagree that one of the most pressing issues facing Turkey today concerns living together, dialogue and cooperation within diversity. Following the trajectory of modern nation-states, the Turkish Republic imagined a community sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, cultural tradition, and social philosophy. However, the Republic was founded upon the ruins of a multilingual, multiethnic, multireligious, multicultural Empire characterized by great diversity. Everyday practices of living together between different communities were disrupted by war and mass violence. During the last few decades, the Pandora’s box of the past has opened, and citizens of Turkey are faced with the task of coming to terms with the past in order to achieve coexistence and peace. What are the lessons of the past for devising contemporary ways of living together? What can be learned from the experiences of particular communities and economic/social groups, especially those that have suffered violence, discrimination, and exclusion in the past and/or in the present? Widespread public debate and successful mobilization on the basis of identity politics and human rights by/for diverse peoples of this land in recent years demonstrates the robustness of civil society in Turkey. Yet the experience of violence and the in exibility and resistance of the nation-state, whether at the level of the military, governments, the mass media, or individuals and groups in society, has led to greater polarization, making the possibility of living together ever more difficult. What are the
political, economic, social, historical, and cultural factors that contribute to polarization and stand in the way of engaging in constructive dialogue and cooperation? How can political, legal, economic, social, cultural, moral, and affective structures and practices be mobilized to mend the rupture among groups and individuals? How can dialogue and cooperation between institutions and individuals representing different political and social persuasions be enhanced?

Essays providing path-breaking theoretical analyses and innovative suggestions on this theme are welcome.

Conditions for the Essay Award competition are:
• All entries, which may be coauthored, must be new and original works, not published previously in any form.

• Essays must be of the format and size of a regular academic journal article (25 to 35 pages, in double-space format, including references).

• An abstract of 500 words embedded into the original essay and a short CV of the author(s) are required.

• Entries must be submitted in English, in the form of a Word document to the following address:
http://award.sabanciuniv.edu/submityourentry/

A scientific study conducted with the collaboration of Sabancı University, Anadolu University (AÜ), Atatürk University and Yeditepe University discovered that the use of “boron nitride” may heal broken bones up to 50% faster with no medication or risk of infection.

Dr. Feray Bakan, a researcher at the Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) said that the project is composed of four six modules and that the work at Sabancı University was focused on advanced material characterization with project code 112M592.

Prior to the project application, Dr. Feray Bakan developed hydroxyapatite-boron nitride composites with varying properties in 2011, and in vitro and in vivo studies on these materials showed a potential for healing fractured bones, which then led to the project application phase.  Only 9 projects were chosen to receive support within this call.

Composite materials produced at Anadolu University as part of the project are manufactured according to the composite specifications developed by Dr. Feray Bakan during pre-trials, and the extensive equipment facilities at the Sabancı University Nanotechnolgy Research and Application Center are used for investigating the advanced structural and morphological properties of these materials.

Atatürk and Yeditepe Universities are tasked with medical and biological studies.  A Turkish patent titled “The use of the boron mineral and derivatives alone or in combinations with hydroxyapatite for the treatment of bone fractures and coating biomaterials” was obtained in 2012 for the composite material developed during pre-trials.

The study will conclude in 2015.

Feray Bakan
Dr. Feray Bakan received her PhD from the Chemical Engineering Department of Atatürk University.  Her dissertation was on “The Production of Nano-Scale Hydroxyapatite for Biomedical Applications.”  She received her degree in 2011 and started postdoctoral research in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabancı University on “The Examination of Surfaces at Atomic Resolutions with Liquid-Immersed Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy (nc-AFM)” where she gained experience on advanced characterization techniques for a variety of materials.  Dr. Bakan has been a researcher at the Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) since December 2012.  Dr. Bakan works on biocompatible nanocomposites, surface modifications of implant materials for cell development, and biocompatible shape-memory alloys.

Dear Students,

According to the announcement made by İstanbul Governorship just now; Primary schools and secondary schools will abort educational activities on January 8th, 2015 (Thursday).

Due to bad weather conditions;

January 8, 2015, Thursday final exams are postponed and they will be held on Sunday (January 11, 2015) at same time and place.

Best wishes..

Established by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum in memory of academic and activist Dicle Koğacıoğlu, this year’s awards were presented on Saturday, December 27 at a ceremony following a student conference at the Minerva Palas in Karaköy.  First prize went to Pınar Karababa Kayalıgil, second prize to Aslı Zengin, and third prize to Melike Gül Demir.  The Honorable Mention was awarded to Derya Acuner.

The student conference began with introductory remarks by Tuğçe Ellialtı, a graduate of the Sabancı University master’s program in Cultural Studies, and a PhD student and lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania.  Ellialtı, a PhD student in Sociology whose particular field of study is “Gender Equity under Legal Reforms and Sociopolitical Transformation: Sexual Violence in Court Hearings in Turkey,” gave a speech titled “Dicle Koğacıoğlu in the Eyes of a Student.”

Introductory remarks were followed by the first panel discussion, moderated by Nişantaşı University Faculty Member Nil Mutluer.  Speaking in the panel were Pınar Karababa Kayalıgil from the Middle East Technical University with her paper titled “Opening Rooms: How Women Create Their Own Living Spaces” and Derya Acuner from Istanbul Bilgi University on “Demonized City Streets: Comments on the Urban Experience of Women.”  Speaking on city streets, Derya Acuner said “The streets may be the sphere of the establishment, but they are also the sphere of discord.”  Pınar Karababa Kayalıgil spoke on her work conducted with women living in the province of Sivas.

The papers in the second panel were by Aslı Zengin from the University of York on “The Lethal World of Love: Family, Friends and Trans Women Funerals”  and by Melike Gül Demir from Maltepe University on “Holding onto ‘Peace’ in the Peripheries of the City: Village Evacuations As Told by Kurdish Women”.  The moderator of the panel was Sabancı University Faculty Member Ayşe Gül Altınay.  In her paper, Aslı Zengin focused on the deaths and funerals of trans women and their exclusion by their biological families.  Zengin argued that “indebtedness” was the most important relationship that shaped the family, and that “family” meant “exclusion” for LGBT individuals.  Aslı Zengin said, “The experiences of trans women with illness and death are the result of heteroproductive children preserving their bodies.”

In the second paper, Melike Gül Demir discussed her work with women who have migrated from Diyarbakır, Urfa and Siirt to Istanbul.  Melike Gül Demir said that women traced the beginning of their ordeals to the day their village was burned down.  Demir noted that women admit to working at the same level with men when at the party, yet treating their daughters in a patriarchal manner back at home.  Melike Gül Demir also explained that women do not feel trusted by men when making decisions despite their cooperation and comradeship in the party.

Dicle Koğacıoğlu Awards aim to support gender-focused studies on the society and culture in Turkey and to encourage young researchers.  Also attending the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards Ceremony were Dicle Koğacıoğlu’s family, friends, colleagues and students.

Students who can take the 14th January 2015 ELAE:

• Students whose status is inactive/prepared outside and who have submitted petitions to School of Languages Directorate.*
• Students who are using their right to study for a second year at FDY and who have submitted petitions to School of Languages Directorate.
• Graduate students who have received approval from their faculties,
• Students who successfully complete R4 and who wish to try for the Freshman English Exemption Exam (FEEE)** 

Location and Times:

WRITING & LISTENING     10.00 – 12:10  
READING                            13:15 – 14:45
LOCATION                          FMAN 1099

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall 15-20 min. before the exam starts and that they bring some official identification which includes their photograph (such as a passport, identification card, driver’s license) with them.

Students should also make sure that they bring a pencil, eraser and any other necessary pieces of equipment with them.

The results of the ELAE will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Thursday, January 15th at 9pm.

Graduate students will be informed of their ELAE results by their faculties.

Detailed information about the ELAE and a sample of the exam is available at the link below. We recommend that all students who will take the exam check this link.

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae/assessment-exam

* Inactive/prepared outside students who want to continue at FDY should give a petition to the School of Languages Directorate

by 16th of January at 5 pm.

A "Placement Exam" will be given to these students on the 19th of January at 9 am.

** Students who are in this category need to submit a petition to the SL Directorate.

We wish you every success in the exam.
School of Languages

Dear Students,

2014 - 2015 Academic year for SPRING Term tuition, dormitory fees and payment dates please CLICK.

Best Wishes

Students Resources Unit

Students whose enrollment has cancelled before November 26,2014 and those who are in the scope of provisional clause,58 of 2547 Turkish Higher Education Council Law, may benefit from the law no. 6569 issued on the official gazette numbered 29187 and dated November 26,2014.

The law can be accessed by following the link below:

http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2014/11/20141126-3.htm

Students who want start their education in the Spring term of 2014-2015 Academic year, should  submit a written petition to Directorate of Student Resources until January ,09,2015 in the working hours. Students may apply to start their education in the Fall semester of 2015–2016 at latest April 26,2015.

Directorate of Student Resources 

Dear Students,

Final exams which are scheduled to January 2nd and 3rd, will be held as planned. Please click in order to view final exam dates, places and times.

Best wishes,

Student Resources

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences members Devrim Gözüaçık and İnanç Adagideli were among the award winners with their work. Devrim Gözüaçık was given the “Grand Prize in Medical Sciences” and İnanç Adagideli received the “Praiseworthy Work in Natural Sciences” award.

Devrim Gözüaçık received the Grand Prize in Medical Sciences with the work titled Autophagy

The jury also announced that İnanç Adagideli, natural sciences was Praiseworthy.

Journalists’ Society of Turkey (TGC) 2014 Sedat Simavi Awards were presented to winning journalists, artists, scientists, sportspeople and literati.

The Awards were endowed 38 years ago in memory of Sedat Simavi, the founding chairman of the TGC who passed away on December 11th, 1953.  Prizes are given in the categories of journalism, radio, television, literature, social sciences, natural sciences, medical sciences, visual arts, and sports.