Invited Lectures
and Book Signings

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Contact information for Bulent Atalay drbatalay@gmail.com
call (540) 898-0355

 



   
2011
 
Aug 2-14  

CRYSTAL CRUISES — Special Topics Lectures on board The Serenity —"Cathedrals and Castles" London-Oporto-Lisbon-Gibraltar-Valencia-Barcelona-Cannes-Livorno (Florence)-Civitavecchia (Rome)

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2010
 
January 9-26   CRYSTAL CRUISESThe Serenity — #0302
Miami to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 13   JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY – Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Two breakout lectures plus the afternoon Keynote Speech, Odyssey Series on Mathematics (http://cty.jhu.edu/family/odyssey.html). Postponed from 10/10/2009
April 14   COMMONWEALTH GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL Lecture, "Leonardo's Model: the Intersection of Art, Mathematics and the Sciences"
April 15   Lecture, "Math and the Mona Lisa," Naval Lodge No. 4, F.A.A.M. 330 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE in Washington, DC. Dinner at 6:30 pm, lecture at 7:30 pm.
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April 24   COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY "Leonardo and His Turkish Connection"— Lecture sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Organization. 12:30 pm in Tidewater A
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June 5   UMW Alumni Lecture "Leonardo's Universe" 10:00-11:30 Book signing following the lecture
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June 8

 

 

 

WORLD BANK/IMFA lecture sponsored by WITSA —"Leonardo's Model: a Formula for Increasing Creativity." 12:30-2:00 pm, World Bank J Building Atrium. Book signing following the lecture

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June16-20

June 20-July 4

 

 

YACHTS OF SEABOURN —The SojournEnrichment and Destination Lectures. #1 Tail end of"The Maiden Voyage," Bergen-Amsterdam-Dover.
Followed by #2 "Midsummer Nights Cruise"
Dover - Lubeck - Tallinn - St. Petersburg - Helskinki - Stockholm - Kiel - Dover

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July 8  

 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
Grosvenor Auditorium, Explorer's Hall. Lecture: "Exploring Leonardo's Universe," 7:00 pm. Book Signing following the lecture. 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, DC

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July 16  

 

INDIA, CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art) Lecture: "Leonardo's Universe" — 5:30 pm, Auditorium, Government Museum &Art Gallery, Sector 10C, Chandigarh

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July 21  
THAILAND, PHUKET
Keynote Speech,"Leonardo: The Artist Doing Science — The Scientist Doing Art" PICMET'10 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology — Lecture followed by book signing.
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Aug 4-5   Lecture to Science Teachers for the SYFR CORP. SAN ANTONIO
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Aug 24 - Sept 5   CRYSTAL CRUISES — Special Topics Lectures on board The Serenity — "Into the Black Sea"
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Sept 20   UMW — "Leonardo's Universe" Lecture followed by book signing, 11:30-12:30 Meeting Room B, Lee Hall
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Oct 13-14   WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY — Lecture followed by book signing (Wednesday Evening); lecture to a Seminar Group (Thursday 10:45am-12:15pm)
October 20   DUKE UNIVERSITY — Physics Department Colloquium, "Leonardo's Model." 3:30 pm
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October 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Da Vinci Science Center— Lecture, "Leonardo's Universe" TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
   
2009
 
January 8   TURKISH CULTURAL CENTER, "Leonardo and his Turkish Connection," Lecture and book signing, 560 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 6:30 pm
January 28   "Albert Einstein: The Last Transformative Genius"
Lecture to UMW Elder Studies 10:00 am-Noon
 
February 10   UMW Lecture, Historic Lives Series"Leonardo's Universe" Dodd Auditorium. 7:30 pm. Rescheduled from Jan 27 (followed by book signing)
March 12   COSMOS CLUB - Washington, DC, Lecture "Leonardo and the Unity of Art and Science"


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March 23   UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, Dept of Mathematics
• Lecture to class in 'Mathematics and Art'
(10:00-11:30 am)
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March 30   YALE UNIVERSITY
April 15   da Vinci Center - VCU — School of Engineering, Da Vinci Day Celebration, Keynote address:"Leonardo and the Unity of Art and Science" 5:30 pm
April 17   Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology, Seminar, "Math and the Mona Lisa." Fairfax County, VA 10:15-11:45 am, 12:45-2:00 pm
April 27   SUNY — FREDONIA, Lecture: "Beethoven, Newton and Leonardo: Patterns of Creativity."  
May 11   Lecture to Science Teachers for the SYFR CORP. ATLANTA
May 30   UMW Alumni Lecture "Leonardo's Universe"
June 9-11  
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART ATLANTA

Woodruff CenterPair of lectures for an institute for teacher, 'Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius' (June 10)
Aug 7   Art Gallery 44A, Istanbul, Turkey  
Aug 9-21   CRYSTAL CRUISESThe Serenity — #9317 Athens, Greece to Barcelona, Spain
Sept 26   UMW — "Leonardo's Universe" Lecture followed by book signing, 11:30-12:30 Meeting Room B, Lee Hall
Sept 29
-Oct 1
  DA VINCI INSTITUTE
• Sept 30 Da Vinci Institute — "New Renaissance" — Creativity Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK Registration
• Oct. 1 Univ of Central Oklahoma, "Leonardo and His Turkish Connection," Howell Hall Atrium, 9:30-10:45 am
Oct 15 (Thursday)   UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, School of Medicine, Charles J. 'Tunk' Tegtmeyer Memorial Lectureship. Lecture: "Leonardo: Scientist, Anatomist, Inventor and Renaissance Man," Rotunda, UVA
Oct 28   NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (NCSU), Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) Lecture: "Synthesizing Art and Science." 4:30-6:30 — Poe Hall Rm 216, 2310 Stinson Dr., NCSU Campus  
Nov 2 (Monday)  

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY- Department of Physics
"Math and the Mona Lisa," a pair of lectures: 11:20-12:35, 12:40-2:00 McKinley Hall Rm 108

Nov10 (Tuesday)  

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY —"A Love Story Lent a Helping Hand by Kemal Ataturk." 7:30 pm. Auditorium (Rm 103) Reiss Science Building, Washington, DC. (Lecture hosted by the Institute for Turkish Studies, and Turkish Studies at Georgetown.)

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Dec 1 (Tuesday)   UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — Department of Physics Seminar, "Leonardo's Model" 4:00 pm
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2008
March 3-5
  Maryville College, "Math and the Mona Lisa," several lectures and book signing
April 6
  JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Keynote Speech — Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Baltimore, MD
May 13
  NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — Grosvenor Auditorium — EXPLORER'S Hall Lecture "Leonardo's Universe," 1600 M Street, NW Washingon, DC 7:30 PM
May 31   UMW Alumni Reunion Lecture 10:00 am
June 7   St. Andrew's School Alumni Reunion Lecture O'Brien Arts Center 10:30 am
June 11-13   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) Panelist at "Art, Creativity and Learning Symposium" Washington, DC
July 31-Aug 24   CRYSTAL CRUISESThe Serenity — #8318 Monte Carlo to Venice and #8319 Venice to Athens
Sept 8   THE TURKISH EMBASSY , Washington, DC, and the American Friends of Turkey (AFOT) "Leonardo and His Turkish Connection" (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm)
Sept 20   UMW Family Weekend Lecture: "Leonardo's Universe" 11:00 am Monroe 104
Oct 5   AMERICAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATION, Washington DC (ATA-DC) Turkish Festival Lecture (2:30 pm)
Oct 30-31
  DARDEN SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 11th Annual Business Forum, Friday Luncheon Talk: "Leonardo's Model: Maximizing Creativity," Abbot Center Auditorium 12:30 pm
Nov 5
 



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Dec 12-15   ASPEN INSTITUTE "Florence II: That One Man Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci" Video
Dec 17   NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) National Library of Health — Lecture: "Leonardo and the Unity of Art and Science," 3:00-4:30 pm Bldg 38A, Lister Hill Auditorium
 
2007
January 24   "Math and the Mona Lisa," hosted by the Alpha Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Oustanding Women Educators, Fredericksburg, Virginia 7:00 pm • Event followed by book signing
February 12   NASA — Goddard Engineering Colloquium. 3:30 pm. Greenbelt, MD • Event followed by book signing.Building 3, Auditorium.FULL COLOR POSTER
March 14
Saturday
  "Math and the Mona Lisa," lecture followed by book signing. Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland.
March 24   JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY —— Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Baltimore, MD
June 3   UMW Alumni Reunion Lecture
July 2-26   MEDITERRANEAN
Lectures Onboard Crystal Serenity
(#7316, #7317)
Sept 12 (Wednesday)   UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, VA. Lecture to EDLF 728, Graduate Class in 'Creativity and Problem Solving,' National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (5:15-6:45 pm)
Oct 15 (Monday)   UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD.
• Lecture to class in 'Mathematics and Art'
(10:00-11:30 am)
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Oct 29 (Monday)   NASA — Goddard Engineering Colloquium. 3:30 pm. Greenbelt, MD Auditorium 'Neutron Activation and the Resolution of a 300-year old Newton Puzzle' BIO AND ABSTRACT
Nov 5 -6 (Monday-Tues)   SUNY — FREDONIA Three seminars in physics: #1 Neutron Activation; #2 Integration of art and mathematics; #3 Quantum Mechanics
 
2006
Jan 5-7  

TURKEY

• Jan 5. Yeditepe Universitesi — Istanbul
• Jan 6. Bogazici Universitesi — Department of Physics Seminar, Feza Gürsey Institute, Istanbul

• Jan 7. Bahçesehir Universitesi, Besiktas Kampus, Istanbul

Jan 22
Saturday


Jan 27
Friday

 
UNITED STATES


"Dynamic Symmetry" —Lecture — St. Andrew's School Alumni in the Charlottesville, VA Area

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
"Galileo: Science and Society," National Museum of Natural History (Noon lecture), Washington, DC (UMW-SPS Event)




March 6
Monday
  Chautauqua South, Lecture, Stuart, FL
March 8
Wednesday
  HARVARD UNIVERSITY, "Leonardo and his Turkish Connection," Seminar, Center for Government and International Studies, Cambridge, MA
March 10
Friday
  Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology, Seminar, "Math and the Mona Lisa." Fairfax County, VA
March 11
Saturday
  JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Keynote Speech — Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Baltimore, MD
April 7
Friday
  Pennsylvania College of Technology, "Leonardo's Model: the Integration of Art and Science," Keynote Speech — American Association of Physics Teachers (CPS-AAPT)

April 12
Wednesday
  Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Seminar to the Honor's Program, Turman Room, VMI Library, Lexington, VA
April 14
Friday
  COLGATE UNIVERSITY "Leonardo's Model: Integration of Art and Science," Seminar — Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 209 Lathrop Hall, 3:00 pm Hamilton, NY
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May 8-17  

TURKEY

• 8 Mayis Pazartesi, Saat 17.00— Koç Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Mühendislik Oditoriumu, (Konferans Türkçe Verilecektir)
• 15 Mayis Pazartesi, Saat 15.00 — Istanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi, Cahit Arf Dersanesi (Konferans Türkçe Verilecektir)
• 16 Mayis Sali. Saat 17.00 — Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara — Fen Fakültesi, Kimya Bölümu, BüyüK Kimya Amfisi (Konferans Türkçe Verilecektir)
• 17 Mayis Çarsamba, Saat 14.00 — Bogaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Rektörlük Konferans Salonu. (Lecture in English)

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June 3   UMW Alumni Reunion Lecture
July 10-14   Commonwealth Governor's School—Summer Enrichment—lectures and field trip to the National Gallery of Art
July 19-Aug 7   MEDITERRANEAN
Lectures Onboard Crystal Symphony
(#6218, #6219)
Oct 11   UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, VA. Lecture to EDLF 728, Graduate Class in 'Creativity and Problem Solving,' National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (4:00-6:45 pm)
Oct 16   UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD.
• Lecture to class in 'Mathematics and Art'
(10:00-11:30 am)
• "Mathematics of Aesthetics" Seminar, Department of Mathematics
Colloquium Room (4:00-5:00 pm )
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Nov 10   Ford's Colony, Williamsburg, Virginia. (Evening lecture followed by book signing)
Nov 22-26
Thanksgiving week
 
TURKEY


• Rahmi Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Exhibition of Leonardo's inventions (Konferans Türkçe Verilecektir)
Istanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi, Cahit Arf Dersanesi (Konferans Türkçe Verilecektir)
Dec. 20  
Thomas Jefferson High School of Science, Fairfax County, Virginia — Pair of Seminars, at 10:00 am and 12:30 pm.

2005

January 29  
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, "Light in Winter Festival" 2005, Keynote Speech, Ithaca, NY.
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February 1  
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February 3  
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. (Lecture followed by book signing)
February 14  
Feb 22  
Turkish Embassy Reception, Lecture-Book signing, Washington, DC. Host: Ambassador Hon. Dr. O. F. Logoglu
March 12  
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Baltimore, MD
March-April  
Multiple Lectures at UMW Alumni Chapters (All Lectures followed by book signing)
April 22
June 4   UMW Alumni Reunion Lecture
June 16 - July 10   Lectures Onboard Crystal Serenity (#5313, #5314)
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July 29 - Aug 4  
September 1   WILLIAM AND MARY Physics Department Seminar
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October 12   UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Charlottesville, VA. Lecture to EDLF 728, Graduate Class in 'Creativity and Problem Solving,' National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (4:00-6:45 pm)
November 7   UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, Biddeford, Maine, (Lecture followed by book signing)
 
2004
April 2  

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington , DC

April 15   (Leonardo's Birthday) Smithsonian Institution's Resident Associates Program, Washington, DC
May 3   STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER, SLAC Colloquium, Menlo Park, CA
May 4   CALTECH - James Michelin Lecture Series, Pasadena, CA
May 6   RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
July 6 - August 6 - On board the cruise ship Crystal Serenity (#4312, #4313, #4314)
JULY 6- AUGUST 6   On board the cruise ship Crystal Serenity (#4312, #4313, #4314)
Oct 7 - 10   - A variety of venues on behalf of the DA VINCI Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
October 7 - University of Central Oklahoma
October 7 - Oklahoma School of Science and Math
October 8 - Oklahoma Baptist University
October 26   Virginia Commonwealth University, Lecture to Honors Art Program, Richmond, VA
November 6   DUKE UNIVERSITY, "FOCUS - Exploring the Mind,"Durham, NC
November 15   St. Andrew's School Lecture-Lunch, Army-Navy Club, Washington DC
November 19   Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), "A Renaissance Journey," Richmond, VA