Upcoming events

Department seminar. Stanislav Avdeev is a PhD student in Economics, University of Amsterdam.

We will explore how to harness AI¡¯s potential responsibly, prevent misuse, and safeguard the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and ethical conduct in research.

Department seminar. Jan Knoepfle is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Queen Mary University of London. He will present the paper ¡°Competitive Sequential Screening¡± (written with Ian Ball and Deniz Kattwinkel).

Philosophical Seminar with Rob Simpson

In this seminar, Professor Frank Weigelt will outline the central functional principles of the system of Arabic politeness formulas and explore the religious and cultural foundations on which it rests. His analysis will focus on the dialect of Damascus.

Department seminar. Alison Andrew is an Associate Professor of Economics (without tenure) at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford. She will present the paper "Flexibility versus Performance: The Determinants of Labor Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya" (written with Nathan Barker, Inbar Amit, Rob Garlick, Kate Orkin, and Carolyne Nekesa).

This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.

Guy Bradley (Univ. of Cardiff)

Torjus Solheim Eckhoff is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation. 

Department seminar. Terrence Iverson is a Professor at Colorado State University.

Professor Maximilian Fochler (University of Viennna and TIK Centre) visits TIK in September, and will on this occasion give a talk on science and socio-environmental challenges. The talk will be followed by a discussion.

With Norwegian Sign Language celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2025, this year's Einar Haugen lecture will focus on signed languages and explore the relationship between human diversity and linguistic diversity. The hybrid lecture will be in English, with interpretation into Norwegian Sign Language.

Carl Hoefer, University of Barcelona, will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.

Justin Brown will present metalinguistic reflections about Khoekhoegowab, or Nama language, among KhoeSan reclamation activists in Cape Town.

Professor of Music at the University of Jyv?skyl?, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

Boris Maslov (IFIKK)

The Department of Media and Communication are happy to invite you to a panel conversation on Media Events and Everyday Life

Hosted by Encounters in Translation Journal and Bodies in Translation Project

Giulia Frigerio (Univ. of Kent)

Brent Nongbri (MF Vitenskapelig h?yskole)

Antti Lampinen (Univ. of Turku)