Events in 2009

January

• January 7, Guest lecture
  Professor Gail Weiss (George Washington University):
  The ‘Normal Abnormalities’ of Disability and Aging
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
  

February

• February 4 at 16.15 Studia collegialia lecture series
  Politiikka ja skandaalit (in Finnish)
  Speakers:
  Juri Mykkänen: Skandaalit ja rationaalinen politiikka
  Emilia Palonen: Mikä karmea rakennus! Skandaalien politiikasta
  Venue: Porthania PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3
  
• February 25 at 4.15 Guest lecture
  Dirk Siepmann (University of Osnabrueck) : Writing in English
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
  

March

• March 4 at 16.15 Studia collegialia lecture series
  Seksuaalisuus ja media (in Finnish)
  Speakers:
  Harri Kalha: Tavattomia tapauksia: visuaalisuus ja valta kuvapaniikeissa
  Susanna Paasonen: Pääministerin morsian ja intiimin alueet
  Venue: Porthania PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3
  
• March 18 at 2.15pm Guest lecture
  Prof. Albrecht Classen:
  Mysticism: Medieval Utopias in the Religious Sphere
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• March 25 at 16.15 Studia collegialia lecture series
  Poliittinen satiri, kirjallisuus ja skandaali
  Speakers:
  Sari Kivistö: Amerikkalainen poliittinen satiiri ja skandaali
  Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov: Kirjallisuus, ihmisoikeudet ja skandaali
  Venue: Porthania PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3
  

April

• April 16-17 Conference
  Sources and Resources of Political Life in Early Modern Europe
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• April 20-21 Seminar
  Roots of Human Sociality
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
  
• April 22 at 16.15 Studia collegialia lecture series
  Paneelikeskustelu (in Finnish)
  Speakers: TBA
  Venue: Porthania PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3
  
  

May

• May 8 Symposium
  Disjointed Visions -The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki
  Venue: University main building, Fabianinkatu 33
  Free admission
  
• May 14 2.15pm Guest lecture
  Nicholas Orme (University of Exeter):
  Children and the State in England: from the Middle Ages to the Reformation
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
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• May 18-19 Symposium
  Belarus after 15 Years of Authoritarian Rule: Assessment and Prospects
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• May 27 Workshop
  Models and Fiction
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  

June

• June 2-3 Symposium
  Music and Emotions
  Arranged by Martha Nussbaum and Juha Sihvola
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
  
• June 11-13 Symposium
  Insistence of the Theologico-Political
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  

August

• August 13 at 2.15pm Guest lecture
  Langdon Winner (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York):
  "Revitalization or Decline? – Reflections on Barack Obama’s Technology Policy”
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• August 24-25 International seminar
  Comparative Welfare States and their Gender Justice Projects: Egypt, Finland and the Yemen
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• August 26-29 Workshop (restricted participation)
  Ritual in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Texts and Practices
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  

September

• September 2 at 4.15pm Seventh Annual Collegium Lecture
  Prof. Marc Hauser:
  "Our Universal Moral Instincts: How Nature Determined What Is Right and Wrong"
  Venue: University main building, Small Assembly Hall, Fabianinkatu 33
• September 10-11 Seminar
  Social Cohesion and the Prevention of Violent Extremism in Europe
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
• September 17-18 Workshop
  Dimensions of Pain
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
• September 30 at 4.15pm Inaugural lecture of the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society
  Prof. Stephen Gill (York University, Toronto, Canada):
  The Constitution of Global Capitalism
  Venue: University main building, lecture hall 1, Fabianinkatu 33
  

November

• November 4 at 2.15pm Guest lecture
  Prof. Alexandre Kostka (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg):
  "Diplomacy and Art Propaganda between Paris and Berlin at the Eve of World War I. The Exhibition of “Modern German Artists” in London, 1906."
  Venue: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Fabianinkatu 24
  
  

For more information, please contact Maria Soukkio (maria.soukkio(AT)helsinki.fi)