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At the Faculty of Arts you can complete a degree in 6 Bachelor’s, 18 Master’s and 11 Doctoral programmes. The University of Helsinki scores highly in international comparisons of research and teaching in the humanities: it is among the leading Nordic and European universities and close to the top 50 in the world.
Events
Event Sanna Mattila: How do we know modal truths?

Sanna Mattila: How do we know modal truths?

10.12.2025 at 16.00–18.00 Päärakennus, Tekla Hultin sali (F3003), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki
Sanna Mattila, VTM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "How do we know modal truths? - A defense of essentialist epistemology of modality" in the Faculty of Arts, University of…
Event Public lecture by David and Jessie Peterson: Evolving Solutions: How Grammaticalization Helps to Support and Inspire the Language Creation Process

Public lecture by David and Jessie Peterson: Evolving Solutions: How Grammaticalization Helps…

10.12.2025 at 16.15–17.45 Department of languages, Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki
Guest lecture by David and Jessie Peterson, well known for the languages they have created for TV series and movies such as Game of Thrones and Superman.
Event 11.12. Public talk by Professor Frank Hindriks: The Open Society in the Age of Identity

11.12. Public talk by Professor Frank Hindriks: The Open Society in the Age of Identity

11.12.2025 at 15.00–17.00 Fabianinkatu 24a, 5th floor, room 524
Frank Hindriks is Professor of Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Groningen. He is visiting Helsinki in December and giving a public talk at HSSH.