Helsinki Archaeology Seminar is the University of Helsinki’s venue for scientific lectures in archaeology and from allied disciplines, inviting speakers from Helsinki, elsewhere in Finland, and internationally. During term time lectures typically take place at 16.15 on the last Friday of the month, in Topelia at Unioninkatu 38. All interested in archaeology are warmly welcomed!

Winter/Spring 2023 Programme

Unless otherwise specified, lectures will take place in Arla Pro Lecture Room, F-block ground floor, Topelia, Unioninkatu 38 on the last Friday of the month, and will be hybrid. You can join us on via Zoom at https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/61435496472?pwd=OGJwS25OUkJENzlHclBhR3ExTytxUT09

 

Friday 27.01 at 16.15

Timo Salminen (University of Helsinki): International contacts of Finnish archaeologists before the Second World War

 

Friday 24.02 at 16.15

Jhonny Therus (Kalmar läns museum / Linnéuniversitetet): The supernatural landscape of Viking Age Sweden

 

Friday 31.03 at 16.15

Michael Lewis (The British Museum, Visiting Professor at the University of Helsinki): Recording Archaeological Finds Made by the Public in England and Wales

 

Friday 28.04 at 16.15

Emma Nordström (University of Gothenburg): Iron Age Keys, Locks, and Chests: Exploring Locking Practices and Social Identities at Birka, Helgö, Lovö, Sanda, and Vallhagar

Note: this lecture will be held remotely by Zoom only

 

Friday 26.05 at 16.15

Emma Brownlee (University of Cambridge): Untangling ‘local’ and ‘non-local’ display in death: migration and grave good use in early medieval England

Note: this lecture will be held remotely by Zoom only

 

PAST PROGRAMME

 

Archaeology Afternoon on Friday 09.12 at 13.00-15.00

Location: Think Corner, University of Helsinki (Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki)

Unitube: https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/tiedekulma/katso-ja-kuuntele

Programme 13.00-15.00

Avaus

Antti Lahelma: Imperiumien takapihalla: inventointia ja kaivauksia Pohjois-Jordaniassa vuonna 2022

Satu Koivisto & Wesa Perttola: Muistatko kun kanavia oli vain yksi? Monikanavaisen 3D-maatutkalaitteiston pilotointi ja havaintojen koekuopitus Karjaan Lepinjärvellä

Kristin Ilves: Tre åländska järnåldershus under luppen – det dagliga livet, handeln och kulten i Bartsgårda

Maria Ronkainen & Meri Leppäsalko: Kummat kummut: hauta- vai raivausröykkiöitä tutkimassa Bartsgårdassa, Ahvenanmaalla

Loppusanat

 

Friday 23.09 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia             

Georg Haggrén (University of Turku): Historical archaeology in Sweden and Finland – experiences from the Middle Ages and the early modern era.

 

Friday 28.10 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia

Axel Palmer (Leiden University): The European precursors of the Indo-Iranians: Linguistic evidence for a connection between the Sintashta and Fatyanovo-Balanovo cultures in the 3rd millennium BCE

This lecture is hybrid, you can also join us via Zoom at https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/61435496472?pwd=OGJwS25OUkJENzlHclBhR3ExTytxUT09

 

Friday 25.11 at 16.15, room D112 Topelia

Minerva Piha (Nord University): Language politics in Saami archaeological research: A case study from three archaeological journals

This lecture is hybrid, you can also join us via Zoom at https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/61435496472?pwd=OGJwS25OUkJENzlHclBhR3ExTytxUT09