Events

Upcoming events at the Faculty.
Event HSSH Brown Bag Seminar

HSSH Brown Bag Seminar

3.9.2025 at 12.15–13.15 Fabianinkatu 24a, 00100 Helsinki
The Methodological Unit of HSSH organizes a weekly Brown Bag Seminar to highlight novel methodological approaches in humanities and social sciences. Bring your own lunch, we bring fresh…
Event Maria Fedina: Place, Language, and Belonging

Maria Fedina: Place, Language, and Belonging

5.9.2025 at 13.00–15.00 Kielikeskus, Juhlasali, Fabianinkatu 26, Helsinki
Maria Fedina, Master of Social Sciences will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Place, Language, and Belonging - Being Komi in Contemporary Syktyvkar, Komi Republic" in the Faculty of…
Event Alpo Väkevä: Kahden vapauden ihanteen välissä

Alpo Väkevä: Kahden vapauden ihanteen välissä

5.9.2025 at 13.00–15.00 Päärakennus, Karolina Eskelin -sali (U3032), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki
Alpo Väkevä, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Kahden vapauden ihanteen välissä - Raoul Palmgrenin taidekäsitys vuosina 1929–1953" in the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki…
Event Riikka Tevali: Shipwrecks and Trade

Riikka Tevali: Shipwrecks and Trade

6.9.2025 at 10.00–12.00 Porthania, Suomen laki-sali, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Riikka Tevali, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Shipwrecks and Trade - Medieval and early modern maritime connecitivity and interaction in the Finnish archipelago" in the…
Event Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Inna Melnykovska| Dual Agency in Integration by Detours: Exploring Civic Engagement and Business Entrepreneurship Among Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Austria and Germany

Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Inna Melnykovska| Dual Agency in Integration by…

10.9.2025 at 15.00–16.30 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki, Metsätalo room C324
Inna Melnykovska on Civic engagement and business entrepreneurship among Ukrainian forced Migrants in Austria and Germany, at the Aleksanteri Institute's Visiting Fellows seminar
Event Do biases, politics and ideologies shape our research findings? And can we do something about it?

Do biases, politics and ideologies shape our research findings? And can we do something about…

16.9.2025 at 14.00–16.00 Think Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki
First instalment of ReproducibiliTea UniHelsinki journal club at the City Center campus, where we will discuss an article on what shapes our research findings.
Event Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Olena Uvarova | Women’s Positions in Higher Medical Education in the Russian Empire: Public Discussions, Government Concessions, and Educational Institutions (Based on the Example of the Ukrainian Lands)

Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Olena Uvarova | Women’s Positions in Higher Medical…

17.9.2025 at 15.00–16.30 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki, Metsätalo room C324
Olena Uvarova on women’s positions in higher medical education in the Russian Empire, at the Aleksanteri Institute's Visiting Fellows seminar
Event Aino Kirjonen: Civilized Bodies

Aino Kirjonen: Civilized Bodies

20.9.2025 at 10.00–12.00 Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Aino Kirjonen, FM, VTK will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Civilized Bodies - Race and Gender in U.S. Elite Colleges, 1890–1914" in the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, on 20…
Event Teppo Ylitalo: Nurkkakuntaisia puukkojunkkareita vai parhaita suomalaisia?

Teppo Ylitalo: Nurkkakuntaisia puukkojunkkareita vai parhaita suomalaisia?

20.9.2025 at 12.00–14.00 Porthania, Suomen Laki -sali, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Teppo Ylitalo, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Nurkkakuntaisia puukkojunkkareita vai parhaita suomalaisia? - Pohjalaiset ja pohjalaisuus oppineiden julkaisuissa 1841-1875" in…
Event Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Maxim Alyukov | The Twilight Zone: Reflexive Propaganda, Political Cognition, and Hybrid Media Ecology in Authoritarian Russia

Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Maxim Alyukov | The Twilight Zone: Reflexive…

1.10.2025 at 15.00–16.30 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki Metsätalo, 3rd floor B311/room 10
Maxim Alyukov on reflexive propaganda, political cognition and hybrid media ecology in authoritarian Russia, at the Aleksanteri Institute's Visiting Fellows seminar
Event NORDIK 2025: Why so Nordic? The Nordic as Fact and Fiction in Art History

NORDIK 2025: Why so Nordic? The Nordic as Fact and Fiction in Art History

20.–22.10.2025 at 09.00–16.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
The Conference is organized by the Nordic Association for Art Historians NORDIK in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.
Event Aleksanteri Conference: Extremisms: ambiguities, ideologies, agency

Aleksanteri Conference: Extremisms: ambiguities, ideologies, agency

22.–24.10.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki
The 24th Annual Aleksanteri Conference addresses the pressing challenges of extremism in a world shaped by prolonged and overlapping crises under the title Extremisms: Ambiguities,
Event International Conference- Imperical Experiences In Family Violence: Crimes And Criminology In 19th–20th Centuries

International Conference- Imperical Experiences In Family Violence: Crimes And Criminology In…

15.–16.12.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
The University of Helsinki and the Lithuanian Institute of History are pleased to announce the international conference Imperial Experiences in Family Violence.