Events

Upcoming events at the Faculty.
Event Conferment Ceremony of the Faculty of Philosophy

Conferment Ceremony of the Faculty of Philosophy

22.–24.5.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Unioninkatu 34, 00170 Helsinki, Mainbuilding
101st Conferment will take place 22-24 May 2025
Event What’s going on in Turkey: Peace with the PKK, suppressing the opposition?

What’s going on in Turkey: Peace with the PKK, suppressing the opposition?

26.5.2025 at 17.15–19.00 Yliopistonkatu 4, 00014 Helsinki, Think Corner, Think Lounge, (2nd floor)
Peace with the PKK, suppressing the opposition?
Event HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Visiting Professor Desmond Elliott (University of Copenhagen): Automatically Processing Historical Documents without OCR

HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Visiting Professor Desmond Elliott (University of Copenhagen):…

28.5.2025 at 12.15–13.15 Fabianinkatu 24 A, HSSH Seminar Room 524, 5th floor (access via door, not courtyard)
The Methodological Unit of HSSH organizes a weekly Brown Bag Seminar to highlight novel methodological approaches in humanities and social sciences.
Event 28.5. HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Visiting Professor Desmond Elliott (Copenhagen): Automatically Processing Historical Documents without OCR

28.5. HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Visiting Professor Desmond Elliott (Copenhagen):…

28.5.2025 at 12.15–13.15 Fabianinkatu 24 A, 5th floor, room 524
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 Method and Convergence 2025

Method and Convergence 2025

2.–4.6.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
This conference brings together thinkers exploring philosophical methodology from different viewpoints.
Event Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Iuliia Korniichuk: Sacred or False? Religion and Disinformation in the EU Enlargement Debate

Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Iuliia Korniichuk: Sacred or False? Religion and…

2.6.2025 at 14.00–15.30 Unioninkatu 40, Metsätalo, 3krs C324
The seminar will centre on the discussion of the role of religion and religious rhetoric in disinformation campaigns surrounding the potential EU integration of countries in Europe’s “Orthodox…
Event Elizabeth Oakes: Stay Strange

Elizabeth Oakes: Stay Strange

3.6.2025 at 12.00–14.00 Economicum, luentosali C205, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki
Elizabeth Oakes will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Stay Strange - A Computational Corpus Stylistic Analysis of Altered Consciousness in American Science Fiction 1960?1979" in the…
Event Santra Jantunen: Livonian verbal derivation

Santra Jantunen: Livonian verbal derivation

7.6.2025 at 12.00–14.00 Porthania, Suomen laki -sali, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Santra Jantunen, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Livonian verbal derivation - Inherited characteristics and contact-induced change" in the Faculty of Arts, University of…
Event Jussi Ansala: Defining Causality

Jussi Ansala: Defining Causality

7.6.2025 at 12.00–14.00 Porthania, PIII, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Jussi Ansala, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Defining Causality - A Study of Two Aspects of Definability in Causal Analysis" in the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki,…
Event Rinat Mukhametov: Russian-language State Media Projects in Turkey: An Attempt to Win an Audience and Gain Influence in Russia

Rinat Mukhametov: Russian-language State Media Projects in Turkey: An Attempt to Win an…

9.6.2025 at 14.00–15.30 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki, Metsätalo, B308 (sali 12)
Turkish media outlets broadcasting in Russian for a Russian-speaking audience emerged in 2020 and have already attracted attention from the public and experts alike.
Event Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Marina Yusupova: Managing Spoiled Russian Identity: Stigma, Empire and Masculine Subject Positioning during the Russia-Ukraine War

Aleksanteri Visiting Fellows Seminar with Marina Yusupova: Managing Spoiled Russian Identity:…

10.6.2025 at 14.00–15.30 Unioninkatu 40, Helsinki, Metsätalo room C324
This talk will discuss how global condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting stigma of belonging to an ‘aggressor state’ shape Russian masculinities.
Event Carina Frondén: Lätt språk under lupp

Carina Frondén: Lätt språk under lupp

11.6.2025 at 12.00–14.00 Språkcentrum, sal 115, Fabiansgatan 26, Helsinki
Carina Frondén, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Lätt språk under lupp - Lätt språk och dess anvisningar utgående från forskningsperspektiv, praktikerperspektiv och…
Event Nordic Network of Intercultural Communication (NIC) 2025 Conference

Nordic Network of Intercultural Communication (NIC) 2025 Conference

13.–15.8.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
The Nordic Network of Intercultural Communication gathers in Helsinki in August 2025. The theme of the conference is EVOLUTIONS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION.
Event SIR2025 Conference

SIR2025 Conference

25.–27.8.2025 at 00.00–00.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
Sex in Romance: Perspectives to Gender and Sexuality in Romance Languages  25-27 August 2025, University of Helsinki, Finland
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.