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The most diverse faculty in Finland

At the Faculty of Humanities you can complete a degree in 7 Bachelor’s, 17 Master’s and 6 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 Markus Weckström: Unfolding the Organism

Markus Weckström: Unfolding the Organism

16.1.2026 at 13.00–15.00 Päärakennus, Karolina Eskelin (U3032), Unioninkatu 34, Helsinki
Markus Weckström will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Unfolding the Organism - Towards a Principled Biology of Living, Interacting, and Historical Beings" in the Faculty of Arts,…
Event Jonna Alava: Military-Patriotic Education in Russia

Jonna Alava: Military-Patriotic Education in Russia

16.1.2026 at 13.00–15.00 Päärakennus, Tekla Hultin (F3003), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki
Jonna Alava, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Military-Patriotic Education in Russia - Legitimation, Gender, and Power Relations" in the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki…
Event 21.1. HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Matti Nelimarkka: Marxist LLM

21.1. HSSH Brown Bag Seminar with Matti Nelimarkka: Marxist LLM

21.1.2026 at 12.15–13.15 Fabianinkatu 24a, 5th floor, room 524, 00100 Helsinki
The Methodological Unit of HSSH organizes a weekly Brown Bag Seminar to highlight novel methodological approaches in humanities and social sciences.