Topic AllData science newsScience newsLife science newsNordic welfare newsHealth newsEducation newsLanguage & cultureSociety & economySustainability newsTeaching & studying at the UniversityHigher education & science policy Type AllNewsPress releaseIn briefEditorialArticleProfileEssayColumnCommentBooksFrom the Researcher’s PenCaseSpeech Listing <span class="icon--list-as-blocks"></span><span class="icon--list"></span> 7.12.2018 Data science news The structure of a language changes quickly when a large enough share of its users are not native speakers Linguistic typologist Kaius Sinnemäki studies structures of languages with databases. Considerable and hotly competitive ERC funding will secure... 27.11.2018 Life science news Ancient DNA shows the Sámi and Finns share identical Siberian genes An abundance of genes has journeyed all the way from Siberia to Finland, a recent study indicates. As late as during the Iron Age, people with a... Profile 20.11.2018 Language & culture Professor Johanna Viimaranta: Case endings – what are they good for? Professor of Russian Linguistics Johanna Viimaranta is focused on investigating differences between languages. Profile 19.11.2018 Language & culture Professor Volker Heyd: How a wave of migrants became the foundation of modern Europe 5,000 years ago The arrival of the Yamnaya people transformed Europe in the Bronze Age. But who were the Yamnaya? 12.11.2018 Language & culture Politics of identity, togetherness and difference: social anthropologist Jane Cowan on the origins of our taken-for-granted concept of ‘minority’ Jane Cowan, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies for... 24.10.2018 Language & culture A scholar on the tracks of Russian leather and shipwrecks across Northern Europe Russian leather was a success story in the 1700s. Diving excursions and archival research carried out by Mikko Huhtamies, a maritime historian,... 9.10.2018 Language & culture Dean Pirjo Hiidenmaa wants to bring a humanist perspective to public discourse Professor Pirjo Hiidenmaa began serving as the new dean of the Faculty of Arts at the beginning of October. The Faculty was in need of a new... 17.9.2018 Language & culture Researcher at the University of Helsinki receives the Early Career Award of the European Association of Social Anthropology Francisco Martínez, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, has received the 2018 Early Career... 11.9.2018 Language & culture A multinational student group explored school uniforms and slang in Japan In August, the University of Tokyo hosted a field course for an international group of 22 bachelor students. During the Tokyo Field Research... Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next
7.12.2018 Data science news The structure of a language changes quickly when a large enough share of its users are not native speakers Linguistic typologist Kaius Sinnemäki studies structures of languages with databases. Considerable and hotly competitive ERC funding will secure...
27.11.2018 Life science news Ancient DNA shows the Sámi and Finns share identical Siberian genes An abundance of genes has journeyed all the way from Siberia to Finland, a recent study indicates. As late as during the Iron Age, people with a...
Profile 20.11.2018 Language & culture Professor Johanna Viimaranta: Case endings – what are they good for? Professor of Russian Linguistics Johanna Viimaranta is focused on investigating differences between languages.
Profile 19.11.2018 Language & culture Professor Volker Heyd: How a wave of migrants became the foundation of modern Europe 5,000 years ago The arrival of the Yamnaya people transformed Europe in the Bronze Age. But who were the Yamnaya?
12.11.2018 Language & culture Politics of identity, togetherness and difference: social anthropologist Jane Cowan on the origins of our taken-for-granted concept of ‘minority’ Jane Cowan, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies for...
24.10.2018 Language & culture A scholar on the tracks of Russian leather and shipwrecks across Northern Europe Russian leather was a success story in the 1700s. Diving excursions and archival research carried out by Mikko Huhtamies, a maritime historian,...
9.10.2018 Language & culture Dean Pirjo Hiidenmaa wants to bring a humanist perspective to public discourse Professor Pirjo Hiidenmaa began serving as the new dean of the Faculty of Arts at the beginning of October. The Faculty was in need of a new...
17.9.2018 Language & culture Researcher at the University of Helsinki receives the Early Career Award of the European Association of Social Anthropology Francisco Martínez, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, has received the 2018 Early Career...
11.9.2018 Language & culture A multinational student group explored school uniforms and slang in Japan In August, the University of Tokyo hosted a field course for an international group of 22 bachelor students. During the Tokyo Field Research...
