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Humaniora och samhällsvetenskap
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Dissertation: Property Offences and Private Law. On the Offences in Ch. 8 and Ch. 10 of the Swedish Criminal Code and their Relationship to Private Law
Gustaf Almkvist defends his thesis in Criminal Law
Opponent: Prof Erling Johannes Husabø, University of Bergen
Chairperson of the public defence: Prof Magnus Ulväng
The public can follow the dissertation in the University Hall via a computer provided by the faculty. Once the main entrance is closed, the side entrance should be used. -
Public defence: Guns and Governance: Local Elites and Rebel Governance in Côte d'Ivoire
Sebastian van Baalen defends his thesis "Guns and Governance: Local Elites and Rebel Governance in Côte d'Ivoire". Faculty opponent is Professor Scott Straus, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A live recording of the defence will be available on Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/62434252341 -
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Higher sem: Hans-Michael Trautwei "Lending of Last Resort in Monetary Union: Differing Views of German Economists in the 19th and 21st Centuries"
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Martin Gustafsson: "The thinker as draughtsman"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture in collaboration with the Research Seminar in Philosophy, Åbo Akademi, Finland
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UCBH sem: Cecilia Kahn "Redo för liberalisering’ – inflytande över bankreformen 1968 och ett begynnande regimskifte"
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Karl Ekeman – Licentiate Seminar
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Information literacy conceptions in comprehensive school in Finland: Curriculum, teacher and school librarian discourses
More information to come
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The American Dilemma 2020: Nine Lessons for Healthy Democracies
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Take Off: Why societal impact?
In this seminar we will introduce the concept of impact and its many aspects, and discuss how your ability to clearly describe the potential impact of your research most certainly will put you in a better position when applying for grants. Register by 13 January.
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Hundens roll för hälsa och välbefinnande
The MedHum Seminar
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Sven-Ove Hansson: "Revising Probabilities and Full Beliefs"
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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(MOVED) Emma Hagström Molin: "Provenance in 19th-Century Europe"
The Higher Seminar
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Guilherme Marques Pedro: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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SINAS-Seminar: “Translating Sex Culture: Transnational Sex Education and the U.S.-Swedish Relationship, 1910s–1960s”
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Sharon Rider: "Autonomy for Whom? Governance of What?"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture in collaboration with the Research Seminar in Philosophy, Åbo Akademi, Finland
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Social distinctions in contemporary Russia
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Take Off: How to create impact in society + planning for impact workshop
Talking of impact is one thing, but how can impact in society really be created? Using the Impact Planning Canvas, we guide you through one efficient tool for describing the impact of your research results.
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Paloma Atencia Linares: "How to Understand Fiction (and non-fiction) in Photography?"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Open Lecture with Jenny White: What Makes Autocrats Popular?
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Jeremy Page, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Emma Hagström Molin: "Provenance in 19th-Century Europe"
The Higher Seminar
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E Carlson, M Jedenheim-Edling och J Johansson: "The Significance of Tiny Contributions"
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Niklas Forsberg: "Two Historical Periods Within One Human Breast"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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PhD Defence: Sindija Franzetti
Sindija Franzetti defends her doctoral thesis in English with a specialization in American Literature. The thesis is entitled “Epistolarity in a Post-Letter World”.
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PhD Defence: Sindija Franzetti
On 29 January, at 14.15, Sindija Franzetti will defend her doctoral thesis in English with a specialization in American Literature. The thesis is entitled “Epistolarity in a Post-Letter World”. The defence will take place over Zoom. Those who wish to attend the defence via Zoom should contact Erik Smitterberg, the Director of Doctoral Studies at the department, over e-mail.
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Higher sem: Elin Åström Rudberg "Competing economic visions and the struggle for entrepreneurship education in Swedish schools in the 1980s"
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PhD Student Breakfast - Online
Are you a PhD student in Humanities or Theology? Then join us for a Zoom breakfast with the library!
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UCBH-sem: Jakob Molinder ”Economic Growth and the Development of Real Wages: Swedish Construction Workers’ Wages in Comparative Perspective, 1831–1900”
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John Björkman: '"Må de herrskande klasserna darra"'
Guest Lecture (The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric)
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Identities and Effects of Different Generations on Media Content Production and Consumption in Russia
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Solveig Nellinge Seminar 2021 – Partnerskap, bästsäljare, systerskap
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Carl Montan, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Symposium: Journalism, Media and the Normalization of (Right-Wing) Populism and Nativist Authoritarianism
International Symposium co-organised by Uppsala University Media and Communications and School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg.
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Bok Event – Folk & Vilja
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in collaboration with The Higher Seminar in Political Theory and Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice
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Book event: Folk & Vilja: Ett försvar av demokratin i vår tid
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PhD Dissertation Defence – Hampus Östh Gustafsson
Hampus Östh Gustafsson defends his PhD dissertation Folkhemmets styvbarn: Humanioras legitimitet i svensk kunskapspolitik 1935–1980. External reviewer is Thomas Kaiserfeld.
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PhD Dissertation Defence – Hampus Östh Gustafsson
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Dissertation: The Rise of the Claim in Insolvency Law
Jonatan Schytzer defends his thesis in Private Law
Opponent: Prof Claes Martinson, Handelshögskolan, Göteborg
Chairperson of the public defence: Prof em Mikael Möller
You will be able to follow the defence through Zoom.The public is offered the opportunity to also take part in the dissertation at Dag Hammarskjöld and the Law Library as well as at Carolina Rediviva. -
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Karin Enflo, Stockholm University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Kamila Pacovská: "Remorse and Self-love"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Talking American Literature and Culture: “The Pleasures of a Saint, the pleasures of a plant: William James, Walt Whitman, and the varieties of (an)hedonic experience”
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Helena Wangefelt Ström, ABM
The text to be discussed in this seminar is the introduction chapter for Helena Wangefelt Ström's PhD thesis in museology (about to be completed) on heritagization of religion and uses of religious heritage.
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New Movements in Kyrgyzstan: Ideologies, Factions, and Media in the Recent Turmoil
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Jasmina Nedevska and Yaffa Epstein: " 'Attack on the Separation of Powers?' ”
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in collaboration Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice
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Uppsala Forum Guest Lecture: An “Attack on the Separation of Powers”? The Legitimacy of Climate Change Litigation in Global Climate Governance. A case study of judges’ arguments in the United States
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Publishing Open Access Books- Seminar with Routledge
Emilie Coin and Sarah Hyde, Commissioning Editors for Education at Routledge will be presenting on publishing your next academic book.
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Eli Liechtenstein: "Artistic Objectivity and Expressiveness in Nature"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Ethan Nowak, Umeå University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Jens Amborg: PhD Dissertation PM
The Higher Seminar
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The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Nora Hämäläinen: "Moral Change and Truth"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Higher sem: Carolina Uppenberg "Hushåll i arbete. Genus, arbetsorganisation och ekonomisk omvandling studerat genom 1800-talets torparhushåll"
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UCBH sem: Ylva Hasselberg and Henry Ohlsson ”The Swedish business elite and the gift explosion of 1947”
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Assimakis Tseronis, Örebro University
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Dydimus Zengegene, ALM
More information to come.
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Enrico Gargiulo: "Administrative Barriers and Citizenship in Italian Municipalities"
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in collaboration with CIRCUS Research Network Migration as a Legal & Political Process
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Invisible Borders: Administrative Barriers and Citizenship in Italian Municipalities
The interdisciplinary research network Migration as a legal and political process kindly invites you to a seminar with Associate Professor Enrico Gargiulo from the University of Bologna.
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Lambert Wiesing: "Luxury – the Dadaism of Possession"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Nils Franzén, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Per Wisselgren, Umeå University
The Higher Seminar
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Simon Rosenquist, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Camilla Kronqvist: "Philosophizing about Love with Wittgenstein"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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The Politics of Women’s Rights in Russia
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SINAS Seminar: “Racialization and Criminalization in the United States and Sweden”
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The decollegialization of Swedish Higher Education Institutions
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Aili Bresnahan: "Embodying Ethics"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Tobias Alexius, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Leyla Belle Drake: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar and The Engaging Vulnerability Seminar
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Higher sem: Julia Nordblad "Miljöekonomi som politiskt tänkande: Environmental economics vs. ecological economics, 1980–2000"
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Noah Roderik, Örebro University
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Rachel Zuckert: "Two Kinds of Beauty?"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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PhD Student Breakfast
Are you a PhD student in Humanities or Theology? Then join us for a Zoom breakfast with the library!
Learn more about our research services and which support we can offer you. We will talk about information seeking, digital tools, questions on publishing and open access, and will inform you about publishing strategies and how to increase your visibility. -
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Knut Olav Skarsaune: "Priority Now without Repugnance Later"
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Ingeborg Löfgren: "The Human Condition and the Human Con-Science"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Talking American Literature and Culture: "Deformation Zone: A Translation Poetics"
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Annual Lund-Uppsala ALM workshop
More information to come.
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"Soviet Daughter" - Graphic narrative as a legitimate medium of expression
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Guilherme Marques Pedro – Final PhD Dissertation Seminar
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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John Dyck: “Beauty as the Consent of the Heart”
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Jessica Moss, NYU
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy and The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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Open Lecture with Rebecca Stern
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Olle Risberg och Folke Tersman, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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PhD Dissertation Defence – Morag Ramsey
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Högre sem: Arvand Mirsafian - PhD thesis chapter
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UCBH sem: Rikard Westerberg "Socialists at the gate. Swedish business and the defense of free enterprise, 1940-1985"
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Frida Buhre: "Att växa upp i en varmare värld"
Guest Lecture (The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric)
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Pille Pruulmann Vengerfelt (Malmö universitet)
More information will come
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The Hägerström Lectures 2020 (2021) – Karen Bennett
(NB, the lectures have been postponed from March 2020 to March 2021)
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Uppsala Forum Guest Lecture: Riding the Populist Wave: Europe’s Mainstream Right in Crisis
Welcome to this Uppsala Forum gest Lecture with Visiting Fellow Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser.
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Ash Amin: "Framing Community: Xenophobic Nationalism, Social Democracy, and Everyday Cohabitation in Europe"
Guest Lecture
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Andrew Reisner, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Natan Elgabsi: "Derrida and Foucault on Giving Voice to the Voiceless"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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SINAS Seminar: “’Let the American Show You’: Early Cinema in U.S. Colonial Territories, 1898–1919.”
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Data publishing
More information to come
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Presentation of Katarina Pirak Sikku's artwork Agálašvuođa giesaldagagat
The artist Katarina Pirak Sikku presents the artwork Agálašvuođa giesaldagagat at Carolina Rediviva in Uppsala, and meets the curator Natalie King for a conversation.
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Paisley Livingston: "‘Élargissez votre dieu!’: on the Aesthetics of Sport"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Karl Bergman, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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End of Law
Tormod Otter Johansen, Dr. Public Law, Gothenburg university will present ongoing work conducted in collaboration with colleagues in Law and Theology at at Lund university within the interdisciplinary project – "End of law", (2020-2024). The group is led by Mårten Björk, Lund University and funded by the Swedish Research Council, VR.
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Taylor Cyr, Samford University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Olle Uppenberg: "Att beskriva filosofiskt tänkande"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Alexander Stagnell, Södertörn Universtity
Guest Lecture (The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric)
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Elena Prats: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Julia Zakkou, Bielefeld University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Isaac Taylor: "Justice by Algorithm"
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in collaboration with The Higher Seminar in Jurisprudence, Stockholm University
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Victor Moberger, Stockholm University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Talking American Literature and Culture: "A New Animal Condition: Audubon, Poe, Muybridge."
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UCBH sem: Jan Ottosson ”Seminar on publishing strategies, bibliometric considerations, and other practicalities”
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In View of the Workshop "The Postcolonial Uppsala/Cape Coast"
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Henrik Rydéhn, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen/UU
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Academic Discipline Conference – Rhetoric
Section for Rhetoric
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Emil Andersson, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Martin Gustafsson: "'I don’t know' – Goodness in four movies by the Dardenne brothers"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Tommaso Braida: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Isto Huvila, ABM
More information to come.
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Marvin Backes, UU, and Anders Schoubye, SU
Joint Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy – Uppsala University and Stockholm University
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Claes Entzenberg: "Why Only Art Can Save Us Now"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Tuva Haglund – PhD Dissertation Defence
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Higher sem: Jonas Söderqvist - final seminar
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In View of the Conference "Rhetoric in Society Conference"
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Andreas Stokke, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Louise Schou Therkildsen – Final PhD Seminar
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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International Research Conference: The Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions
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IVR Sweden Annual Conference 2021
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law and IVR Sweden
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Jessica Pepp, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Gloria Mähringer, Lund University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Jonas Ahlskog: "Peter Winch and the Methodological Distinctiveness of the Social Sciences"
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Talking American Literature and Culture: The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry
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Anna Nyman, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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MITSC 2021 Linnaeus University, Kalmar
A conference within the Swedish Research School of Management and IT. The plan is that the conference is to be held in real life in Kalmar.
The preliminary dates for the conference are 2021-05-18 -- 2021-05-20, and the plan is that it starts at lunch and ends at lunch. -
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Boost your information seeking skills - Online
This workshop is aimed at PhD students, post docs or researchers who wish to update their information searching skills.
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Annalisa Pelizza: "Processing Alterity, Enacting Europe"
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Selim Berker, Harvard University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Axel Rudolphi: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture
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Boost your information seeking skills - Online
This workshop is aimed at PhD students, post docs or researchers who wish to update their information searching skills.
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Symposium - Literature and investigative journalism
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Maria Svedberg, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Digital Existence III: Living with automation – call for papers
We are happy to announce Digital Existence III: Living with automation – a conference about artificial intelligence (AI), biometrics and the human condition. The conference will be held at The Sigtuna Foundation 31 May – 1 June 2021.
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Anna Foka, ABM
More information to come.
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National Conference on History of Technology and Science on the theme Medical humanities and social sciences
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The 14th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE) “Rights and Recognition in the Baltic Context”
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Mathilde Emeriau: "Learning to be Unbiased"
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in collaboration with CIRCUS Research Network Migration as a Legal & Political Process
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The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Olle Sköld och Labour's Memory -project, ALM
Olle and other members of the Labour's memory-team introduces the project and its aims, approaches, and background.
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Boost your information seeking skills - Online
This workshop is aimed at PhD students, post docs or researchers who wish to update their information searching skills.
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Elena Prats – Final PhD Dissertation Seminar
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Chris Meyns, Engaging vulnerability, UU
Chris Meyns is a poet, developer and graphic designer with training in history of science and philosophy.