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Circus' annual Symposium: Doing research together: The good, the challenging and the ugly aspects of collaborative research
Announcing Circus’ 2nd annual symposium
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(POSTPONED) Leyla Belle Drake: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar and The Engaging Vulnerability Seminar
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”Modern och hemmet"
The Higher Seminar in Literature
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Webinar "Right-Wing Populism and the Normalization of Racism: Discursive Shifts, Immigration and Moral Panics in Poland after 2015"
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Inre kraft
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The research seminar in law and business
Professor Clas Wihlborg (Fletcher Jones Chair in International Business Research, Chapman University, Orange CA) will speak on: "Trade Secret Protection and the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD)"
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Disputation: Mining Futures: Predictions and Uncertainty in Swedish Mineral Exploration
Tobias Olofsson is defending his doctoral thesis. The title of his thesis is: Mining Futures: Predictions and Uncertainty in Swedish Mineral Exploration. The defense takes place Friday October 30 at 1.15 pm in Humanistiska teatern, Thunbergsvägen 3C, Uppsala, and in Zoom.
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Kasper Kristensen: "Spinoza on Cultivation of the Mind and Controlling the Passions"
Joint Seminar – The Higher Seminar in the Philosophy of Language and Culture and The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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Higher sem: Göran Ulväng: ”Att konservera godsen vid släkten: Fideikommiss i Sverige 1643-2020
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Digitala förbindelser: Rum, riktning och queera orienteringar
NB this seminar is held in Swedish
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The Most Consequential Election of Our Time? A Panel Discussion on the American Election of 2020
The United States faces multiple challenges and the election campaign has been extraordinary. How can we make sense of it, and what can we say about the outcome?
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Restorative environments theory: Beyond the conventional narrative
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UCBH-sem: Hanna Hodacs/Anna Knutsson/Leos Müller ”HERA project Intoxicating Spaces: The Impact of New Intoxicants on Urban Spaces in Europe, 1600-1850”
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/publish – Data Management Plans (online)
Many funders require that projects must have a data management plan. Learn what this means for you, and how the university can help. The seminar is given in English.
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ZOOM SEMINAR: Constitutional Democracy and the Corporation: From Republican Liberty to Oligarchy
David Ciepley - Global Horizons Fellow at SCAS and Associate Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville - will present a new analytical, historical, and normative framework for understanding business corporations and will address the question of whether a corporate economy can be made compatible with constitutional democracy.
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Karolina Enquist Källgren: "Expressing social form – fundaments of a poetic reason"
Guest Lecture – Section for Rhetoric
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Anna Foka, DH Uppsala & ABM
Unique in all classical literature, Pausanias’s second-century CE Periegesis Hellados presents an example spatial heritage data— a narrative that describes places of interest in the Greek landscape as well as the notable objects found there.
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Roundtable Webinar "Ukrainian Regional Elections: post-Maidan decentralisation, Zelensky’s second year and new dynamics in Ukrainian politics"
NB! The event will be held on Zoom. To attend the event please click on the link https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/64633418424
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Take Off: Package and fund your impact
Have breakfast with Uppsala University Innovation and at the same time build your skills to improve impact. This is the fifth of six breakfast seminars (9 Sep-18 Nov) in the "Take Off" series on accelerating the impact of research in society. The seminar series is open to PhD students, postdocs and researchers in all disciplines. Limited number of seats. Registration is required.
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Mirko Pasquini final seminar
Wednesday 4 November 10.15–12.00 Mirko Pasquini slutseminarium EP3-2028/CG B43 opponent Hannah Brown (Durham University)
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Mikael Pettersson: "Sound and Vision, Signifying Nothing"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Nils-Otto Ahnfelt och Hjalmar Fors: "Att skapa kunskap om gamla mediciner"
The MedHum Seminar
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Claudia Zichi: "The Role of ὑπηρέτης, Helper, in Plato’s Marionette-Image"
The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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Gendered territoriality and the contemporaneity of colonialism in present-day Brazil
This talk explores the gendering of land in relation to modern/colonial temporalities and to a nation-state myth in which the post-colonial turns into ideological justification for continuing colonialism.
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Luis de Miranda: "Histosophy as Method"
The Higher Seminar
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Elisabeth Camp, Rutgers University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Tim Berndtsson – PhD Dissertation Defence
Section for Rhetoric
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/publish open free of charge - online seminar Online
Did you know that agreements with major scientific publishers (Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis and others) allow researchers at Uppsala University to publish with open access free of charge (i.e. no APC) in more than 10 000 journals?
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Toni Rönnow-Rasmussen: "Against Value Monism"
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Greek & Byzantine Studies / Retracing Connections Seminars: Exploring the Sagaverse: Storyworlds and Worldbuilding in Medieval Icelandic Literature
Zoom seminar, for information please contact: milan.vukasinovic@lingfil.uu.se
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Higher sem: Arvand Mirsafian, PhD thesis chapter - CANCELLED
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Ron and Pejk talk about Joe
The American Literature Section (English Department) at Uppsala University is delighted to announce a conversation between American poet and translator Ron Padgett and Danish radio producer, translator, sound artist and poet Pejk Malinovski centred on visual artist, memoirist and poet Joe Brainard.
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Literary Representations of Urban Change: Concepts and Methods
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Thomas Kaiserfeld, Lund University
Office for History of Science
(Cancelled due to the Corona pandemic. New date TBA.) -
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Describing method - A study of process information in data papers (work in progress)
The seminar will present a study of how method is described, i.e. process information, in archaeological data papers. The study details types of process information, also called paradata, and types of information present in the different paradata categories. The aim of the paper is to contribute to knowledge on how paradata could increase data reusability.
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Seminar: "Hillary Clinton emails"
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/publish – Data Management Plans (online)
Many funders require that projects must have a data management plan. Learn what this means for you, and how the university can help. The seminar is given in English.
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Elisa López final seminar
Wednesday 11 November 10.15–12.00 Elisa López slutseminarium venue/Zoom TBC opponent Carina Green (SLU)
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Development studies at Uppsala University celebrates 50 years!
The first course in development studies at Uppsala University was offered in 1970, 50 years ago. Development studies has since grown – today it is a subject of its own in the Department of Government.
To celebrate the anniversary and to reflect on where we have come from and where we are going, Development Studies organises an afternoon seminar on Wednesday 11 November 2020, 13.15-16.45.
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Daniel Whiting: "Aesthetic Worth"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Uppsala Forum PhD Conference
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law in Collaboration with Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice
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Andreas Stokke, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Oda Tvedt – Final PhD Seminar
The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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Jesper Högström: ”Den litterära biografins hantverk”
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Online Roundtable Discussion "Georgia’s New Parliament and the 2020 Elections: From Hybrid Regime to Fully-fledged Parliamentary Democracy? "
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Anna Folland, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Open Lecture: Law, Science and the Socratic Method
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Higher sem: Tony Kenttä "Why did workers and lower officials borrow? Evidence from the Swedish living cost survey of 1913-14"
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Seeking Asylum - Finding a Home? A qualitative study on asylum seekers' integration in two different housing contexts
Housing & Society Seminar
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Karl Ekeman – Licentiate Seminar
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Theme: Project applications
Internal seminar for discussing new project applications in process.
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Take Off: Impact stories
Have breakfast with Uppsala University Innovation and at the same time build your skills to improve impact. This is the final of six seminars (9 Sep-18 Nov) in the "Take Off" series on accelerating the impact of research in society. The seminar series is open to PhD students, postdocs and researchers in all disciplines. Limited number of seats. Registration is required.
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Thomas Grub: "Mellan anpassning och frihet: om reselitteratur från DDR till 'Väst'"
Uppsala Travel Writing Seminar (RELS)
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Anthony Cross: "Aesthetic Alienation and Meaningful Relationships with Aesthetic Objects"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Tommaso Braida: "Arendt’s Theory of the Nature of the Detention of Stateless"
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Nikolaj Pedersen, UIC, Yonsei University
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Forskarna på slottet: demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter
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Ekrem Çetinkaya – Mid-term Seminar
The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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The Swedish Literary Society's Autumn Meeting 2020
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Yuliya Kanygina, University of Gothenburg
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Doctoral Thesis Defence: Institutional Tensions and Complexity
Erdelina Kurti defends her doctoral thesis in computer and information science: Institutional Tensions and Complexity in the Digital Innovation of Incumbent Business Models
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Public Defence: Adaptive resistance: Power struggles over gender quotas in Uruguay
Cecilia Josefsson defends her doctoral thesis.
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Laura Herrero: "Cognitive Improvements Associated with Music Training"
The Open Seminar in Music Psychology
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Higher sem: Björn Hasselgren "Shareholders of the Göta Kanal-corporation as of 1810"
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UCBH-sem: Jan Ottosson et al. "Om publiceringsstrategier, ur förlags- och författarperspektiv"
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Basinkomstens nya våg: lärdomar från medborgarlönsexperiment i välfärdsstater
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Dominik Hüninger: "Collection Ecologies"
Office for History of Science
(Cancelled due to the Corona pandemic. New date TBA.) -
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Ina-Maria Jansson, ABM
Ina-Maria Jansson is presenting her work with the fourth article in her compilation thesis about digital participation in cultural heritage institutions. Jansson is a doctoral candidate at the Department of ALM.
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/publish – Data Management Plans (online)
Many funders require that projects must have a data management plan. Learn what this means for you, and how the university can help. The seminar is given in English.
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Gregory Currie, University of York
Joint Seminar – The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics and The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Network for Women in Philosophy (NFK)
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Forsskålsymposiet 2020
Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammrskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research will hold his lecture about "The future of peace and democracy - what can we know?"
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Oda Tvedt – Final PhD Seminar
The Higher Seminar in the History of Philosophy
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Seminar: “Multilingual Practices on the Page: Focus on Medieval and Early Modern Scotland”.
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Tommaso Braida, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Greek & Byzantine Studies / Retracing Connections Seminars: Enclosed Spaces – Enclosed Saints: The Case of Imprisoned Martyrs in Byzantine Hagiographical Literature
Zoom seminar, for information please contact: milan.vukasinovic@lingfil.uu.se
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Higher sem: Henric Häggqvist "Market structure and profitability in the Swedish beer industry, 1890-1990".
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/publish – Data Management Plans (online)
Many funders require that projects must have a data management plan. Learn what this means for you, and how the university can help. The seminar is given in English.
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Thor Rydin: "Huizinga's Critique of Spengler"
The Higher Seminar
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Research seminar
Presentation from the research project "Canon and Concert Life: Formation Processes within the Musical Life of Stockholm 1848-1914"
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DigMus: Empowering Museum Professionals with Digital Skills.Presentation of the preliminary results of the mapping stage
The past decade has witnessed an increasing digital shift, and there has been a growing demand for information about the digitization of, access to, and the preservation of museum collections (NEMO, 2018). Drawing on this perspective, museums have amassed substantial online materials, hence the potential of digital collections in fostering education, research, and visitor engagement has not been f
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Toxic Heavy Metal Injustice? Early Life Conditions And Proximity To Contamination
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The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Thinking Enlightenment – The Life and Work of Peter Forsskål. A Symposium in Honour of Carl Gustaf Spangenberg
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Irene Martínez Marín: PhD Dissertation Chapter
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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Jules Kielmann – Licentiate Seminar
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Katharina Felka, University of Graz
The Higher Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
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Conference – Integrating Digital History
3rd Digital History in Sweden Conference (DHiS2020)
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Messy trans experiences in Norway and the paradox of legal gender recognition
The questions guiding this presentation are: What impact does legal recognition of one’s gender identity have on one’s sense of self? And, is the law really as progressive for trans people as it appears to be?
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Camille Bajeux: "Urology, Venereology or Andrology?"
The Higher Seminar
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Inre kraft
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Practical Philosophy – Joint Seminar Uppsala and Stockholm University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Disputation: Inter-team Coordination
Tomas Gustavsson defends his doctoral thesis: Inter-team Coordination in Large-Scale Agile Software Development Projects
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Higher sem: Simon Hallberg: PhD thesis chapter/draft
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Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran: A Socio-legal Study of Gendered Policies and Practices
Zara Saeidzadeh completed her doctoral degree in Gender Studies at Örebro University, Sweden on June 4, 2020. In her doctoral thesis, she examines the lives of trans people who undergo sex-change surgery in Iran from a socio-legal perspective. She now teaches and works as a researcher in Gender Studies at Örebro University. She is also a research associate at Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concord
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Guilherme Marques Pedro, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Philosophy of Law
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Research seminar
Presentation from a postdoc project. Title to be confirmed.
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To be announced
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UCBH sem: Ylva Hasselberg, Henry Ohlsson ”The Swedish business elite and the gift explosion of 1947”
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Richard Staley, Cambridge University
Office for History of Science
(Cancelled due to the Corona pandemic. New date TBA.) -
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Amalia Juneström, ABM
Amalia Juneström is presenting a draft for the fourth article of her PhD thesis. Juneström is a doctoral candidate at the Department of ALM.
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WIP seminar: “English by Swedes, 1563–1746”
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Empire of civilization? The imperial imaginary of the Russian Federation
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Paloma Atencia-Linares: "On Being Immersed in a Narrative"
The Higher Seminar in Aesthetics
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The toxicity of industrial/breadwinner masculinities; when climate change denial and white supremacy meet
This presentation will scrutinise a particular emblematic example of how anti-environmentalism and anti-feminism today overlap; that of Greta Thunberg.
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K Berglund, L Burman och M Nauwerck: "Nya vägar inom digitala humaniora"
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Thomas Ekenberg, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy
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Marcus Munafo: "Culture, Incentives and Research Improvement"
The General Seminar
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Higher sem: Elisabeth Lindberg: PhD thesis chapter/draft
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Amy C. Offer: "Sorting Out the Mixed Economy"
Webinar or Zoominar
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Housing & Society Seminar
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Louise Schou Therkildsen, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar in Rhetoric
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Russian and Ukrainian Politics of Memory around WWII: History as a Hybrid Warfare Tool
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ERC Proposal Reading Day
On the reading day you will get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant applications within Social Sciences and Humanities at Uppsala University in order to see how a proposal might be structured.
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Hanna Hodacs: ”Finding substitutes for exotic tastes in nature”
Uppsala Travel Writing Seminar (RELS)
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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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Karl Haikola: "Teknikens och välfärdsstatens dilemman"
The Higher Seminar
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Helena Franzén – Final PhD Seminar
The Higher Seminar
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Emma Hagström Molin, Uppsala University
The Higher Seminar
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Inre kraft
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PhD Dissertation Defence – Hampus Östh Gustafsson
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Per Wisselgren, Umeå University
The Higher Seminar
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Pille Pruulmann Vengerfelt (Malmö universitet)
More information will come
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SINAS Seminar: “’Let the American Show You’: Early Cinema in U.S. Colonial Territories, 1898–1919.”
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Academic Discipline Conference – Rhetoric
Section for Rhetoric
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International Research Conference: The Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions
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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.
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Symposium - Literature and investigative journalism
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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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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”