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With Norwegian Sign Language celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2025, this year's Einar Haugen lecture will focus on signed languages and explore the relationship between human diversity and linguistic diversity. The hybrid lecture will be in English, with interpretation into Norwegian Sign Language.
Cand.med. Kjersti ?vrum Skipar at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Multimodal imaging in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: A tool for improved patient risk assessment and prediction of response to hypoxia targeted therapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Fadi al-Ghawanmeh at the Department of Musicology will defend his dissertation ?arab and AI: Maqām Music Generation through Machine Translation and Motion Capture for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Professor Maximilian Fochler (University of Viennna and TIK Centre) visits TIK in September, and will on this occasion give a talk on science and socio-environmental challenges. The talk will be followed by a discussion.
Cand.med. Hanne Kristin Jahr Blakstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Glioblastoma – treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Margrethe Flesvig Holt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Screening and biomarkers in cardiac amyloidosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Eco-Racism in the History of Philosophy: From Buffon to Hegel
Department seminar. Terrence Iverson is a Professor at Colorado State University. He will present the paper "Tiered Climate Clubs: Global Abatement Without Global Agreement."
Torjus Solheim Eckhoff is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation.
Har vi nok mat i Norge i framtida? Og er den trygg?
Guy Bradley (Univ. of Cardiff)
M.Sc. Aminata Shamit Koroma at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Integrated Nutritional and Healthcare Interventions to Combat Maternal Undernutrition and Enhance Infant Birth Outcomes in Resource-Limited Rural Sierra Leone” for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).
How can we develop unconditional relationships with earth?
This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.
M.Sc. Andrea Mathisen Bratsberg at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “On variable selection in high-dimensional omics data in the presence of latent variables” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Department seminar. Alison Andrew is an Associate Professor of Economics (without tenure) at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford. She will present the paper "Flexibility versus Performance: The Determinants of Labor Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya" (written with Nathan Barker, Inbar Amit, Rob Garlick, Kate Orkin, and Carolyne Nekesa).
In this seminar, Professor Frank Weigelt will outline the central functional principles of the system of Arabic politeness formulas and explore the religious and cultural foundations on which it rests. His analysis will focus on the dialect of Damascus.
How can the varied approaches more common in creative practice help those of us in the humanities who are struggling with disciplinary placement in an undisciplined age?
Philosophical Seminar with Rob Simpson
Department seminar. Jan Knoepfle is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Queen Mary University of London. He will present the paper “Competitive Sequential Screening” (written with Ian Ball and Deniz Kattwinkel).
Learn more about the process of translating academic research into successful ventures from a highly experienced life science executive.
We will explore how to harness AI’s potential responsibly, prevent misuse, and safeguard the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and ethical conduct in research.
The conference considers how the intersections between modern art and medicine have been curated in the past and are being curated today. The conference is a collaboration with MUNCH, and partners in Canada and USA.
In this open lecture, Professor Kim Bennell will talk about the future of osteoarthritis managemen.
Cand.med. Karen Eline Stensby Bains at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The effect of maternal use of snus in pregnancy on infant lung function” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).