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A conference to explore the interzone between translation studies and medical humanities; to invoke the role of the arts, humanities and social sciences as essential services for medicine and health care; and to reappraise the impact of biomedicine in our linguistic, cultural, and societal ecosystems. 

M.Sc. Sunniva Furre Amundsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Transglutaminase 2 and gluten peptide complexes: Origin and involvement in celiac disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. Med. Kathrine Thuestad Isaksen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Age-related and molecular predictive markers in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. Giacomo Brusco is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Tübingen. He will present the paper: "Guess Who's Evading on Dinner: Experimental Evidence on the Incidence of Tax Evasion."

Seminar with Venezuelan economist Manuel Sutherland.

Master of Science in Conflict Studies Marie Sandnes at University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science will be defending her dissertation: "Understanding power dynamics between intervening and host military forces: The case of the G5 Sahel Joint Force and external actors in the Sahel".

Gender Expansive Philosophy (GEP) invites all philosophy students and staff to a seminar! 

In this lecture, Fred Moten (New York University) will discuss the question of observation in the context of violence and mourning.

MD Jelena Zugic Soares at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Vitamin D in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer´s disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Hanne Røe-Indregård  at the Department of Special Needs Education  will be defending the thesis "Features of adult-child communication across conversational partners and activities. An observation based study" for the degree of PhD.

Lecture by Cheehyung Harrison Kim. 

Department seminar. Aurélien Baillon is a Professor of economics of uncertainty at Emlyon business school. He will present the paper: "Follow the money, not the majority: Markets for predicting unverifiable events" (written with Benjamin Tereick and Tong V. Wang).

In this lecture Dr. Lu will discuss the impact and conflicts arising from the development of offshore windfarms on Taiwan's western coastline among local fishing communities.

What novel forms of health interventions and markets do impact bonds generate? And in what ways is the provision of healthcare re-imagined through this financing mechanism?

The fifth event in the seminar series "Perspectives on Thinking" will focus on objective hermeneutics. The guest speaker will be Katarina Busch (Sigmund-Freud-Institute). 

M.Sc. Ruth Elise Dybvik Matlary at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Physical activity in young people with haemophilia A in Norway – The HemFitbit study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Hani Zaidi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Studies on adipose tissue inflammation and remodeling. Emphasis on Coronary Artery Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and effects of exercise training” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Melania Terrazas, senior lecturer at the University of La Rioja, will be giving a lecture on contested boundaries and uncharted entanglements in Evelyn Conlon’s short story collection Moving About the Place (2023)”. In her stories, Conlon creates characters living and setting up relationships in countries in which she has had a longstanding interest: Australia, Japan, Italy, Indonesia, Monaco and South Africa. Terrazas will suggest that Conlon’s stories use transculturality as a method that addresses culture as a dynamic category and debunks ideological dichotomies.

Why We Seek Them Out, and What Their Future Holds. Guest lecture by professor Brenden Rensink.

Welcome to the EAHMH 2023 conference!

Comparing Indigenous Refugees in the North American Borderlands: Historical Lessons for Contemporary Crises.

Cand.med. Bent Håkan Lindberg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Use of out-of-hours services for respiratory tract infections” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Invited speaker Ben Black will present on the topic “Learning About Natural Chromosomes to Make New Ones”.