Previous events - Page 31

Cand. med. Alexander Nilsskog Fraser at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in the operative treatment of displaced proximal humeral fractures” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Join us for a CIMS lecture with Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology from the University of Illinois.

How does ADHD affect the learning of multiple languages? Do people with and without ADHD process figurative language differently? These are just some of the questions that will be discussed at AttCom's Kick-Off Workshop.

Henrik Johnsson (University of Tromsø) will present his ongoing research on Ibsen's plays and the degeneration discourse.

Dr Bonnie Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Metamorphosis of Autism (Manchester University Press). She has a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, and has held a research fellowship at King’s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities. She has lectured in the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. In addition to her academic work, she writes for popular publications such as Aeon Magazine, and has appeared on BBC television. 

Alastair Pennycook (Professor Emeritus, University of Technology Sydney and Research Professor, MultiLing) presents on how a language assemblage framework shows how languages are put together within local combinations of things, people and places and are also part of wider social and political entanglements.

Join us for this seminar with Kirin Narayan (Australian National University) and Kenneth M. George (Australian National University).

Employees at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Oslo University Hospital (OUS), who will relocate to the Life Sciences Building when it is completed in 2027, are invited to the seminar "How do we live together?"

Open lectures by this year's Abel Prize winner Luis Caffarelli and three other specially invited matematicians.

MD Kristian Berge at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Diagnostic and prognostic assessment in patients with acute heart failure and acute dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Invited speaker Professor Jussi Taipale will present at the NCMM Tuesday Seminar on the topic “Towards predicting gene expression from sequence”.

Master of International Community Health Lillian Ziyenda Katenga-Kaunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutrition education and counselling to enhance dietary diversity among pregnant women in rural Malawi” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. Johannes Haushofer is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. He will present the paper: "The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfers and Psychotherapy on Psychological and Economic Well-being" (written with Robert Mudida and Jeremy Shapiro).

Cand. theol Jon Petter Heesch at the Faulty of Theology will be defending the thesis "The Spirituality of the “Sichtungszeit”, as expressed in the thirty-four homilies on the Litany of the Wounds." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master in Economics Maria Nareklishvili at Department of Economics will defend the thesis "Network Structures in Observational Data" for the PhD degree.

Master Anastasia Kriachko Roeren at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Documenting the nation: How TV documentaries reflect and shape Russian national identity for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

What happens when political priorities, cultural squabbles and business interests undermine public health efforts during a pandemic? In this breakfast seminar, Professor Emily Mendenhall will discuss how people responded to COVID-19 in Okoboji, a small town in the American Midwest. 

Philosophical Seminar with Endre Begby (Simon Fraser University)

MSc Richard John Massey at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac dysfunction in young survivors of allogeneic stem-cell transplantation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Pawel Wilkosz at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The impact of unilateral oophorectomy on follicle dynamics, reproductive ageing, and infertility treatment” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. John Finlay is a postdoc at Columbia Business School. He will present the paper: "Exporters, Credit Constraints, and Misallocation."

Master Klaudia Dominika Karpińska at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend her dissertation On Wings to the Otherworld: Bird Remains in Viking Age Graves from Scandinavia for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Nate Young has made an app that could make the lives of those interested in sound change in Scandinavian a lot easier. Come and see the beta version presented!