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Department seminar. Rahul Deb is a Professor at University of Toronto Mississauga. He will present the paper: "Which wage distributions are consistent with statistical discrimination?" (written with Ludovic Renou).

M.A. Elin Therese Brødholt at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Bone mineral density in archaeological populations of Norway. Temporal patterns of bone loss related to age, sex and socioeconomic status in the 8th - 19th centuries AD” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Anna Young at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Unaccountable Violence: The Murderous Child in the British and American Novel, 1954-2003 for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Join us for the book launch of Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese Revolution. Tine Gade (NUPI) discusses her study of the political history of Tripoli, and how it reflects upon wider national and regional dynamics of Lebanon and the Middle East, in conversation with Brynjar Lia.

Join us for this seminar with Nir Avieli on contemporary Vietnamese masculinity.

Carsten Hjort Lange (Aalborg)

Department seminar. Lutz Sager is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. He will present the paper: "Clean Identification? The Effects of the Clean Air Act on Air Pollution, Exposure Disparities and House Prices" (written with Gregor Singer).

This lecture aims to introduce and discuss the important and fruitful connection between social epistemology and critical theory to understand forms of injustice.

This seminar considers the current status of gender equality in Poland, and the effects of what some call the "anti-gender movement". 

Oliwia Szymańska (Postdoctoral Fellow, MultiLing) will present and discuss the results of metaphor training carried out with psychiatrists during an intensive Norwegian course.

Meet up at Physics at the Library for a lecture about how network science is an indispensable tool from physics to medicine by Professor Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University.

MD Gunn Marit Traaen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Sleep apnea in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Prevalence and effect of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Diane Cuny (Université de Tours, France)

In this open lecture, Professor Daniel H. Solomon will cover current clinical controversies in gout, focusing on implications of the disease beyond the joint.

Democratisation is arguably Taiwan’s most significant achievement since 1945. This lecture addresses the impact of cultural democratisation by using Taiwan cinema as a case study.

Department seminar. Edwin Leuven is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. He will present the paper: "Event Studies, Endogenous Fertility Timing and the Child Penalty."

Saeedeh Salimifar talks about presupposition projection:

Join us for a CIMS seminar with Professor Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen from the University of Copenhagen, reflecting upon the cultural and historical trajectories of the Prophet. The conversation will be led by Ragnhild J. Zorgati.

Welcome to HEI's heritage day 2023!

MD Nikias Ioannis Siafarikas at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Depression and neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: frequencies, mechanisms and association with neurodegeneration” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

In this seminar, Rashmi Varma and Subir Sinha analyze the politics and dynamics of extractivism in contemporary India.

Welcome to the launch of Dr. Rahul Ranjan’s new book!

Master Truls Strand Offerdal at the Department of Media and Communication will defend his dissertation The pandemic rhetorical situation: Challenges and adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).