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Master Hallvard Nikolai Bruvoll at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistory: Application of Fractal Analysis on Archaeological Settlement Plans for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Gard Paulsen (IFIKK) will give a talk entitled "New use for old weather: Histories of collective empiricism and the maritime modernities".

Through a combined concert and science talk with her band Dana & The Monsters, Dana will present and demonstrate her research to explain how concerts are venues for social bonding. 

In this lecture, Dr. Julia Christine Marinaccio will discuss transnational ties between Taiwanese political parties and overseas communities and other constituencies abroad.

Giulia Frigerio (IFIKK)

Master Rahmat Hashemi at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation No Peace in Sight?: The United States and the Complex Case of Afghanistan,
1978-2020 for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Guri Bordal Steien will present her longitudinal study of refugee learners of Norwegian, organized by the Multilingualism Research Forum

Master Bojidar Angelov Kolov at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend his dissertation (Re)Constructing Sacred Statehood. The Orthodox Church and Great Power in Contemporary Russia for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Yael Friedman at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend her dissertation Many Things Considered: An Epistemic View on Medical Holism for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Alexander Agadjanian, Alicja Curanović and Pål Kolstø will discuss Russian identity and religion in light of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Master Ingeborg Fossestøl at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend her dissertation The Press and the Reading Public: Literary Cultures in Late Ottoman Istanbul for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Janet Connor presents her ethnographic research on communication, diversity and convergence in the central Oslo neighborhood of Tøyen, organized by the Multilingualism Research Forum

SciDem Research Seminar: Presentation by Paal Fredrik Skjørten.

Thomas Mohnike (University of Strasbourg) will lecture about the transnational geographies of a Norwegian national poet between 1890 and 1918.

How can new technologies help us build social relations and improve mental health? Do young people prefer to talk to chatbots instead of healthcare personnel? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the new technologies? Meet researchers from SINTEF and UiO who are experts in chatbots and language models; and a startup from Oslo Science Park.

Master Elisabet García González at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies will defend her dissertation Multilingualism Across the Lifespan: Exploring Social and Cognitive Factors of Language Switching and Use for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Nora Dörnbrack at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Longitudinal Intra-Writer Variation in the Private Writings of Mary Ann (Wodrow) Archbald (1762–1841) for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

An interdisciplinary half-day seminar related to the triple bill Bluebeard's Castle, staged by Tobias Kratzer and conducted by Edward Gardner premiering at The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, January 20.

By Yves Scherrer (IFI).

Master Sonja Irene Åman at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages will defend her dissertation Governing the People of the Whale: History and Politics of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Neil Barton (IFIKK) will give a talk entitled "Multiverses and Fine-Tuning". 

Erik Henning Edvardsen, Ibsen Museum & Teater, Oslo

Militarisation and Grassroots Activism in Present-Day Japan.