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This seminar will be based on Stéphane Lacroix's recent book which came out in August 2025, Twilight of the Saints: The History and Politics of Salafism in Contemporary Egypt (Columbia University Press, 2025).

This panel discussion is organised by the project From Asia to Africa: Antibiotic Trajectories across the Indian ocean (FAR).

Department seminar. Clément Malgouyres is a CNRS research (CR) in economics at CREST. He will present the paper "The Trade-Off Between Decarbonization and Reshoring" (written with Thierry Mayer and Lewin Nolden).

Department seminar. Jacob Nyrup is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. He will present the paper “Coalition Diversity and Economic Growth” (written with Carl Henrik Knutsen).

Justin Brown will present metalinguistic reflections about Khoekhoegowab, or Nama language, among KhoeSan reclamation activists in Cape Town.

Madeleine Adkins explores adult learners’ experience in an  immersion program designed to create new speakers of Breton.

Department seminar. Lars Hansen is David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor The University of Chicago Departments of Economics, Statistics and the Booth School of Business. He will present the paper "Robust Mean-Field Control with Aggregate Shocks" (written with Michael Barnett, Ruimeng Hu, and Hezhong).

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.

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.

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. 

How has the imperial legacy of Central European states shaped the relationship between nation and state, especially in Ukraine?

Guy Bradley (Univ. of Cardiff)

This seminar will explore the social aspects of disconnection: how people react to be disconnected from and the technological mediations of interpersonal presence and abscence

Bastiaan Redert presents the paper From Protest to Policy (and Back Again): Towards an Integrated Framework on LGBTQ+ Advocacy at the Tuesday Seminar on 23 September 2025.

In this talk, Etienne Boisserie will discuss the historical narrative of the Czechoslovak nation and its implications

This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.

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.

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).

HumAIn: A Humanities Hub for the Reimagination of AI invites you to a seminar with Professor Petter Bae Brandtzæg.

We will explore how to harness AI’s potential responsibly, prevent misuse, and safeguard the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and ethical conduct in research.