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Time and place: –, Georg Sverdrups hus, Auditorium 2

This spring we welcome Carolyn Yerkes and Bridget Alsdorf from the Department of Art & Archeology at Princeton University to present their forthcoming book projects. The lectures are followed by a reception. The event is open to the public, but registration is obligatory.

Time and place: –, FAROS (Toppsenteret) at Forskningsparken

NCMBM, as part of its International Seminar series, will be welcoming Jonathan Frazer, Group Leader at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain. 

His talk is entitled:"Reading evolutionary constraint with deep learning: from rare disease to endangered species".

Time and place: –, Zoom - digital

Mobile disconnection: Two events for scholars considering to submit to a special issue of Mobile Media & Communication

Time and place: –, Zoom - digital

Mobile disconnection: Two events for scholars considering to submit to a special issue of Mobile Media & Communication

Time and place: –, 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Department seminar. Oliver Pfäuti is an Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin. He will present the paper "Public Debt and the Price of Fiscal Uncertainty: Attention and Inflation Volatility."

Time and place: –, Aud 2, Eilert Sundt's Hus

In this lecture, Antonio Somaini (Sorbonne) will discuss how artificial intelligence transforms our relation to history and memory, among other by looking at how AI is perspectivized in a number of contemporary artworks. 

Time and place: –, ARENA, Gaustadallén 30

Muireann O'Dwyer presents her paper Gender and Geoeconomics of the EU at the Tuesday Seminar on 12 May 2026.

Time and place: –, GM 452

David Goldstein (UCLA)

Time and place: –, 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Department seminar. Patrick Bayer is a Professor of Economics, Duke University. He will give a talk titled "On the Dynamics of Racial Segregation and Inequality." The talk will draw on two papers "Distinguishing Causes of Neighborhood Racial Change: A Nearest Neighbor Design" and "The Long Road to Equality: Racial Capital and Generational Convergence."

Time and place: –, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka, Auditorium 5

A talk by Adam P. Liff, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University.

Time and place: –, Henrik Wergelands hus 421

Antri Kanikli (UCLan Cyprus University) discusses the endangerment and transmission of Cypriot Arabic.

Time and place: –, Scene HumSam, Georg Sverdrups hus

In this lecture, Viktoria Sereda examines how war-driven displacement reshapes memory and belonging in displaced people and host communities.

Time and place: –, RITMO, Forsamlingssalen/YouTube

Associate Professor of Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Bob L. T. Sturm, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

Time and place: –, Auditorium 1 in Domus Juridica (Kristian Augusts gate 17, 0164 Oslo)

Public lecture by Adam Bodnar, Professor of Law and Head of Department of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the SWPS University in Warsaw.

Time and place: –, 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Department seminar. Øistein Røisland is Director at Norges Bank. He will be presenting on Norway's monetary policy target and rules.

Time and place: –, Zoom - digital

This seminar explores online/offline experiences and tensions in social spaces: coffee shops, libraries and cultural events

Time and place: –, 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Department seminar. Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti is an Associate Professor of economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the University of Geneva. He will present the paper “Should We Stop the COPs?” (with Renaud Bourlès and Jean-Charles Rochet).

Time and place: –, Sophus Bugges hus, auditorium 2

European thinkers begin to specify anthropology as an independent field of study in the course of the Enlightenment. 

Time and place: –, Sophus Bugges hus, auditorium 2

Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) will be in discussion with Alexandra Effe about her two new books published this year, Southern Imagining: a literary and cultural history of the far southern hemisphere, and Ice Shock: a love story. 

Time and place: –, ARENA, Gaustadallén 30

Brigitte Leucht presents the special issue Claiming Europe: Political representation, practices and the dynamics of European integration, 1945 to the present at the Tuesday seminar on 28 April 2026.

Time and place: –, HumSam-scene, University of Oslo Library, Blindern Campus

CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a book launch with author Dr. Charlotte Lysa and co-panelists: Dr Laila Makboul and Prof. Emeritus Bjørn Olav Utvik.

Time and place: –, 12th Floor of Niels Treschows hus

The Word, Sound and Power Workshop 2026 will be held at the University of Oslo on the 28th of April. The workshop will take place on the 12th floor or Niels Treschows hus, from 11am to 5pm. Lunch included. All welcome!

Time and place: –, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka Auditorium 4 (BL09113)

CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a lecture by Professor Jerome Gunning.

Time and place: –, Henrik Wergelands hus 421

Elisabeth Knight talks about how working memory and metacognitive abilities shape vocabulary learning, and explores whether multimodal cues such as iconic gestures can support children’s word learning.