Events - Page 4

The theme for the 2026 Eco-Emotions conference is Earth. The conference will take place September 2nd–4th 2026, Oslo.

In this lecture, Timotheus Vermeulen will outline the need for a new theory of "plastic time" in order to account for the significance of gestures in recent screen media.

Professor Janet Garton (University of East Anglia) will present her ongoing project of translation of the entire corpus of Ibsen's letters into English.

Natalia Mitrofanova and Serge Minor will talk about how structural similarity, cue salience, and age of L2 onset shape cross-linguistic influence in the grammar of multilingual children, focusing on nominal case and verbal aspect.

Lindsay Morcom (Queens University, Canada) discusses collective grassroots language revitalization efforts in an urban Indigenous community 

A talk by Jae-Hoon Shim, professor in the Department of History at Dankook University, South Korea.

Master Bálint Laczkó at the Department of Musicology will defend his dissertation Instrumental Image Sonification for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej and Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak (Adam Mickiewicz University) present recent research critically examining the status of minority language education in Poland 

Master Davide Sutto at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend his dissertation Layering Everything and More: A Compact Study of the Iterative Conception of Set for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

In this seminar, Hrefna Svavarsdóttir (Harvard University) will present her work on the nature of Old Icelandic interrogative partitives (like hvat manna, lit. 'what of men') and their legacy in Modern Icelandic.

Alessandro Palumbo (UiO)

Master Ben Grafstrom at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will defend his dissertation The Effects of Shifting Demographics on Rural Mountain Rituals in Japan: the Cases of Yamaya Bangaku and the Miyoshi Bonden Festival for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD)

RITMO/CTNC hybrid symposium June 11th 2026

The 10th Nordic Conference for Rhetorical Research invites scholars to explore how rhetorical studies can be placed in the service of democracy.

Sabiha Huq (BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh) will talk about her forthcoming book on Ibsen and blue humanities.

Guest seminar by Dr Jessica Cox, Brunel University of London.

Current research on the use of computational methods and AI in music libraries and musicology.

Master Tim Sebastiaan Hertogh at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation Bees, Worms, and Horses: A Study of Early Medieval Animal Incantations in Latin Manuscripts for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Jenny Gudmundsen and Hilde Thyness from Språkrådet (The Language Council of Norway) will present their ongoing work on the topic language and inclusion among adult immigrants.

Two guest lectures by Dr. Kristel Zilmer and Dr. Kristine Ødeby Haugan from the Museum of Cultural History

Master Mari Wærner Wesenberg at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Metalinguistic Feedback in Multilingual Education: A Multimethod Study on Teachers’ Practices and Students’ Comprehension for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

A talk by Adam Yuet Chau, Professor of the Anthropology of China, University of Cambridge.

Professor of Music at Princeton University, Elizabeth Margulis, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

Master Maria Fosheim Lund at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her thesis Aud Egede-Nissen: Star Producer for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).