Research events

Upcoming 5 days

today Nov.
Map of Iceland, first published in 1570, showing the volcano Hekla
Sounding the Anthropocene from Iceland: Musical Style and the Geosocial. Environmental Lunchtime Discussion
Time and place: Nov. 20, 2019 12:15 PM–1:00 PM, 2531 Stort Møterom, Georg Sverdrups hus
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Can musical aesthetics register the turbulence of living together with volcanoes? Tore Størvold talks about geosociality and the ecocritical analysis of Icelandic music.

21 Nov.
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Vietnamese Maritime Culture: Traditional Beliefs Between Land and Sea
Time and place: Nov. 21, 2019 12:15 PM–1:15 PM, P.A. Munchs hus: Seminarrom 14
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In this guest lecture, Quoc-Thanh Nguyen from the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies will talk about Vietnamese fishing culture and whale worship. The lecture will include a short documentary film showing.

22 Nov.
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CANCELLED: Between desert and city: Building churches in the Arabian Peninsula
Time and place: Nov. 22, 2019 12:15 PM–2:00 PM, Eilert Sundts hus, Aud. 6
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A seminar with Professor Berit Thorbjørnsrud, University of Oslo.

Free admission and open to all.

Further upcoming events

Illustration of the climate anomaly of the 1770s, from 1772
Climate History: Rediscovering the Socionatural. Environmental Lunchtime Discussion
Time and place: Nov. 27, 2019 12:15 PM–1:00 PM, 2531 Stort Møterom, Georg Sverdrups hus
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How have past societies dealt with climate change? Dominik Collet talks about new approaches in the emerging field of climate history.

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Jihadism in the Middle East after the fall of the ISIS Caliphate
Time and place: Nov. 29, 2019 12:15 PM–2:00 PM, Eilert Sundts hus, Aud. 6
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A seminar with Professor Brynjar Lia, University of Oslo.

Free admission and open to all.

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