Previous events

The day before her HumAIn Talks #11 on Ideal Subjects, we invite you to a workshop on Truths and AI with Olga Goriunova. The workshop is free and open to interested researchers and students, but please register by Monday November 2nd to secure your spot. 

This seminar invites participants to a conversation about social media age bans from a (dis)connection perspective

Master Elin Tinuviel Torbergsen at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation Reconstructing the Invisible: Mobile Augmented Reality and the Interpretation of Archaeological Landscapes at Lofotr Viking Museum at Borg in Lofoten for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

For the tenth edition of HumAIn talks, we are joined by Dr. Andreas Hepp from the University of Bremen, Germany, who is going to talk about Silicon Valley, pioneer communities, and AI futures. Welcome!

Working title: The Coast as argument: Rhetoric of time, place and affect in Norwegian salmon tax debate

Welcome to another HumAIn talks! This time, we invite you to join in on a conversation with Lauren Goodlad, the editor of Critical AI.

This seminar explores (dis)connection practices among migrants, asylum seekers and roofless individuals

In the final seminar, PhD fellows from IMK get feedback and recommendations for improving their dissertation draft prior to submission.   

In this lecture, Juliane Rebentisch (Hochscule für bildende Künste Hamburg / Princeton University) will discuss imaginaries of the future in a time of ecological crisis.

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.

Advanced course in methods: This course aims to equip doctoral candidates with the theoretical tools and critical perspectives needed to navigate and analyze the rapidly evolving landscape of AI technologies and their impact on reading and writing practices.

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).

Master Ståle Bjørlykke Grut at the Department of Media and Communication will defend his dissertation Visual Open Source Investigative Journalism: Premises, Practices, and Prospects for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

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

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

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. 

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

Are you submitting your thesis this semester, and have unanswered questions? Do you need tips, advice, encouragement and motivation? Take a break from writing and join us at the Home stretch meeting!

Master Gabrielle Ferreira at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation From Istanbul to Madrid: Exploring transnational media flows through the expansion of Turkish television dramas in Spain for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

What does migration really mean today—and how has it shaped societies across history? Welcome to the Italian Research Day 2026.

Master Emilie Owens at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation Teens and TikTok: Exploring the mediatised lives of teenagers for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

This seminar explores digital disconnection and wellbeing: motivations, effects, and expressions.

We welcome everyone to yet another interdisciplinary challenging talk on what it means to be human in the age of AI:

Attila Márton – Disturbing! Digital Ecology and the End of Modernity

Time and place: Mar. 2, 2026 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, at UiO Blindern Campus, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka - Auditorium 2

Register here