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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).
Master Aljasil Chirakkal at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation An Integrated Archaeo-Ecological Approach to Understanding long-term Human Environment Interaction for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Liliana Doganova (Mines Paris - PSL) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
Cand.med. Hilde Marie Bergum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Long-term effects of multiple lifestyle intervention in subjects with elevated cardiovascular risk” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.polit. Eirik Gulseth at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Expanded health-related quality of life in 16-year-old boys following childhood hypospadias surgery” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Qu? Khang Lê at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Integrative system immunology approaches to characterize immunoglobulin repertoires in health and disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MA in Philosophy Stine Engen will be defending her dissertation "What climate change is to finance. An investigation into value and the notion of climate risk"
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.
MSc Stacey Haukeland-Parker at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Physical functioning and rehabilitation after pulmonary embolism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Anne Viktoria Lyngstadaas at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Annexin A1, Its N-terminal Peptides, and Maresin 1 as Pro resolving Mediators in Preservation of Ocular Surface Health” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Kaare Sourin Midtgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Operative treatment of isolated, displaced olecranon fractures” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
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).
Carl Hoefer, University of Barcelona, will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
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.
Cand.med. Kjersti ?vrum Skipar at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Multimodal imaging in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: A tool for improved patient risk assessment and prediction of response to hypoxia targeted therapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Fadi al-Ghawanmeh at the Department of Musicology will defend his dissertation ?arab and AI: Maqām Music Generation through Machine Translation and Motion Capture for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
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.
Cand.med. Hanne Kristin Jahr Blakstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Glioblastoma – treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Margrethe Flesvig Holt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Screening and biomarkers in cardiac amyloidosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
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."