Welcome
All are welcome! No pre-registration required. The event will be held in English.
Programme
10:15-10:30 Opening remarks
?se Gornitzka, Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, Norway
10:30-11:10 The genetics of the Viking world
Anders G?therstr?m, Stockholm University, Sweden
11:10-11:20 Q&A
11:20-12:00 Ancient DNA and the evolution of domestication
Greger Larson, University of Oxford, UK
12:00-12:10 Q&A
12:10-12:55 Break
12:55-13:05 Announcing the winner of the Darwin Prize
Nils Chr. Stenseth, CEES, Department of Biosciences & The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. Read more about the prize.
13:05-13:45 An archaeology of microbes
Christina Warinner, Harvard University, US, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
13:45-13:55 Q&A
13:55-14:35 Solving old mysteries with new science: On the (immense) potential of interdisciplinary collaboration in studying plague history
Phil Slavin, University of Stirling, UK
14:35-14:45 Q&A
14:45-14:50 Closing remarks
Kjetill S. Jakobsen, CEES, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Go to the organizer's website to read the abstracts and biographies.
The event will not be streamed or recorded. Note that this year the event will take place in Helga Engs hus, Blindern.