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Events around the Language Campus

Events of the Language Campus units

Upcoming events

Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post doctoral researcher Antti Saloranta and professor Leena Maria Heikkola, The Arctic University of Norway

Taking back Kven – Quantity differences in L1 and L2 speech
Dissertations
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Ag B105 Auditorio 2

19.12.2025 FM Tanja Seppälä (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, CALS)

FM Tanja Seppälä defends their doctoral dissertation in Applied linguistics (CALS) ”Kielioppiminen ei koskaan riitä." Kotoutumiskoulutus suomen kielen oppimisympäristönä ja kielitaidon kehittämisen mahdollisuudet vuosi sen jälkeen.
Dissertations
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C1

19.12.2025 FM Anniina Huusko (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Communication)

FM Anniina Huusko defends their doctoral dissertation in Communication "Viestintäteknologioiden käytön hallinta ja työntekijän toimijuus kiihtyvässä työyhteisön viestinnässä”.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University

L2 intelligibility in the contexts of AI and globalization
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD Sheryl Cooke, British Council

(title to be announced)
Dissertations
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Seminaarinmäki, S 212

7.3.2026 MA Susanna Soininen (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

MA Susanna Soininen defends her doctoral dissertation in teacher education "TEACHING HISTORICAL THINKING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES. A study on the use of primary sources in the US Advancement Placement and International Baccalaureate and Finnish IB history cla
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD student Federica Raschellà, Senior Lecturer Frida Splendido, Associate Professor Gilbert Ambrazaitis (Linnaeus and Lund Universities)

Swedish Embodied Pronunciation Training. Results from a lab study on the second language acquisition of quantity
Congresses and conferences
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International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA) Conference 2026

IADA 2026

Past events

Dissertations
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YSK 333 YlistöKem4

14.11.2025 YTM, FM Kati Rantala-Lehtola (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics, KiVi)

YTM, FM Kati Rantala-Lehtola defends their doctoral dissertation in applied linguistics (KiVi) "Narratiivinen tutkimus tieteellisen kirjoittamisen kokemuksista: tunteiden aaltoilua ja identiteettien muovailua".
Skills2Capabilities logo and EU flag with text saying that ther project is co-funded by the European Union.
Congresses and conferences
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Skills2Capabilities: End of project conference

Skills2Capabilities End of project conference 13-14 November 2025 in Maastricht (NL) - Registration by 30 Sept, 2025.
Syksyinen kuva Seminaarinmäen kampukselta
Other events
Student events
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Swedish in the center of Finland and Seminaarinmäki 6.11.

Come and ask questions about Swedish and Sweden, and celebrate Swedish Heritage Day on 6th of November from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ģֱ
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Associate Professor Sari Ylinen, University of Tampere, Finland

Technology-enhanced language learning interventions in children
This is Slovakia
Exhibitions
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Exhibition : "Did you know? This is Slovakia"

Opening of the exhibition by the Ambassadorof the Slovak Republic in Helsinki H.E. Mr. Dušan Krištofík on 21st October at 2 pm.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Axel Ekström, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Human speech and animal speech-like sounds
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Sustainability Education: Finnish and European Perspectives

International Symposium on Sustainability Education Hosted by the Ģֱ, UNESCO Chair on Teacher Education for Sustainable Development, and University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
Arts and culture
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Tietoniekka B 116

Science for all: Light and language

At the event, experts from the Ģֱ Language Campus will share their perspectives on the connections between light and language.
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Stefanie Bade, University of Iceland

L2 accent in Icelandic: Folk ideas and attitudes
Jarkko Keränen.
Dissertations
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S212, Vanha juhlasali, Seminarium-rakennus

29.8.2025 FM Jarkko Keränen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Finnish Sign Language)

FM Jarkko Keränen defends their doctoral dissertation in Finnish Sign Language "Multisensory iconicity in Finnish Sign Language: Going beyond visuocentrism".
Stephen Kemmis
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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Ruusupuisto (RUU) RUU D101 Juho

Wisdom Café: What is wisdom and can it be taught?

The recent book "What is wisdom and can it be taught?" suggests ways to teach wisdom in higher education. But can wisdom really be taught? Professor emeritus Stephen Kemmis and Associate professor Antti Saari offer their views.
Dissertations
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Ruusupuisto, RUU D104 Helena

22.8.2025 MA (Educ.) Myrto Kyriazopoulou (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education))

MA (Educ.) Myrto Kyriazopoulou defends her doctoral dissertation in teacher education "Emotional Intelligence in teacher education programs in Greece and Finland: Associations with teacher self-efficacy and motivations for choosing a teaching career".