Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)

TIAS Enlightenment Symposium

Time

23.4.2021 at 12.00 - 16.00

TIAS Enlightenment Symposium (online)Friday April 23, 2021 – SAVE THE DATE! The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are...

Enlightenment Symposium

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23.4.2021 at 12.15 - 16.00

The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are constitutive of modern society. These ideas include – but are not limited to –...

Symposium

Meet the new TIAS Fellows

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20.1.2021 at 15.00 - 16.00

In January 2021, six new Fellows joined the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). We welcome colleagues from the University of Turku and beyond to join us in this online seminar to find out more about TIAS, its new Fellows and their research. Please join us online for an hour of...

POSTPONED: TIAS Symposium - Enlightenment

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23.4.2020 at 12.15 - 16.00

The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are constitutive of our society. These ideas include but are not limited to freedom...

Symposium

Queer pedagogies of the Rainbow History Month

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12.11.2019 at 10.00 - 13.11.2019 at 17.00

The Rainbow History Month was organized in Finland for the first time in 2018. Unlike in many other countries, in Finland the LGBTQI history month has not yet been taken to the schools (where it started in the U.S. in 1994). One possible reason might be that in Finland the pedagogies for addressing...

Lecture

Seminar

Relational Turn in the Social Sciences: Causes and Consequences Symposium

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15.10.2019 at 11.00 - 17.00

The social sciences are supposed to be about studying social relations and how these relations make up us as beings in the world – and not just as beings who view the world. Yet for the most part the science part of the social sciences has been equated with scientific methods and their underlying...

Symposium

Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives on Human Interaction - TIAS seminar

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3.10.2019 at 9.30 - 17.00

Interaction lies at the heart of human activity. Bringing togetherscholars from various disciplines, the aim of this research seminar isto share theoretical and methodological understandings of research oninteraction at both the micro and macro levels. The seminar consists ofkeynote talks, hands-on...

Seminar

TIAS Symposium - Emotions and Affects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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8.2.2019 at 9.45 - 17.45

The one-day seminar “Emotions and Affects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” seeks to explore these questions. The keynote speakers are Antti Kauppinen (Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki), Mikko Sams (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Aalto University), and Kaarina Nikunen...

Seminar

Symposium

TCSM 10th Anniversary Seminar

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13.12.2018 at 12.00 - 16.45

Programme: 12:00 The Past, the Present and the Future of the TCSMOpening words Vice-Rector Kalle-Antti Suominen Towards Research Excellence in TurkuEmeritus Professor Matti Viljanen, University of Turku TBAAcademy Professor and Academician Sirpa Jalkanen Navigating the way, but where to go? -...

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