News from the Faculty of Humanities to international students

The Faculty of Humanities' welcome meeting for international master's degree and quota students to the faculty takes place on Friday 17 August at 2.15-3 p.m in seminar room 201 Harriet Holter's building. This is building no. 11 on this map.

All international students are welcomed to a session of registration assistance to all courses except the Norwegian courses (which are handled separately). This takes place on Thursday 16 August at 2 pm - 4 pm in Sophus Bugge's building, PC-lab no. 2.

Representatives from several faculties will be present to assist with the course registration.

The Faculty of Humanities' welcome meeting for international exchange students takes place on Thursday 16 August at 10.15 a.m. in Auditorium 2 in Sophus Bugge's Building. This is building no. 5 on this map.

Throughout the semester our faculty's international students'contact person, Ms. Therese Gjessing is present at the Faculty of Humanities' Student Information Desk on Tuesdays from 11 a.m - 3 p.m.

:: Location of Faculty Student Information Desk

The Nordic Summer University and Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages organise a seminar on the topic on Thursday 10 May 2007, in Auditorium 2, Helga Eng's Building. See full news item on IKOS' news pages.

Hilde Katrine Haug defends her Doctor Philos. dissertation Comrades between brotherhood and (dis)unity - the Yugoslav Communists' search for a socialist solution to the national question 1935-1980 on Friday 27. april 9.15 a.m. in Auditorium 2 Eilert Sundt's building. Opponents are professor Ivo Banac, Yale University and assoc. professor Tone Bringa, University of Bergen.

On Monday 5 March, dr. Zhang Bin lectures on "Realms of Imagination in Chinese Poetry and Painting. Time: 16.15-18 Place: Georg Sverdrup, room 3.

On Tuesday 20 March dr. Elaine Jeffreys, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, lectures on Governmentality and China Studies. Time: 16.15-18 Place: Auditorium 2, Georg Sverdrup's building

See also Zhang Bin (artist name Xiao Chan)'s exhibition "The merry insect - the Chinese world in images, text and speech" in Gallery Sverdrup (Closing date: 23 March 2007)

:: Galleri Sverdrup's exhibition

The faculty of Humanities announces up to 20 3-year positions as university research fellows in humanistic disciplines. Deadline for application is 12 April 2007, and the decisions concerning appointments are taken in October 2007.

The link below gives information on the application procedures, application form, Guidelines for assessment of applicants and other information. Please note that applications that do not fill the requirements for the "complete application" are not considered, we therefore recommend a thorough study of the guidelines before submitting an application.

:: Information on application procedures

Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) has been awarded the status as Centre of Excellence by the Norwegian Research Council. The centre is based at Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas in the Faculty of Humanities.

The centre's researchers are drawn from philosophy, psychology, economics, linguistics, neurology, social sciences and biology and focus is on the unique features of the human mind.

:: CSMN's web pages

Please note that the faculty administration, including exam's office and programme administration, has temporarily moved for the spring semester 2007 to Niels Henrik Abel's House, 11th and 12th floors due to refurbishing of the P.A. Munch's House.

The student information office remains in the Niels Treschow's House, 1st floor.

The Student IT service office remains in Sophus Bugge's building.