Events and seminars

Human Diversity seminar 25.3.2026, Preussner 25.03.2026 11:45 - 13:00

Wednesday 25.3. at 11.45-13.00 Tauno Nurmela Hall, Main Building 11.45-12.15 Coffee and tea served 12.15-13.00 Presentation Zoom webinar link Please...

Human Diversity seminar 27.4.2026, Törö, Suni & Simko 25.03.2026 12:15 - 13:00

Monday 27.4. at 11.45-13.00 LS XIV, 3rd floor, Natura Zoom webinar link Doctoral Researcher Tuukka Törö,  IT Designer Antti Suni,...

Current Trends in Human Diversity 25.5.2026, Krause 25.05.2026 10:15 - 11:00

Monday 25.5. at 10.15-11.00 Quantum auditorium, Quantum Zoom webinar link Professor Dr. Johannes Krause Department of Archaeogenetics Max Planck Institute...

Glottography Workshop 3.3.2026, Ranacher 03.03.2026 12:15 - 15:00

Glottography Workshop – Global Geolinguistic Data and an R Package to Study Language Diversity Tuesday 3.3.2026 12.15-12.30 Outi Vesakoski: Human...

Mark Spa in UTU-GreDiT webinar 24.2.2026 24.02.2026

Join us for the February UTU-GreDiT webinar where we get to hear about the research of two UTU-GreDiT fellows Constantina...

Human Diversity seminar 28.1. 2026, T. Saupe & T. Kachkovskaia 28.01.2026 12:15 - 14:15

28.1.2025 12:15 – 14:15 Hybrid event in Educarium 3 lecture hall and Zoom link: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61515345616 PhD Tina Saupe & PhD Tatiana Kachkovskaia, University of...

Kirjastoluento 3.12.2025, Santaharju 03.12.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 3.12.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali FT Jenni Santaharju, Turun yliopisto Suomen itä-länsijaon jäljillä   Turun yliopiston Human Diveristy...

Kirjastoluento 19.11.2025, Kanerva ja Ginter 19.11.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 19.11.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali FT Jenna Kanerva, Turun yliopisto Professori Filip Ginter, Turun yliopisto Tekoäly kulttuurihistoriallisen tutkimuksen...

Human Diversity seminar 12.11.2025, P. Niemelä 12.11.2025 12:15 - 13:15

12th November at 12:15-13:15 Hybrid event in Natura XI lecture hall and Zoom Professor, Emeritus Pekka Niemelä, University of Turku...

Kirjastoluento 5.11.2025, Laippala 05.11.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 5.11.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Professori Veronika Laippala, Turun yliopisto Tekoäly ja kieli   Turun yliopiston Human Diveristy...

Kirjastoluento 29.10.2025, Lahdenperä 29.10.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 29.10.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Apulaisprofessori Mirkka Lahdenperä, Turun yliopisto Kuolinsyiden suuri murros historiasta nykypäivään Suomessa   Turun...

Current Trends in Human Diversity 16.10.2025 16.10.2025 12:15 - 13:15

Unfortunately the seminar by Prof. Cassidy was cancelled. 16th October 2026 at 12.15-13.15 place: Natura, 4th floor, Granö lecture room...

Kirjastoluento 15.10.2025, Nordfors 15.10.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 15.10.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Dosentti Ulla Nordfors, Turun yliopisto Menneisyyden kasvot: monitieteinen näkökulma hautalöytöihin Suomessa   Turun...

Kirjastoluento 1.10.2025, Lummaa 01.10.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 1.10..2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Professori Virpi Lummaa, Turun yliopisto Siirtokarjalaisten tie kansainvälisiin tutkimuksiin   Turun yliopiston Human...

Esihistoria esille – Muinaisuus mukanamme 18.09.2025

18.-21.9.2025 Kuralan kylämäessä Kaikki se, mitä meillä nyt on, rakentuu menneisyydelle. Mitä kannamme mukanamme esihistorian ja varhaisen keskiajan hämäristä? Mikä...

Kirjastoluento 17.9.2025, Salmela 17.09.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 17.9.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Apulaisprofessori Elina Salmela, Turun yliopisto Sukulaisia kaukaa menneisyydestä? Muinais-DNA ja geneettinen sukulaisuus  ...

Human Diversity seminar 17.9.2025, HISCOM and HuDi 17.09.2025 12:15 - 14:00

17th September 2025 at 12.15-14.00 hybrid event in Black Box, Arcanum and Zoom Human Diversity consortium will organize a seminar...

Kirjastoluento 3.9.2025, Onkamo 03.09.2025 18:00 - 19:30

keskiviikko 3.9.2025 klo 18.00-19.30 Turun pääkirjaston luentosali Professori Päivi Onkamo, Turun yliopisto Muinaiset taudinaiheuttajat   Turun yliopiston Human Diveristy -tutkimusyhteistö...

Human Diversity events are on holiday! 19.08.2025 12:00 - 15:00

Human Diversity events have landed on summer break. We are back again in September!   Photographs: Museovirasto

CANCELLED: TeamUp event 27.5.2025 27.05.2025 13:00 - 16:00

This event is postponed to autumn 2025!   The multidisciplinary theme Cultural Memory and Social Change organizes a TeamUp event...

Current Trends in Human Diversity 7.5.2025 07.05.2025 12:00 - 14:00

What: New Human Diversity tenure track professors When: May 7th 2025 at 12:00–14:00 Where: in Natura, lecture hall IX and...

Arkeologian kenttätöiden esittelypäivä 25.4.2025 25.04.2025 09:00 - 16:00

Perinteinen Varsinais-Suomen kenttätöiden esittelypäivä järjestetään perjantaina 25.4. klo 9:00-16:00 Turun Linnan Bryggman-salissa. Päivä jatkuu klo 17:00-22:00 Turun yliopiston arkeologian oppiaineen...

Human Diversity seminar 16.4.2025, Dunn 16.04.2025 13:15 - 14:15

Wednesday 16.4.2025 at 13.15-14.15 Dr. Michael Dunn, University of Uppsala, Sweden Transmission processes in language and culture of the Middle...

Human Diversity seminar 19.3.2025, Rohrlach 19.03.2025 13:15 - 14:15

Wednesday 19.3.2025 at 13.15-14.15 Dr. Adam Ben Rohrlach, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany “The interface between genomics and...

Human Diversity seminar 26.2.2025, Ho-Dac 26.02.2025 12:15 - 13:15

Wednesday 26.2. 2025 at 12.15-13.15 Dr. Lydia-Mai Ho-Dac, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France Talking to oneself and enter into...

Computational Seminar Day 10.2.2025 10.02.2025 09:00 - 16:30

Join us to Profi7 Computational Seminar Day!  All Profi7 projects (Human Diversity, IMMUNOCAPS and SUSMAT) are arranging together a computational...

Human Diversity seminar 27.1.2025, Sinnemäki 27.01.2025 12:15 - 13:10

Monday 27 January 2025 at 12.15-13.15 in Tauno Nurmela hall, main building. Zoom https://utu.zoom.us/j/61515345616 Professor Kaius Sinnemäki, from the University...

Current Trends in Human Diversity 4.12.2024, Karlsson 04.12.2024 12:15 - 13:15

The second Current Trends in Human Diversity seminar is arranged on Wednesday 4 December 2024 at 12:15-13.15 in Tauno Nurmela lecture...

Human Diversity seminar 20.11.2024, Nordfors 20.11.2024 12:15 - 13:00

Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 12.15-13.00 in Natura, lecture room XI Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61515345616 Dr. Ulla Nordfors (Moilanen), University of Turku...

Diversity in Human Diversity minisymposium 7.11.2024 07.11.2024 10:30 - 17:00

Diversity in human diversity_2024 The second annual Diversity in Human Diversity minisymposium on 7 November will be take place at...

Human Diversity seminar 23.10.2024, Wilkin 23.10.2024 12:00 - 14:00

It is our pleasure to announce that Shevan Wilkin, Head of Ancient Protein Laboratory, Universität Basel, is visiting Human Diversity...

Current Trends in Human Diversity 25.9.2024 25.09.2024 10:15 - 12:00

Wednesday 25th September 2024 at 10:00 in Säästöpankki lecture hall, UTU main building Professor Russel Gray, from the Max Planck Institute...

Human Diversity seminar 22.-24.9.2024, Seili 22.09.2024 09:00 - 24.09.2024 12:00

Human Diversity -seminar in Seili Island 22.9.-24.9. 2024. Invited speakers in the seminar were Human Diversity´s Advisory Board members Dr....

Human Diversity seminar 13.8.2024, Dediu 13.08.2024 10:15 - 11:00

Tuesday 13.8.2024 at 10:15-11:00 Black Box, seminar room 269, Arcanum / Zoom Dan Dediu, University of Barcelona Color has it...

Iron Age Day in Kurala 4.5. 2024 04.06.2024 07:45 - 18:00

Iron Age Day 4 June 2024 in Kuralan kylämäki Jaanintie 45, 20540 Turku    

Human Diversity seminar 15.5.2024, Kere and Salmela 15.05.2024 10:15 - 12:00

Wednesday 15.5.2024  Juha Kere, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden “Genes, environment and chance” Abstract: In genetics, we...

Human Diversity seminar 24.4.2024, Norvik and Ivaska 24.04.2024 10:15 - 12:00

Wednesday 24.4.2024 “Finnic languages in their Circum-Baltic space” Miina Norvik, Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Estonia Abstract:...

Human Diversity seminar 10.4.2024, Roberts and Honkola 10.04.2024 10:15 - 12:00

Wednesday 10.4.2024 “Hypothesis driven cultural evolution, incl. existense of monsters” Sean Roberts, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, University of Cardiff,...

Human Diversity seminar 13.3.2024, Moilanen 13.03.2024 10:15 - 11:00

Wednesday 13.3.2024 “Proteomics in archaeology” Ulla Moilanen, Department of Archaeology, University of Turku

Human Diversity seminar 27.3.2024, Peltola and Pimenoff 28.02.2024 12:00 - 14:00

Next Human Diversity seminar introduces MSc Sanni Peltola from the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki. She...

Human Diversity seminar 28.2.2024, Parvinen 28.02.2024 10:15 - 11:00

Wednesday 28.2.2024 “Mathematical population migration modelling” Kalle Parvinen, Department of Mathematics and Statisctis, University of Turku

Human Diversity Seminar 14.2.2024, Vesalainen 14.02.2024 12:00 - 14:00

Next Human Diversity seminar introduces Ari Vesalainen from Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki. He will tell us about...

Human Diversity seminar 31.1.2024, Artamonova 31.01.2024 11:00 - 12:00

First Human Diversity seminar for 2024 introduces Alyona Artamonova from Population Research Institute and University of Groningen. She will tell...

Human Diversity research introduced at Suomen Tiedeseura 15.01.2024 16:00 - 18:00

Human Diversity will be introducing their research to Suomen Tiedeseura on the 15.1.2024.  

Human Diversity seminar 13.12.2023, Onkamo and Majander 13.12.2023 10:15 - 12:00

Wednesday 13.12.2023 “Introducing archaeogenetics in Human Diversity” Päivi Onkamo, Human Diversity consortium, University of Turku “Resolving ancient epidemics with archaeogenetics”...

Human Diversity seminar 8.11.2023, Avila 08.11.2023 11:00 - 12:00

We are pleased to announce our next Human Diversity seminar with a talk from Piret Avila who is visiting us...

Pähkinäsaaren rauha ja Suomen itä-länsijako -seminaari 27.9.2023 27.09.2023 11:00 - 14:00

PÄHKINÄNSÄRKIJÄ: SUOMEN ITÄ-LÄNSIJAON KEHITTYMINEN -seminaari esittelee monitieteisesti aiheeseen liittyvää tutkimusta ja uusimpia tuloksia keskiviikkona 27.9.2023 klo 11:00-14:00. Tapahtumapaikkana on projektitila...

Human Diversity seminar 6.9.2023, Martinović and Peltola 06.09.2023 10:00 - 12:00

Viktor Martinović is visiting Human Diversity this week. He will give a seminar tomorrow together with Sanni Peltola in Luoma...

Science evening: Evolutionary views to language history 23.08.2023 18:30 - 20:00

Our researchers Outi Vesakoski and Jenni Santaharju are leading a science popularization event where they talk about similarity of language...

Diversity in Human Diversity minisymposium 21.8.2023 21.08.2023 11:00 - 17:00

Diversity in Human Diversity This interdisciplinary seminar will focus on current topics in digital humanism and linguistics as well as...

Human Diversity seminar 9.8.2023, Dunn and Tresoldi 09.08.2023 10:15 - 12:00

We are pleased to announce our next Humand Diversity seminar with to visitor talks from Uppsala University. At the start...

Human Diversity seminar 4.7.2023, Vesakoski and Skirgård 04.07.2023 12:00 - 14:00

We are pleased to announce that Hedvig Skirgård from Max Plànck lnstitute for Evolutionary Anthropology is giving a talk for...

Human Diversity seminar 15.6.2023, Butenko and Demidova 15.06.2023 12:15 - 14.06.2023 13:15

Human Diversity consortiums interdisciplinary seminars continue! HUDI-seminars showcase interdisciplinary research associated to the consortium.On Fridays special seminar we will hear...

Human Diversity seminar 21.4.2023, Vesakoski and Inman 21.04.2023 13:00 - 16:00

Human Diversity consortiums new interdisciplinary seminar series starts! HUDI-seminars showcase interdisciplinary research associated to the consortium. At the start of...

INVEST visiting professor David Coall lecture 12.4.2023 11.04.2023 12:00 - 17:00

Open lecture by INVEST visiting professor David Coall: “Grandparental Investment“ Lecture on Wednesday 12th April 2023 at 12-14  Place: PUB4...