Opiskelijoita Fennicum-rakennuksen edessä.

Events around the Language Campus

Events of the Language Campus units

Upcoming events

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

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

28.3.2026 M.Sc. (Sport Sciences) Tommi Mäkinen (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

LitM Tommi Mäkisen kasvatustieteen (OKL) väitöskirjan "Kun kasvaa ihmisenä, kasvaa opettajana – Merkityksellinen oppiminen tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaitojen opiskelussa liikunnanopettajakoulutuksessa" tarkastustilaisuus.

28.3.2026 MA Karim Rezagah (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics, CALS)

MA Karim Rezagah defends their doctoral dissertation in applied linguistics (CALS) "Iranian English language teachers’ assessment literacy: Merging assessment for learning with assessment of learning in classroom-based assessment".

11.4.2026 FM Paulina Nyman-Koskinen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swedish language)

FM Paulina Nyman-Koskinen defends their doctoral dissertation in Swedish language ””Ai tässä on undertrå?” Språkpolicyer i ett flerspråkigt finlandssvenskt klassrum i Österbotten”.

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Associate Professor Míša Hejná, Aarhus University, Denmark

The phonetic construction of good and evil from a whole-larynx perspective

29.4.2026 Master of Education Yan Wang (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

Master of Education Yan Wang defends her doctoral dissertation in teacher education "Understanding Teacher Education Through a Critical Realist Lens: A Comparative Study on the Interplay of Culture, Structure, and Agency".

International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA) Conference 2026

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Piia Astikainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Phonetic learning of non-native speech features: evidence from behavioral and brain activity experiments

Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Language Education Policies: Intersectionality and Capabilities

This training school will be organised by specialist researchers at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), the University of Opole (Poland), the University of València (Spain), and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Past events

Edwin Nfor

14.2.2026 MA Edwin Nfor (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Journalism)

MA Edwin Nfor defends their doctoral dissertation in Journalism "Political Crisis Reporting In An Era Of Media Interdependence: Examining Various Facets of Media Hybridity in the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis".

13.2.2026 MA (Educ.) Sze Wah Chan (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

MA (Educ.), MA (Erziehungswissenschaft) Sze Wah Chan defends her doctoral dissertation in teacher education "Teachers’ occupational well-being in relation to teacher–student interactions at different school levels".

Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD Sheryl Cooke, British Council

Tensions around the teaching and testing of oral proficiency in English as a lingua franca

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Professor Okim Kang, Northern Arizona University

L2 intelligibility in the contexts of AI and globalization

Tanja Seppälä

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.

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”.

Lucia-kulkue

Lucia Day procession and Christmas carols

Come celebrate Lucia Day in advance on December 12 at 10 a.m.!

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

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: 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

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 University of Jyväskylä

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Associate Professor Sari Ylinen, University of Tampere, Finland

Technology-enhanced language learning interventions in children