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Events around the Language Campus

Events of the Language Campus units

Upcoming events

This is Slovakia

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.

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

Technology-enhanced language learning interventions in children

Skills2Capabilities: End of project conference

Skills2Capabilities End of project conference 13-14 November 2025 in Maastricht (NL) - Registration by 30 Sept, 2025.

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".

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

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.

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

L2 intelligibility in the contexts of AI and globalization

International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA) Conference 2026

Past events

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Axel Ekström, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Human speech and animal speech-like sounds

Sustainability Education: Finnish and European Perspectives

International Symposium on Sustainability Education Hosted by the University of Jyväskylä, UNESCO Chair on Teacher Education for Sustainable Development, and University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education.

Science for all: Light and language

At the event, experts from the University of Jyväskylä Language Campus will share their perspectives on the connections between light and language.

Nordic Speech Research Forum: Post Doctoral Researcher Stefanie Bade, University of Iceland

L2 accent in Icelandic: Folk ideas and attitudes

Jarkko Keränen.

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

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.

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".

22.8.2025 VTM Vilja Levonius (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Communication)

VTM Vilja Levonius defends their doctoral dissertation in Communication "Empathy as Communication: Constituting Care and Organization in Old Age Care".

Researcher Training Seminar on the Politics of Participatory Language Research

Researcher Training Seminar on the Politics of Participatory Language Research on 20-21 August 2025

16.8.2025 MA Salla Skyttä (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

MA Salla Skyttä defends her doctoral dissertation in education (teacher education) "Understanding the Role of Adaptive Number Knowledge in Primary School Students’ Collaborative Balance Rule Generation".

Dukkeum Sun

13.8.2025 FM Dukkeum Sun (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, applied linguistics, KiVi)

FM Dukkeum Sun defends their doctoral dissertation in applied linguistics (KiVi) "Identities and Agency of Young Migrant Language Learners of Finnish and Korean in Finland".

Waqar Shah

25.6.2025 MS Waqar Ali Shah (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, CALS)

MS Waqar Ali Shah defends their doctoral dissertation in applied linguistics "Discursive normativities and ruptures in ELT textbooks and pedagogy in Pakistan: a Southern critical discourse studies perspective".