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Club meeting 4.11.

Dear All,

our usual club hosts left for Berlin and left no official schedule behind! This is a great opportunity for a discussion club meeting! Bring interesting articles, video clips, Tedtalk links, fossil samples or whatever, and  let us discuss.  The content of the club meeting is in your hands!


Time & Loc.:
16.00, 4.11.2014, C108 Physicum, Kumpula
Janina

Two talks on systematics, June 10-11

For those of you working on or with systematics, these talks might be pertinent!

-Aino

Top visitor gives two talks on systematics, June 10-11

 

Prof. Ward Wheeler from the American Museum of Natural History will be giving two talks while visiting Helsinki.

The first one at the Nylander seminar room of the Botanical Museum, 10 June at 13.15. Topic: Grand Challenges in the Study of the Tree of Life.

The second one in Viikki Info building, 5th floor meeting room, 11 June at 13.15. Topic: Heuristic algorithms, optimality criteria, and computation in the comparative analysis of sequence data.

Prof. Wheeler is one of the leading figures in the field of systematics. For more info of his expertise and interests, please check out his website. Financial support from the DPPS  (Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences) enabling this visit is cordially acknowledged.

Soili Stenroos

Two talks on archaeological stable isotopes, Helsinki, monday 26.5.

Two talks on archaeological stable isotopes, Monaday 26.5., 14-16.

Dr Janet Montgomery (Reader, Dept. of Archaeology, Durham): “Constructing chemical biographies: An investigation of diet across 5000 years from the Early Neolithic to the Great Famine (AD 1845-52)”
https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?id=9150

Maria Lahtinen (PhD student, Dept. of Archaeology, Durham): “Diet in Iin Hamina with stable isotope analysis”
https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?mode=staff&id=10070

Place: University of Helsinki, Department of Archaeology, Unioninkatu 38F, room F115.

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Kaksi vierailuluentoa stabiili-isotooppitutkimuksesta arkeologiassa ma 26.5 klo 14 Helsingin yliopiston arkeologian oppiaineessa

Hei,

Ensi maanantaina HY:n arkeologian oppiaineessa vierailee kaksi tutkijaa Durhamin yliopistosta Isosta-Britanniasta, jotka pitävät lyhyet luennot ajankohtaisista tutkimusaiheistaan. Molempien aiheet liittyvät stabiilien isotooppien hyödyntämiseen arkeologisten ihmisluuaineistojen tutkitmuksessa ja niiden pohjalta tehtyihin päätelmiin menneiden ihmisyhteisöjen ruokavaliosta.

Dr Janet Montgomery (Reader, Dept. of Archaeology): “Constructing chemical biographies: An investigation of diet across 5000 years from the Early Neolithic to the Great Famine (AD 1845-52)”
Montgomery on erikoistunut isotooppimenetelmiin ja on yksi tutkimusalan pioneereistä arkeologiassa, ks. tarkemmin https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?id=9150

Maria Lahtinen (PhD student, Dept. of Archaeology): “Diet in Iin Hamina with stable isotope analysis”
Lahtisen väitöskirjahankkeesta ks. https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?mode=staff&id=10070

Luentojen pituus on n. 30 min per esitys ja niiden yhteydessä ja luentojen jälkeen on aikaa keskustella aiheesta. (Kiinnostuneille tarjolla myös mahdollisuus jatkaa keskustelua yhteisen illanvieton merkeissä; alustavat ilmoittautumiset Marialle Lahtiselle, maria.lahtinen (at) helsinki.fi)

Paikka: Unioninkatu 38F, sali F115 eli ns. ‘arla pro’.
Aika: maanantai 26.5 klo 14-16

Tervetuloa!

The departmental seminar – Prof. Mika Lavento

Hi All,

Departmental seminar series TODAY 24.4. at 14.00 in C108 (Physicum):

Prof. MIKA LAVENTO (Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, Helsinki University): Petra – a semi-aridic Desert for the Humans since the Middle Palaeolithic to Present. Jabal Haroun Region as a Case Study.

All are Welcome!

Anu