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The 2025 Hansteen memorial lecture will be given by Dr. Lovisa Mienna Sjöberg, associate professor at VID Specialized University.

Master Florian Graz at the Faculty of Theology will be defending the thesis "I Found a Little Book which the Apostles Had Written" Frame Narratives in Coptic Apocrypha for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

This event marks the launch of TInTraMaC, a free, flexible, and user-friendly research tool for scholars studying information transfer in large, handwritten textual corpora.

Master Naveed Baig at the Faculty of Theology will be defending the thesis "The cure is in the pain – experiences of hospitalized Muslim patients during the Covid-19 Pandemic," for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Welcome to the Autunm Semester Graduation Ceremony

Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen and Jens Koehrsen have become new professors at the Faculty of Theology. In the symposium, Elisabeth and Jens will interactively present and discuss their research topics with each other, other researchers, and the audience.

The lecture: Bejeweled Biblical Animals: Constructing Gender with Non-Human Bling is presented by Dr. Laurence Darsigny-Trépanier and Dr. Anne Létourneau

2.12.24

Tros- og livssynsdialog i krigstider: Hva er muligheter og grenser i dialogen? Om utfordringer og muligheter i ulike typer dialog, med utgangspunkt i nyere eksempler fra Norge om hvordan krigen i Palestina og Israel håndteres i dialogene.

Innledning: Anne Hege Grung

Forberedt respons: Linda Noor, daglig leder i Minotenk

Welcome to an international book launch with the authors Dr. Meshack Njinga (Tanzania) and Dr. David Stiles-Ocran (Ghana)

The lecture: Blossoms for eternity – floral jewellery in ancient Egypt is presented by Dr. Melanie Wasmuth

Master Erlend Hovdkinn From at the Faculty of Theology will be defending the thesis "When nothing matters. A study of nonreligious millennials in Oslo" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

The lecture: Levantine Seals between the Material, Sensory, and the Social: Archaeological, Iconographic, and Exegetical Perspectives on Beauty, Power, and Dress is presented by Dr. Bruno Biermann.

The lecture: Eye-paints in the Hebrew Bible: Looking for Meaning is presented by Dr. Susannah Rees.

A crucial topic concerning migration is its many causes. The major ongoing conflicts across the globe leaves millions of people dispersed, lost and displaced. People who are aiming to find safe locations for themselves and their families. How many people are currently displaced in the world? Where are they, and who are they?

The lecture: Notorious Cross-Dressers? (Re)styling Hercules and Omphale in Roman Antiquity is presented by Dr. Sarah Hollaender

Paul and violence

Justice or Righteousness? Discussing δικαιοσύνη in the light of ancient inscriptions

The lecture: Dress, Adornment and Coloniality of Gender and Desire in New Kingdom Egypt and Nubia is presented by Dr. Uroš Matić.

The Areopagus, a rocky outcropping in Roman Athens, is a particularly potent site to think about justice

Small amulets, large inscriptions on walls, and papyrus recipes reveal aesthetic experimentation with vowels and symbols and so-called nonsense language.” This is a context in which to understand discussion within the New Testament, particularly 1 Corinthians, of “speaking in tongues.” This talk will consider the limits of language in antiquity, using contemporary poetry on the violence of colonial language and recent study of speaking in tongues as an experiment at the limits of language.

Welcome to the Spring Semester Graduation Ceremony!

Join us for an exciting seminar with Andreas Nordlander, who will be presenting material from his upcoming book on natural teleology.

Welcome to this Guest Lecture by Professor Leo Lefebure, Georgetown University. Respondent is Rev. Unapane Pemananda Thero, University of Hong Kong and REDI alumni at the Faculty of Theology, UiO.