Inauguration of the Excellence Center for the Human Past
- Date: 26 April 2024, 10:00–13:00
- Location: Evolutionary Biology Centre, Friessalen
- Type: Lecture
- Lecturer: Karin Bojs
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- Organiser: Människans Evolution
- Contact person: Marzena 'Mika' Norling
On April 26, 2024, a new interdisciplinary center of excellence will be inaugurated at Uppsala University. The central theme of the Center for the Human Past (CHP) is to connect the efforts of archaeology, genetics and linguistics to unravel the complexities of human population history, movement, mixing, culture and subsistence of the world's peoples during the last 10,000 years.
Programme
10:00
Welcome and presentation of the Center for the Human Past
Prof. Mattias Jakobsson, Human Evolution, UU
Prof. Anders Hagfeldt, Rektor, UU
10:15
Prof. Tora Holmberg, Vicerektor, HumSam, UU
Prof. Charlotte Platzer Björkman, Vicerektor, TekNat, UU
Prof. Stefan Helgesson, Vicerektor för det humanvetenskapliga området, SU
Prof. Christina Garsten, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS)
10:45
Popular science lecture by Karin Bojs: "Shortcuts to Science"
11:15
Panel debate (moderator: Ingrid Berg, Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS)
12:00
Reception in the foyer
The talks will be given in Swedish.
All are welcome!