This weekly digest is a collection of news, upcoming events and other opportunities from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University and the wider area, compiled for Graduate School students.
How does Trump affect the world economy?
With threats of tariff walls, deportations and annexation of Greenland, President Trump is creating uncertainty. How will the world change?
Livebroadcast of a conversation with Maria Persson, researcher in economics.
The conversation will be broadcast on Lund University’s Facebook page. Ask your questions live during the broadcast or comment in the Facebook event or via Messenger beforehand.
Date and time: 4 February 2025 11:30 to 12:30 (Online)
Location: Facebook.com/lundsuniversitet
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Forum Gender Equality’s open programme
Conference
On 5–6 February, the national conference Forum Gender Equality 2025 will take place at the Loop at Brunnshög in Lund. The University contributes with several programme items in the open programme, including gender mainstreaming, Lund University’s work against sexual harassment, studies on equal terms and the project “A Pause for Menopause”.
The local hosts Lund Municipality, Region Skåne, Lund University and the County Administrative Board of Skåne are arranging an open programme during Forum Gender Equality on 5–6 February 2025. The open program runs in parallel with the conference’s main program on the ground floor of Science Village Hall.
The program is free of charge, requires no registration and is available to everyone. In connection with the conference, there is also an exhibition where all participating organizations exhibit.
Date and time: 5-6 February 2025 09:00 to 18:00
Location: The Loop, Brunnshög, Lund
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Boost your skills: Tips for better and faster reading
Seminar
Do you feel overwhelmed by all the literature you have to read for class?
Hanna Glad from ASKS (Academic Skills Services) will give you her best tips on how to become a more active and more efficient reader. During the seminar, Hanna will give you some hands-on strategies for reading academic texts, including scanning and skimming as well as note-taking. Spoken language is English.
Date and time: 5 February 2025 12:10 to 13:00
Location: EC3:108, Karlssonsalen, Lund
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Martial Law in South Korea: Crisis, Resistance, and the Future of Democracy
Lecture
Korean politics panel with Erik Mobrand, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University and Hyejin Kim, senior lecturer in political science at the National University of Singapore.
This session brings together scholars of Korean Studies to analyze the recent turbulent political developments following President Yoon’s declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024. The discussion will explore the historical roots of these events, their national, regional, and global significance, and the potential implications for the future.
Speakers:
Erik Mobrand, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, and Associate Professor in Asian Studies and Associated Researcher in Sociology of Law, Lund University.
Hyejin Kim, senior lecturer in political science at the National University of Singapore, and researcher in Economic History at Lund University
Moderator: Youngeun Koo, Associate Senior Lecturer, Lund University.
Date and time: 5 February 2025 15:15 to 5:00 PM
Location: Asia Library, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Sölvegatan 18 B, Lund
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Choir Contemporary
Concert
Lund Contemporary 2025 | VISUAL
We build on the audience success from previous Lund Contemporary festivals by once again inviting you to a magnificent choir concert in Allhelgonakyrkan! In collaboration with Körcentrum Syd, composition students from the Malmö Academy of Music have had the opportunity to write for the area’s renowned choirs under the flag “Choir Contemporary”.
During the course of the work, the composer students have had a real choir bath in lectures, workshops and work with “their” choir and its conductor and now it is time for the premiere of a total of nine newly composed works! Participants are Petri Sångare and S:t Petri Ungdomskör under the direction of Karin Oldgren, the Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music led by Mats Paulson, the Korallerna under the direction of Linda Alexandersson, Carolinae Röster and the vocal ensemble VOS under the direction of Ulrika Emanuelsson and the Svanholm Singers under the direction of Sofia Söderberg. In addition, this year’s composition project The New Song with the women’s choir Cantrices, led by Lisa Borssén, composed by Daniel Hjort, will be premiered.
FREE ADMISSION
Length: approx. 75 minutes without intermission
Date and time: 8 February 2025 18:00
Location: Allhelgonakyrkan, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 1, 223 62, Lund
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Game Design for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity & Care
Lecture
How can game designers carefully probe into critical issues surrounding the lived experiences of marginalisation? How can games be designed to facilitate and foster diversity, equity, inclusivity, care, and empathy in players? Dr. Sandra Danilovic, Dr. Rebecca Rouse, and Dr. Omi-peah Ryding will discuss their design work and practice of designing with and for empathy, inclusivity, and care.
Everyone is welcome to this public lecture, no registration is needed.
This lecture is arranged by The Fair Game Project (Enevold Duncan & Jørgensen), The research node for Digital Cultures, HEX and the Centre for Oresund Region Studies.
Date and time: 10 February 2025 16:30 to 18:00
Location: SOL:H104, Helgonabacken 12, Lund
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