Location: Helsinki Central Library Oodi (Kuutio, 2nd floor), Töölönlahdenkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki
Date: Saturday April 6th, 2024
Updated program
10.00 – 10.15 Registration and Coffee in Kuutio
10.15 – 10.20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hanna Heino, Board member and organizer of the seminar
10.20 – 11.15 ”Polarization and American Politics Today”
Peter Matthews (Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair), Middlebury College, Economics Department, Middlebury, Vermont; Aalto University, Department of Economics, Espoo
11.15 – 12.15 “Dancing Disability on the Third Coast”
Sydney Erlikh, University of Illinois at Chicago, Disability and Human Development, Chicago, Illinois; University of the Arts Helsinki, Theatre Academy
12.15 – 13.15 Lunch: in the restaurant on the 1st floor (including coffee or tea and the dessert (the bun of the day))
13.15 – 14.15 “The National Writing Project: A Creative Writing Community Catalyst”
Ashley Pankratz, Dodson Public Schools, Dodson, Montana; University of Jyväskylä
14.15 – 15.15 “American VOICES: a Brief Outline of Accents Across the United States”
John Barton (Graduate of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylä), Anezka Boyle (Graduate of Scripps College, Claremont, California; Tampere University, Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research, Tampere), and Xenabeth Lazaro (Graduate of the University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainsville, Florida; University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki)
15.15 – 15.45 Greetings from the U.S. Embassy in Finland
15.45 – 16.15 Coffee + spinach pie in Kuutio
16.15 onwards/alkaen: the Annual Meeting of the Association / yhdistyksen vuosikokous (Group room 3, 2nd floor / ryhmätila 3, 2. kerros)
The Association of Teachers of English in Finland organizes the seminar in co-operation with TJS-opintokeskus.
Price: 95€, for non-members 130€ (includes lunch and two coffees)
Sign-up using the form below on March 24th at the latest.
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