Jyväskylä University of the Third Age Public Lecture Series

Welcome to the University of the Third Age Public Lecture Series, featuring topical subjects every other Wednesday from 14:00 to 16:00. Everyone interested in current knowledge and research is welcome to attend Jyväskylä University of the Third Age lectures. You can participate online or in the Main Building’s Festive Hall, C 1 (except on 9 September and 23 September, when the venue is the Martti Ahtisaari Hall at Agora, Mattilanniemi 2). Price: €6 per lecture or €35 for the series. Note: lectures are available only in real time!

9 September
Opening of the academic year
Hope amid the world’s crises
Professor Risto Saarinen, University of Helsinki
NOTE: Venue: Martti Ahtisaari Hall at Agora

23 September
Opening remarks: Member of the European Parliament Mika Aaltola
Lecture: How can you recognise an educated and wise person—and do we still need such people?
Professor Hannu L.T. Heikkinen, University of Jyväskylä
NOTE: Venue: Martti Ahtisaari Hall at Agora

7 October
Why is everything so difficult? Safe transactions in the digital world
M.Sc. (Eng.), non-fiction author Petteri Järvinen

21 October
Is international law in crisis?
Academician of Science Martti Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki

4 November
The Bible, revised: How texts regarded as sacred have been altered over the course of history
Non-fiction author, Doctor of Theology, Master of Psychology Ville Mäkipelto

18 November
Between the lines and behind the stories: the writer’s work and oeuvre
Author Minna Rytisalo

2 December
Helene Schjerfbeck and the narrative of national art
Curator, PhD Marja Lahelma, Ateneum Art Museum