Ludger Wößmann: Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Time: 2/13/2012 at 5:00 PM,
Location: Pedagogen - Sal AK2 136, hus A, källarplan

Event type: Open to the public, Seminar

The Real Deal - Emotions, the Actor and the Audience

Time: 2/13/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Schildknechtteatern, T 2

Event type: Debate

The Acting Forum invites guests and audience to an in-depth conversation about actors' work with emotions. Participants are the sociologist Stina Bergman Blix, who has publicly defended her thesis in actors' emotions on and off the stage, and film director Håkon Liu, whose work includes the film Miss Kicki.

Workshop Open Access

Time: 2/14/2012 at 10:00 AM,

Event type: Workshop

Does your research funder demand you to publish open access? There are a lot of questions that you as a researcher must consider when you are publishing. Therefore Gothenburg University Library invites you to a workshop; ¿ What different ways to publish are there? ¿ How much does it cost? ¿ What am I allowed to do with my article? Registration is required. Deadline for registration is February 13. Feel free to bring your own questions and examples!

Lunch Concert: Marimba

Time: 2/14/2012 at 12:15 PM,
Location: Artisten - Ohlinsalen, B 301

Event type: Concert

The marimba, the warm-sounding and melodic percussion instrument, might currently be experiencing its heyday within western art music. Along with their teacher Daniel Berg, students provide a sample of the new solo and chamber music repertoire for marimba.

Software Center opening ceremony

Time: 2/14/2012 at 2:00 PM,

Event type: Opening ceremony

A new national research center for software opens at Lindholmen.

Ravel - Operas for the Whole Family

Time: 2/14/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Jacobsonteatern, T 1

Event type: Performance

The opera students offer two short operas by the French composer Maurice Ravel.

Ravel - Operas for the Whole Family

Time: 2/15/2012 at 11:00 AM,
Location: Artisten - Jacobsonteatern, T 1

Event type: Performance

The opera students offer two short operas by the French composer Maurice Ravel.

Ravel - Operas for the Whole Family

Time: 2/15/2012 at 12:15 PM,
Location: Artisten - Jacobsonteatern, T 1

Event type: Performance

The opera students offer two short operas by the French composer Maurice Ravel.

After work: Body and Soul - A Tribute to Billie Holiday

Time: 2/15/2012 at 5:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Lindgrensalen, A 302

Event type: Concert

Despite more than half a century having passed since the death of jazz singer Billie Holiday at just 44 years of age, her voice is still very much alive. Her singular phrasing and personal interpretation of lyrics is still fascinating today. Moreover, she was joint composer of several jazz standards including God Bless the Child and Fine and Mellow. Here we can enjoy music that is strongly associated with Billie Holiday, as performed in their own style by students from the improvisation programme.

After work: Body and Soul - A Tribute to Billie Holiday

Time: 2/15/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Lindgrensalen, A 302

Event type: Concert

Despite more than half a century having passed since the death of jazz singer Billie Holiday at just 44 years of age, her voice is still very much alive. Her singular phrasing and personal interpretation of lyrics is still fascinating today. Moreover, she was joint composer of several jazz standards including God Bless the Child and Fine and Mellow. Here we can enjoy music that is strongly associated with Billie Holiday, as performed in their own style by students from the improvisation programme.

Mittseminarium Ann-Marie Eriksson: "Writing and learning disciplinary genres in higher education"

Time: 2/16/2012 at 3:00 PM,
Location: Pedagogen - Building B, room B1 113

Event type: Mid way seminar

Supervisors: Åsa Mäkitalo and Roger Säljö Discussant: Assoc. prof. Mona Blåsjö, Dept. of Scandinavian Languages, Stockholm University

Ravel - Operas for the Whole Family

Time: 2/16/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Jacobsonteatern, T 1

Event type: Performance

The opera students offer two short operas by the French composer Maurice Ravel.

Everyday music listening:

Time: 2/17/2012 at 10:00 AM,
Location: Department of Psychology - Sal F1

Event type: Dissertation

the importance of individual and situational factors for musical emotions and stress reduction.

Lecturer: Thesis defender: Marie Helsing, department of Psychology Faculty examiner: professor Suzanne Hanser, Boston, USA

Music for the Different Stages of Life

Time: 2/17/2012 at 12:15 PM,
Location: Artisten - Sjöströmsalen, A 301

Event type: Concert

Music with great emotional fluctuations, from chorales by Bach to music for festive occasions by Sibelius, performed by brass and percussion students from the music programme. Conductor: Jerker Johansson

Auditing the African State: International Standards and Local Adjustments

Time: 2/17/2012 at 1:15 PM,
Location: Sappören

Event type: Dissertation

Lecturer: Thesis defender: Maria Gustavson Faculty examiner: prof. Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Christian Michelsen Institute,Norway

Jazz and Folk Music at Jonsered Manor

Time: 2/22/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Jonsered Manor

Event type: Concert

During the first half of the twentieth century Jonsered Manor was a lively cultural meeting place for ground-breaking musicians, artists and authors, all hosted by the couple that managed the estate, Lizzie and Jimmy Gibsons. Perhaps the same spirit of brilliance will be present this evening when the improvisation and world music students together offer jazz and folk music in these prestigious salons. Feel free to join the musicians for coffee after the concerts.

International Evening

Time: 2/23/2012 at 6:00 PM,

Event type: Reception

International visiting researchers, visiting staff, lecturers and PhD students are invited to an informal get-together at Ågrenska villan.

Erika Sundén: Thermal Properties of Clusters and Molecules - Experiments on Evaporation, Thermionic Emission, and Radiative Cooling

Time: 2/24/2012 at 10:15 AM,

Event type: Dissertation

Dissertation for Ph.D. in Physics.

Seminar with Magnus Holmén and Shuan SadreGhazi

Time: 2/24/2012 at 1:15 PM,

Event type: Research Seminar

Two different researchers, Magnus Holmén and Shuan SadreGhazi, will present their work this afternoon.

Lecturer: Magnus Holmén, Shuan SadreGhazi

Workshop Open Access

Time: 2/27/2012 at 10:00 AM,

Event type: Workshop

Does your research funder demand you to publish open access? There are a lot of questions that you as a researcher must consider when you are publishing. Therefore Gothenburg University Library invites you to a workshop; * What different ways to publish are there? * How much does it cost? * What am I allowed to do with my article? Registration is required. Deadline for registration is February 24. Feel free to bring your own questions and examples!

Half-time seminar: Anna Thorfve

Time: 2/28/2012 at 1:00 PM,
Location: A404 Medicinaregatan 8b

Event type: Mid way seminar

Half-time seminar of Anna Thorfve, entitled: WNT/Beta-Catenin signalling pathways (Canonical) and bone growth around metallic bone implants

Lecturer: Anna Thorfve

VOD-seminar: Johannes Lindvall, Lund university, Johan Martinsson and Henrik Oscarsson

Time: 2/28/2012 at 1:15 PM,

Event type: Seminar

Lecturer: Johannes Lindvall, Lund university Johan Martinsson Henrik Oscarsson

Classic Musical Theatre

Time: 2/29/2012 at 12:15 PM,
Location: Artisten - Lindgrensalen, A 302

Event type: Concert

Second year musical theatre students offer pearls from the classical repertoire in an exciting comic and romantic mix. Daniel Lindén is at the grand piano. Directed by Gunilla Gårdfeldt.

Mapping EU Law Running Randomly Through a Maze of Case Law

Time: 2/29/2012 at 1:15 PM,
Location: School of Business Economics and Law, and Law, Economics, and Law, Economics, and Law, Economics, and Law

Event type: Lecture

Lecturer: Johan Lindholm, Juris doktor, universitetslektor vid Umeå universitet

Orchestral Concert - The Romantic

Time: 2/29/2012 at 7:00 PM,
Location: Artisten - Sjöströmsalen, A 301

Event type: Concert

A symphonic evening with romantic overtones with the international masters students in the Swedish National Orchestra Academy. The conductor Christian Badea has graced the podium of venues including the Metropolitan in New York and the Royal Opera in London. The soloist Kristina Hansson is a soprano with all of Europe as her stage.