Jyväskylä University of the Third Age General Lecture Series

The Jyväskylä University of the Third Age general lecture series meets every other Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All those interested in current knowledge and research are welcome to attend. Lectures are held only in real time - recordings are not available.

You can participate either online or in the main building's festive hall C 1 at the university. Exceptions are 9.9. and 23.9., when lectures are held in Agora's Martti Ahtisaari hall, Mattilanniemi 2. The price is 6 €/lecture or 35 €/lecture series.

Program:

9.9. Opening of the academic year: Hope amid the world's crises
Professor Risto Saarinen, University of Helsinki
(Agora's Martti Ahtisaari hall)

23.9. Opening remarks: Member of European Parliament Mika Aaltola
Lecture: How do you recognize an educated and wise person - or do we need such people anymore?
Professor Hannu L.T. Heikkinen, Jyväskylä University
(Agora's Martti Ahtisaari hall)

7.10. Why is everything so difficult? Safe transactions in the digital world
Dipl. eng., science writer Petteri Järvinen

21.10. Is international law in crisis?
Academician Martti Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki

4.11. The edited Bible - How sacred texts have been changed throughout history
Science writer, PhD Ville Mäkipelto

18.11. Between the lines and behind the stories - on the author's work and output
Author Minna Rytisalo

2.12. Helene Schjerfbeck and the story of national art
Intendant, PhD Marja Lahelma, Ateneum Art Museum

Registration is open from 1.7. to 9.12.2026. More information: [email protected] or tel. 044 760 3738.