Jyväskylä University of the Third Age General Lecture Series

Jyväskylä University of the Third Age invites everyone interested in current knowledge and research to its general lecture series. You can participate either online or at the university's main building, hall C 1 - except on 9.9. and 23.9., when the venue is Agora's Martti Ahtisaari hall (Mattilanniemi 2). Lectures are held in real time only.

Lecture series programme:

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

23.9. Opening remarks: MEP Mika Aaltola
Lecture: How do you recognize an educated and wise person - or do we need them anymore?
Professor Hannu L.T. Heikkinen, University of Jyväskylä
(Venue: 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 altered throughout history
Science writer, M.A., M.Sc. Ville Mäkipelto

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

2.12. Helene Schjerfbeck and the narrative of national art
Intendant, Ph.D. Marja Lahelma, Ateneum Art Museum

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