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Program activities

At Humlab we have three series of open lectures and research-oriented seminars: Humlab Talks, Humlab Share and Humlab Tech Breakfast. Most of these events do not require you to sign up in advance. Faculty, staff, students are welcome.

Lectures, seminars and workshops

Queer futures of AI? Possibilities, constraints, and risks

In this two-day event we gather scholars in AI, digital humanities, and gender and queer studies.

Humlab Talk

Humlab Talk is a seminar series addressing current questions in the field of digital culture and Humanities.

Tech Breakfast

Tech Breakfasts create a space for practical and theoretical explorations of digital research methods.

Humlab Share

An interdisciplinary and informal forum in the intersection between the humanities and information technology.

Workshops

Each semester we give workshops aimed at giving beginners as a first insight into a particular subject.

Do you have suggestions for future program activities?

Do you have suggestions on interesting lecturers or topics for our lectures and workshops? E-mail jon.svensson@umu.se

Upcoming events in Humlab

September

Humlab Talk: Humour scandals and humour literacy in the digital world
Thu
4
Sep
Humlab Talk: Humour scandals and humour literacy in the digital world
Time 13:15 - 14:45 4 September 13:15 - 14:45
Place Humlab / Zoom

Lecture. Talk with Liisi Laineste, Estonian Literary Museum

Humlab Workshop: Open data and open software for GIS
Thu
18
Sep
Humlab Workshop: Open data and open software for GIS
Time 10:00 - 12:00 18 September 10:00 - 12:00
Place Humlab

Workshop. Workshop about open source mapping tools

Humlab Makerspace: Simple ways to use Power Automate
Thu
25
Sep
Humlab Makerspace: Simple ways to use Power Automate
Time 13:00 - 15:00 25 September 13:00 - 15:00
Place Humlab Makerspace

Workshop. Do you want to learn simple tricks to automate tasks within Microsoft 365?

October

Humlab Talk: Queer Networked Resistances in Turkey
Wed
1
Oct
Humlab Talk: Queer Networked Resistances in Turkey
Time 13:15 - 14:45 1 October 13:15 - 14:45
Place Humlab / Zoom

Lecture. With Onur Kilic

Humlab Makerspace: Build a wacky robot!
Wed
8
Oct
Humlab Makerspace: Build a wacky robot!
Time 13:00 - 16:00 8 October 13:00 - 16:00
Place Humlab Makerspace

Workshop. We build a robot using materials we find around us, like paper, cardboard, plastic, a microcomputer, and various electronic components.

Humlab Makerspace: Your internet router – more than just a box?
Tue
21
Oct
Humlab Makerspace: Your internet router – more than just a box?
Time 10:00 - 11:30 21 October 10:00 - 11:30
Place Humlab Makerspace

Workshop. Most people have a router, but not everyone has explored all the settings – we'll cover that in this workshop!

November

Humlab Makerspace: Fix & Fika – Repair meetup for small gadgets
Wed
5
Nov
Humlab Makerspace: Fix & Fika – Repair meetup for small gadgets
Time 13:00 - 16:00 5 November 13:00 - 16:00
Place Humlab Makerspace

Workshop. Many things stop working – is there hope for these items, or do they have to go straight to recycling?

Latest update: 2023-11-20