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For 25 years, HCAS has brought together scholars in the social sciences and humanities to think, argue, and exchange ideas. To celebrate this milestone, we are proud to share a new video featuring interviews with current fellows and alumni.
We hope you enjoy the video and have a wonderful summer!
The Collegium's 25th Anniversary Newsletter is hot off the press!
Access the full issue as a PDF on our website: www.helsinki.fi/%E2%80%A6/he...
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies celebrates its 25th anniversary this June. To mark this milestone and to launch a new chapter in its history, the Collegium hosts a series of events and unveils an updated website with a new visual identity.
HCAS Honorary Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor at American University, James H. Mittelman, hosts a panel discussion on his recent publication, Runaway Capitalism, on June 15 at HCAS.
Read more and register: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week!
In a recent interview, our Director Hanne Appelqvist reflects on the Collegium’s role in giving researchers the time, space, and community to devote themselves to their research.
To celebrate the past academic year, HCAS Fellows and staff gathered in Tallinn for our annual retreat. In addition to a final common seminar on interconnections between law and fiction at Tallinn University, we toured museums and enjoyed each other’s company and talents over dinner and at karaoke.
“The international community must strengthen our global healthcare infrastructure in order to protect everyone's ability to live minimally good lives.”
– Creative Resolve: The Future of Global Health
Join us for a screening and panel discussion on the documentary with HCAS alumna Nicole Hassoun.
Last Friday, Collegium's founders, fellows, alumni, partners, and supporters gathered to celebrate the institute's 25th anniversary. A day of reflection, conversation, and celebration, it brought together many of the people who have shaped the Collegium over the past quarter century.
HCAS alumnus Charlie Kurth has been awarded for his courageous actions in defence of academic freedom. The Collegium warmly congratulates him on this well-deserved recognition. dailynous.com/2026/05/20/t...
Last week HCAS hosted an enthusiastic group of scholars to discuss virtues and vices. In addition to historical analyses, participants reflected on the global, feminist, environmental, and political dimensions of humility, anger, love, and justice.
Thank you to all who participated in this event!
The University of Helsinki’s Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Director Hanne Appelqvist describes its significance in the ability to give researchers the ti...
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies celebrates its 25th anniversary this June. To mark this milestone and to launch a new chapter in its history, the Collegium hosts a series of events and unv...
HCAS alumna Nicole Hassoun hosts a screening of the documentary Creative Resolve: The Future of Global Health on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (Fabianinkatu 24 ...
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has bestowed its Berkson Courageous Colleague Award on two philosophers. Those two philosophers are Mike Gregory and Charlie Kurth, both of C...
