Oslo premiere of the full-length feature version of ‘Drone'
Flimmer Film, the Fritt Ord Foundation and TourDeForce invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the documentary film ‘Drone’ at the Victoria Cinema on 5 November at 6:45 p.m.
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In Search of a New Constitution: Why Norway Gave Us So Little and So Much
The Research Council of Norway, the University of Oslo and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to lecture featuring Albie Sachs in Gamle festsal at the University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, on Thursday, 30 October from 3.00 – 4.30 p.m.
Seminar on journalists' safety
The Fritt Ord Foundation, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norwegian PEN, the Norwegian Press Association, the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian UNESCO Commission invite the public to a seminar on journalists’ safety on 29 October from 12.00 -3.30 p.m. at the Fritt Ord Foundation’s premises at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
Heldagsseminar for lærere om ytringsfrihet, demokrati og tekstforming
epea 02: The New Social - opening of the exhibition in Paris
22 October 2014 will mark the opening of the photo project epea, the “European Photo Exhibition Award 02: The New Social” in Paris.
Fremtidens Norge
Nominations of journalists and media outlets in Russia and Eastern Europe
The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT Foundation call for nominations of journalists, bloggers, internet media and newspapers for the 2015 Press Prizes. The prizes will be awarded to journalists and media outlets from Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Instagram – photographer, editor and publicist
Norwegian Journal of Photography (NJP) and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to a seminar on Friday, 10 October 2014, from 5.00–7.00 pm., at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo, featuring Stephen Mayes, former managing director of the image bank VII and an expert in communication and the social media, and Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak. Espen Rasmussen, photographer and NJP editor, will be moderating the seminar. The event is open to the general public.
FutureLab Europe – The Council of Young European Citizens
The Preben Munthe Fellowship for journalists 2015
Call for applications from journalists ordinarily resident in Norway for the Preben Munthe Fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University, in 2015.
To foredrag om antikken
Humanities and the Public Good
Report launch: The status of freedom of expression in Norway - results of the demographic survey
What is the status of freedom of expression as seen from the general public’s point of view? Is freedom of expression perceived as an important value in comparison with other considerations? What experiences do the general public have of freedom of expression – in the public space and at the workplace? How do we see the media’s role as infrastructure for freedom of expression?
What about the humanities?
On Friday, 21 March, What about the humanities? A report on the situation of the humanities in Norway was presented to Minister of Education Torbjørn Røe Isaksen at a launch seminar in the Fritt Ord offices.
Footage from 'The War to end War'
On the weekend 23-24 November the first installment of ‘The War to End War’, Fritt Ords seminar series on the First World War, was held at the Oslo House of Literature. More than 200 visitors were present for the engaging lectures by professors Christopher Clark, Patrick Salmon, Ute Frevert and Sir Hew Strachan. See footage from the lectures in the article below.
