Category: Activities

Runestone Safari, 28 May, 2019

ByMahbub Ul Alam

One uneventful day Gustaf and I were having lunch together in the kitchen area. Somehow the discussion topic moved to runestone. I am quite fond of history, so I expressed my interest in visiting one. Gustaf said, ‘sure. There are a number of those nearby. We should visit those sometimes. How about a runestone safari?’ We laughed and then got busy with our works. Sometimes after Gustaf reminded me that a safari is still pending.Read more

Seventh Swedish Language Technology Conference, Stockholm, 7-9 November 2018

ByMahbub Ul Alam

I worked as a volunteer in the seventh Swedish Language Technology Conference, Stockholm, 7-9 November 2018. I was very new in Stockholm at that time. The other volunteers, Johanna, Jacqueline, Adam, and Murathan were very helpful, cordial, and welcoming to me. I especially loved the snowy Stockholm University’s Frescati campus, the fashionable and mighty Aula Magna, the cozy and nostalgic Juristernas Hus. I learned a lot from the conference chair Professor Mats Wirén, Department ofRead more