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Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Laura Adwan

On 23 October 2020 Laura Adwan will defend her doctoral thesis for the PhD Degree at the University of Bergen.

Laura Adwan disputerer
Laura Adwan will hold her trial lecture on October 22 and defend her doctoral thesis on October 23.
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Tania Usunova, Plovdiv

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The Title of the Thesis

«Iraqis on the Move: Displaced Professionals, Protection/ 'Aman Space in Jordan and Memories of a Destroyed State»

Trial Lecture

22 October, 15.15 Digital meeting room

Oppgitt tema:
«Provide an overview of recent studies of migrants and refugees in the Middle East and its importance for an anthropology of migration. How does it shed light on Iraqis in Jordan? How does it differ?»

Public Defence

23. oktober, 14.15 Digitalt møterom 

Opponents
1st opponent: Professor Marcia Inhorn, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

2nd opponent: Professor Anne Meneley, Department of Social Anthropology, Trent University

Third member and committee leader is Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Department of Social Anthropology, Universitety of Bergen

The trial lecture and public defence will be chaired by Professor Liv Johanne Syltevik

Meet the Candidate after the Public Defense

Join us in Digital meeting room directly after the public defense to meet and greet the candidate. In this meeting you may join with microphone and camera.

How to attend the trial lecture and public defence

Welcome to virtual trial lecture and defense! To attend the trial lecture and defense, click on the links above.

The trial lecture will start at 15.15. and the defense at 14.15, sharp. You may leave and rejoin the meeting at any time. If the Zoom application is new to you, we recommend that you press the link well before the events to download the program.

The audience are observing participants only, and therefore not able to turn on microphone and camera during the events. We recommend choosing "Speaker view". Select this in the upper right corner when in Zoom.

If you want to attend as opponent ex auditorio, please send an e-mail to Anne-Kathrin.Thomassen@uib.no by 15.30 Friday, October 23. Other questions can also be sent here.

The thesis is available on request to Anne-Kathrin.Thomassen@uib.no. It is not allowed to download, print or share the thesis.

The trial lecture and defense will be recorded in case of technical difficulties. The recorded material will only be used if any member of the committee is absent due to technical errors, and we will delete it immediately after the committee has approved the events.