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Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Ingar Kristen Benonisen

On January 29, 2021 Ingar Kristen Benonisen will defend his doctoral thesis for the dr.philos.-degree at the University of Bergen

Ingar K. Benonisen
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Foto/ill.: Hilde Marie Rohde Viland

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The title of the thesis

"Østerrikes vei til diktatur. Politikk i et sentrifugalt demokrati, 1927 – 1933"

Press release (in Norwegian) 

Trial Lectures

January 28, 10.15 – 11.00  Zoom webinar

Self-chosen topic: "Adam Wandruszkas Lager-teori (1954): egenskaper og som forståelse av polarisering"

January 28, 11:30 – 12:15  Zoom webinar

Assigned topic: “Does history repeat itself? Reflect on the extent to which the experiences of the democratic collapse in Austria 1933 can help shed light on the causes and processes of democratic decay experienced in Hungary in the past decade”

Public Defence

January 29, 09:15 – 13.00 Zoom webinar

Opponents

1st opponent: 

Professor Jørgen Møller, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

2nd opponent: 

Professor Carl Henrik Knutsen, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

Committee chair:

Professor Lise Rakner, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

The public defence will be chaired by Professor Jan Erik Askildsen, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen 

Meet the Candidate after the Public Defense

Join us in Digital meeting room directly after the public defense to meet and greet the candidate (link will be sent in chat after defence). In this meeting you may join with microphone and camera.

How to attend the trial lecture and public defence

To attend the trial lecture and defense, click on the links to Zoom webinar above.

If you want to attend as opponent ex auditorio, please send an e-mail to Hanne.Gravermoen@uib.no by 11.00 Friday, January 29. Other questions can also be sent here.The thesis is available on request to Hanne.Gravermoen@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.