Vanja Hamidi Isacson’s public defence

Opponent
Mara Lee Gerdén, poet, novelist, and professor of art history and theory at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, and guest professor at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.

Examination Committee Members
America Vera-Zavala, playwright, activist, cultural writer, author
Jon Refsdal Moe, professor in dramaturgy at SKH
Tale Næss, playwright and dramaturg with a PhD in playwriting from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.   
Wilhelm Carlsson, theatre director and professor in musical dramatic performance at the Opera Department at SKH (Substitute committee member)

Supervisors
Kent Olofsson
Johanna Garpe
Carla Jonsson

Chair
Cecilia Roos

Schedule Public defence

• Welcome by PeO Sander, assistant professor of production management for the performing arts
• The Chair Cecilia Roos opens 
• The Respondent’s (PhD candidate) presentation
• The Opponent’s summary 
• The Opponent + the Respondent discussion 
   Audience short break
• The Committee’s questions 
• The audience’s questions ​
  Audience break/Examination committee meeting
• The result is proclaimed

The documented artistic research project by Vanja Hamidi Isacson The potential of multilingualism in dramatic works is published in DiVA and Research Catalogue.

Language: Swedish and English

The defence will be held in Swedish, but will be translated to English. You can eather listen to the English translation on site via Zoom or online on Zoom. To use simultaneous interpretation on site via Zoom, you need to bring a phone with Zoom installed and headphones.