Thursday 24th of August

Venue: F6, Conference Room

13.00-14.00: Tintin Appelgren, "Unbroken Darkness”: Christian Missionary Conceptions of Blindness in Early 20th Century Korea”, Supervisor: Sonja Häussler, Discussant: Marta Barbara Czernecka, Examiner: Eunah Kim

14.15-15-15: Marta Barbara Czernecka, “Cosmetic Surgery and Nationalism in South Korea”, Supervisor: Sonja Häussler, Discussant: Tintin Appelgren, Examiner: Eunah Kim

Friday 25th of August

Venue: F6, Conference Room

10.00-11.00: Thijs van Asseldonk, “Public Astronomy Communication in Chinese Media: Analysis of Astronomy News in the People’s Daily and China Science Communication”, Supervisor: Irmy Schweiger, Discussant: Alexander Hagstedt, Examiner: Monika Gänssbauer

11.15-12.15: Linus Skoglund Orwald, “Hon Lai-Chu’s ‘Darkness under the Sun: An Analysis”, Supervisor: Monika Gänssbauer, Discussant: Thijs van Asseldonk, Examiner: Irmy Schweiger

12.45-13.45: Alexander Hagstedt, “Humanitarianism and Power Politics Perspectives from Caixin and People's Daily on the War in Ukraine”, Supervisor: Monika Gänssbauer, Discussant: Linus Skoglund Orwald, Examiner: Irmy Schweiger

14.15-15.15: Irma Fogelberg, “Legal Rights for Queer People in Japan: How the LGBT Understanding Promotion Bill was shelved in 2021”, Supervisor: Jaqueline Berndt, Discussant: Joonas Paloniemi, Examiner: Hans-Ingvar Roth

15.30-16.30: Joonas Paloniemi, “Nationalism through Song in Postwar Japan: An Analysis of Themes in Kodama Yoshio’s Minzoku no Uta”, Supervisor: Gunnar Linder, Discussant: Irma Fogelberg, Examiner: Stina Jelbring