Kara Kathleen Hodgson

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15: “Political culture in Russia: Past Present and Future”

Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trial lecture will also be streamed.

Disputasen starter kl. 11:15, og vil bli strømmet her. The defense will be streamed here.

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i en måned etter disputasen.

A recording of the disputation will be available for one month.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

This case study of colonialism in the Russian Arctic asks (1) Why is Moscow attempting to (re)colonize its Arctic region? (2) How can we understand the relationship between the Russian state and its Arctic region/residents? (3) What are the foundations of this relationship and how entrenched are they? It finds that internal and resource colonialism are occurring, that Moscow’s current colonialist practices are a continuation of practices from the imperial and Soviet eras, and that this continuity has its roots in Russia’s political culture. Here, colonialism has been motivated by economic and security concerns, aka, “colonialism as security.” The research comes from policy documents, news articles, historical texts, etc. Critical discourse, thematic, and comparative historical analyses all served to provide a thick explanation of the situation in the Russian Arctic. It is of interest for political science, Russian and Arctic studies, and security studies.

Hovedveileder

Professor Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Senter for fredsstudier, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Bedømmelseskomité

Førsteamanuensis dr. polit. Tanja Ellingsen, Nord universitet -1.opponent.

Professor ph.d. Heather Nicol, Trent University - 2. opponent.

Førsteamanuensis ph.d. Gunnar Rekvig, UiT Norges arktiske universitet - leder av komité

Disputasleder

Instituttleder Marcela Douglas Aranibar, Senter for fredsstudier, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

De som ønsker å opponere ex. auditorio, kan sende en e-post til leder av disputas innen kl. 13:00 disputasdagen: marcela.douglas@uit.no

disputerer for ph.d.-graden i humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen: "Mastering the Arctic? Political Culture and colonialism in the Russian Far North"