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Installation of the 2019 holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship
Welcome to the installation of Carol Cohn as the 2019 holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship. Carol Cohn is Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts in Boston, USA. On 21 September she will hold her inaugural lecture at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm.
Date
21 October 2019
Time
10.00-12.00
Place
Sverigesalen, Swedish Defence University
Organisers
Swedish Defence University and Swedish Research Council
Registration
Register on the Swedish Defence University's website via the link below
Olof Palme Visiting Professorship
Every year, the Swedish Research Council's Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences appoints a holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship. Carol Cohn, the 2019 visiting professor, researches war and conflicts from a gender science perspective. During her time in Sweden, she will be active at the Swedish Defence University.
Carol Cohn's inaugural lecture Why We Need a Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace and a Sustainable Planet is open to the public.
The purpose of the Swedish Research Council's grants to visiting professors is to give universities the opportunity to develop an area by recruiting an internationally leading professor for a short period.
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