M.A. Sofia Joons Gylling will publicly defend her doctoral thesis in Musicology with a thesis entitled “Det var främlingar och dock fränder” – Estlandssvenska identitetsformeringar med visor som verktyg.

The public defence of the doctoral thesis takes place on 5 April 2024 at 13.15–17 in the Armfelt auditorium, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2, Turku. Professor Emeritus Gunnar Ternhag, Stockholm University, Sweden, will serve as opponent and Professor Johannes Brusila, Åbo Akademi University, as custos. You can attend the public defense online, please see the instructions here.

For more information, see the dissertation press release. 

The doctoral thesis can be read online through the Doria publication archive.