The mid-term evaluation is organized in two parts and starts with a 2-hour public seminar, followed by a closed meeting.
The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the progress of the PhD project at a point when it is still possible to make small or substantial changes. In general, we want to know how the candidate is doing, how much work is done, and what is left.
About the PhD candidate and her research
Amna Mahmood has a background in religious studies and history, with specialization in Islam, Judaism and the modern history of the Middle East/Southwest Asia and North Africa. Her research interests include Islam, gender and feminism, as well as femonationalism, Islamophobia and decolonial theory.
In her Ph.D. project, Digital Muslim Feminism in Scandinavia: Using Social Media to Amplify Islamic Feminist Messages and Struggles, she examines how a handful of Muslim content creators based in Scandinavia understand feminism and Islam, and how and why they disseminate it on Instagram.