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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted3"><b class="ContentPasted3">Deborah Charlotte Darling</b><span class="ContentPasted3"> </span>will be defending her PhD remotely via Zoom, on the 7th of October, 2022 at 12pm

 (Finnish time). The direct link is:<span class="ContentPasted3"> </span><a href="https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/68748610904" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted3"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;margin:0px;background-color:white">https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/68748610904</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted3"> or<span class="ContentPasted3"> </span></span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white" class="ContentPasted3">Webinar

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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted3">The thesis is entitled<span class="ContentPasted3"> </span><i class="ContentPasted3">UN/SEEN LANGUAGES IN A MULTILINGUAL UNIVERSITY. A Case for a Plurilingual Approach in Finnish

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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted3">Darling’s work was supervised by myself and Professor Josep M. Cots, Universitat de Lleida/University of Lleida, Spain (secondary supervisor). </span></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted3">The Opponent is Professor, Dean Li Wei, University College London, UK. </span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black">Kasvatustieteellinen tiedekunta, </span><span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black">PL 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 3 A 328),</span><span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px"><a href="tel:+8600014" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline">00014</a><span style="margin:0px"> </span>Helsingin

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<span lang="sv" style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black">Pedagogiska fakulteten, </span><span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span lang="sv" style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px">PB 9,<a href="tel:+8600014" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline">00014</a></span></span><span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span lang="sv" style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black">Helsingfors Universitet </span><span style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px">P.O. Box 9,<a href="tel:+8600014" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline">00014</a></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px">Encount</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px">ers Between Eas</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px">t and West. Intercultural Perspectives. </span><a href="https://www.springer.com/series/13823" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 120, 212)"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px">https://www.springer.com/series/13823</span></a></li></ul>

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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;margin:0px;color:black !important">New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality (Routledge, series editors: Fred Dervin & Mei Yuan): <a href="https://www.routledge.com/New-Perspectives-on-Teaching-Interculturality/book-series/NPTI?pd=published,forthcoming&pg=1&pp=12&so=pub&view=list?pd=published,forthcoming&pg=1&pp=12&so=pub&view=list" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 120, 212)">https://www.routledge.com/New-Perspectives-on-Teaching-Interculturality/book-series/NPTI?pd=published,forthcoming&pg=1&pp=12&so=pub&view=list?pd=published,forthcoming&pg=1&pp=12&so=pub&view=list</a></span></li></ul>

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The Paradoxes of Interculturality: A Toolbox of Out-of-the-box Ideas for Intercultural Communication Education. Routledge. <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003371052/paradoxes-interculturality-fred-dervin?context=ubx&refId=6e97dd1c-6083-4b64-b318-677b79feeecc">https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003371052/paradoxes-interculturality-fred-dervin?context=ubx&refId=6e97dd1c-6083-4b64-b318-677b79feeecc</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5.25pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:10pt;margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Fred Dervin & Huiyu Tan (2023).

Supercriticality and Intercultural Dialogue. Springer. <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/9789811975714">https://link.springer.com/book/9789811975714</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5.25pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:10pt;margin:0px"><b class="ContentPasted1">Fred Dervin & Hamza R'boul (2023).

Through the Looking-glass of Interculturality. Autocritiques. Springer.  <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/9789811966712">https://link.springer.com/book/9789811966712</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5.25pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:10pt;margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="margin:0px">Andreas Jacobsson, Heidi Layne & Fred Dervin (2023). Children and Interculturality in Education.

Routledge. <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003279341/children-interculturality-education-andreas-jacobsson-heidi-layne-fred-dervin?context=ubx&refId=7ebb5eba-3c6c-449b-a856-bc83dc96ad15" style="margin:0px">https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003279341/children-interculturality-education-andreas-jacobsson-heidi-layne-fred-dervin?context=ubx&refId=7ebb5eba-3c6c-449b-a856-bc83dc96ad15</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5.25pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:10pt;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">Fred Dervin & Mei Yuan (2023).

<i>Reflecting on and with the 'More-than-Human' in Education. Things for Interculturality</i>. Springer.</span> <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/9789811978128" style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">https://link.springer.com/book/9789811978128</a></li></ul>

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 Interculturality 'Otherwise'.</i> Routledge. <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003345275/teaching-interculturality-otherwise-fred-dervin-mei-yuan-sude?context=ubx&refId=a6098b33-1685-4c70-a982-ac2f386a8e1c">https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003345275/teaching-interculturality-otherwise-fred-dervin-mei-yuan-sude?context=ubx&refId=a6098b33-1685-4c70-a982-ac2f386a8e1c</a></span></b><br>

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