PhD Defence: Annigje van Dijk
Searching a way with mental troubles: pathways of ‘illness’, psychiatry and life in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Info about event
Time
Location
KU Leuven University and online
On Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 5:00 pm (CEST) Annigje van Dijk, MSc, will be defending her dissertation according to joint degree agreement (re ANTHUSIA) between KU Leuven and Aarhus University.
Title: Searching a way with mental troubles: pathways of ‘illness’, psychiatry and life in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The defence is public, and everybody is welcome. The defence will be held in English; it is scheduled for two hours. The defence proceedings will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Dilip De Boeck, KU Leuven. For livestreaming for the public interested: Please register by sending an email to annigje.vandijk@kuleuven.be before 29 April 2024 at 12 noon (CEST) A link will be sent ahead of the defence.
The dissertation will be available for reading in a digital version before the defence, following a statement from the borrower promising to delete the file afterwards. If you wish to read the dissertation, please write to annigje.vandijk@kuleuven.be before 29 April 2024 at 12 noon (CEST)
Board of Examiners:
- Prof. Dr. Karel Arnaut, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Prof. Dr. Katie Kilroy Marac, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada
- Prof. Dr. Cheryl Mattingly Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, USA
- Prof. Dr. Lea Pare Toe, Anthropology and Sociology, Centre Muraz de Bobo Dioulasso, Institut National de Santé Publique, Burkina Faso
- Prof. Dr. Kathleen Beullens, Vice Dean of Research of The Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium (Chair)
Supervisors:
- Prof. Dr. Ann Cassiman, Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Prof. Dr. Lotte Meinert, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor:
- Prof. Dr. Ludovic Kibora, Anthropologue Directeur de Recherche, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso