74 PhDs to be conferred 24 January
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74 young PhDs and 21 honorary doctorates will be conferred and a number of prizes and medals will be awarded during the winter Conferment Ceremony, 24 January in the University Grand Auditorium.
The Conferment Ceremony is a festive ceremony for everyone who has received their PhD during the year. Uppsala residents recognise the day because cannon salutes are fired in the morning and during the ceremony itself.
In the solemn Conferment Act in the Grand Auditorium of the University Main Building, the new PhDs receive their symbols of honour: a ring, a diploma, and a hat or laurel wreath. Also, honorary doctorates are awarded to distinguished individuals from Sweden and abroad.
The Conferment Ceremony begins at 12 noon with the procession and opening words by Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson. The festivities continue through the evening with a banquet at Uppsala Castle for the new PhDs, honorary doctors, prize-winners, family members and invited guests.
Programme for the Conferment Ceremony 24 January 2014
7.00 Cannon salute, performed by Jämtlands fältartilleri, also during the Conferment Ceremony
8.00 The great bell of Uppsala Cathedral is rung
11.30 The University Grand Auditorium is opened. Tickets are required for admission, and can be collected for free at the reception desk in the entrance hall of the University Main Building from 23 January 12.00.
11.45 Promotores, promovendi and others taking part in the procession gather in the galleries of the University Main Building.
12.15 The Conferment Ceremony begins with the procession.
Welcoming words by Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson
Lecture by professor Bertil Wiman, promotor of the Faculty of Law
Conferment – all faculties
Prizes and awards
Procession (The audience is asked to remain seated until the entire procession has exited the auditorium.)
Music composed by J. A. Josephson, Stefan Karpe, Lars-Erik Larsson and others will be performed by the Royal Academic Orchestra led by director musices, Professor Stefan Karpe. Musical interlude by opera student Sanna Gibbs.
Hosts of the ceremony: Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Anders Malmberg
Prizes and medals awarded during the conferment ceremony:
The Björkén Prize
- Olle Eriksson, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Erik Hagersten, Professor at the Department of Information Technology
The Rudbeck Medal
- Eva Brittebo, Professor of Pharmaceutical Toxicology at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
- Bertil Holmlund, Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics
- Joseph Nordgren, Professor of Soft X-ray Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Kjell Öberg, Professor Emeritus of Endocrine Oncology at the Department of Medical Sciences
The Linnaeus Medal
- Björn Olsen, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Medical Sciences
The Ulla and Stig Holmquist Prize
- Professor Licheng Sun, Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology KTH
The Giejer Prize
- Stina Boman, PhD
- Marie Ulväng, PhD
The Oscar Prize
- Linda Wedlin, PhD, Department of Business Studies
- Philipp Rümmer, PhD, Department of Information Technology
The Holmdahl Scholarship
- Jill Trenholm, PhD, for her thesis on rape in war. Her study is based on in-depth field work in eastern Congo.
More information:
Anna Malmberg