Tomoko Yaginuma’s PhD dissertation in Cultural Studies took place on September 24 at 10 am.
The thesis, supervised by Rosa Cabecinhas, has the title “Imagining Japan from Far-West: Social Representations of Japan and the Japanese among Portuguese students”.
The jury, chaired by Helena Sousa, was composed of:
– Maria Rosa Soares Pedrosa Cabecinhas, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho;
– José Manuel Pereira Azevedo, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Information Sciences, Faculty of Letters, University of Porto;
– Daniel da Cruz Brandão, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho;
– Mário Manuel Lima Matos, Assistant Professor, Department of German and Slavic Studies, School of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences, University of Minho;
– Paula Alexandra Lobo Martins Ramalhão, Invited Assistant Professor, School of Education, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu;
– Miho Fukagawa, Associate Professor, Organization of Global Affair, Kanazawa University.
The exams were held through the Zoom platform.