The School of Humanities, doctoral thesis defence of Niklas Sebastian Leander Söderman

On December 16, 2026 at 13.00 Niklas Sebastian Leander Söderman from the School of Humanities will defend the doctoral thesis  "Subjectivity in the Philosophy of the Kyoto School: Individual, Nation and World from Nishida’s Place to Nishitani’s Emptiness".

Public defence will take place in Tallinn University hall M648.
The wider audience can follow the defence and ask questions from the degree applicant in Zoom.

Supervisor is Rein Raud, Professor at Tallinn University.
Opponents are Takeshi Morisato, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and Lucy Schultz, Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

The doctoral thesis is available in Tallinn University Digital Library ETERA.