PhD Defence: Enchanted Fans! Ecstasy, Escapism and Hangover
Kaly Halkawt Lundström, PhD student in Child and Youth Studies, will publicly defend her thesis Enchanted Fans! Ecstasy, Escapism and Hangover. The thesis explores how young people become fans of mainstream queer popular culture, how queer young people form bonds of friendship, and how audience practices help them make sense of their lives and find comfort and hope.
Kaly Halkawt Lundström. Photo: Stefan Tell.
Public defence of a doctoral thesis in Child and Youth Studies
Follow the PhD defence via Zoom: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/64296421262
The PhD defence will be held in Swedish.
Chair
Kalle Berggren, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University.
External Examiner
Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.
Examination Committee
- Jenny Sundén, Professor, School of Culture and Education, Södertörn University.
- Tomas Axelson, Professor, School of Culture and Society, Dalarna University.
- Linnea Bodén, Associate Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University.
Substitute Member
Mattias Frihammar, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University.
Principal Supervisor
Rickard Jonsson, Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University.
Co-supervisor
Fanny Ambjörnsson, Professor, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University.
More about the doctoral thesis
Förtrollade fans!: Extas, eskapism och baksmälla (abstract in DiVA portal)
Last updated: 2026-08-13
Source: Department of Child and Youth Studies