Portal Propagations, Doctoral Defense
Nick Walkley defended his PhD thesis Portal Propagations: Reproduction, Reception, and Rediscovery in the Life of the Urnes Portal, Friday March 7, 2025. In the morning, Nick presented the trial lecture: “The significance of the portal and its ornamentation in Romanesque architecture”. This is the first completed PhD dissertation in Provenance Projected, and we all warmly congratulate Nick with his wonderful work and performance and thank the committee for brilliant criticism and an elevated discussion.
Adjudication committee: Dr. Olivia Horsfall Turner, Chief Curator, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Collections, London; Professor Helge Jordheim, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) at the University of Oslo, and Professor Jonny Aspen, AHO.
Advisor: Mari Lending
Co-Advisor: Albena Yaneva
