Two PhD candidates in place!
Two PhD candidates have been appointed to the Routes project. From all together eleven highly qualified applicants, the two adjudicating commitees at UiO and AHO respectively, selected Torild Gjesvik and Even Smith Wergeland. Gjesvik will be situated at IKOS/University of Oslo, working on the relationship between landscape painting and road planning in 19th century Norway. She is an art historian from the University of Bergen, and has extensive experience as a curator and writer on modern art. Even Smith Wergeland will be situated at AHO, studying the role of the motorway in post war architectural discourse and practice. Wergeland is an art historian from the University of Bergen, specialized in 20th century architectural and urban history.
