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SUMMARY:The Higher Research Seminar: Mats Fred and Hebatalla Taha - “Doce
 nt lectures”
DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: robert.klemmensen@svet.lu.se\n\nMats Fred&nbsp\;Title:
  Organizing Public Sector ReformAbstract: I defended my PhD thesis on loca
 l government projectification in 2018. Since then\, my research has expand
 ed both theoretically and empirically toward a broader interest in all kin
 ds of temporary and experimental forms of organizing. In this lecture I wi
 ll talk about where limited\, time-bound spaces are created to test new so
 lutions or services\, often with the ambition that successful experiments 
 may influence or transform regular operations. The lecture draws on severa
 l empirical examples that illustrate different expressions of this phenome
 non across my research.Hebatalla TahaTitle: Religious Dimensions of Israel
 i Nuclear PoliticsAbstract: In this lecture\, I present my recent project 
 on Israeli nuclear weapons. One of the main objectives of this work is to 
 challenge the long-standing depiction of the Israeli nuclear arsenal as ex
 ceptional\, despite the country’s adoption of a policy known as amimut&n
 bsp\;(opacity)\, under which it neither confirms nor denies possessing nuc
 lear weapons. The specific paper I will focus on connects the case of Isra
 el to Jacques Hymans’ theoretical framework of ‘the bomb as God’ (20
 24). It examines three empirical examples through which Israeli nuclear we
 apons are imbued with divine characteristics: the use of religious metapho
 rs in discussions of nuclear weapons and nuclear strategy\; the mythical s
 tatus attributed to the nuclear reactor\; and the public’s silence\, int
 erpreted as a form of reverence.The Higher Research Seminar is the main co
 llective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited nationa
 l and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses
  of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science.Th
 e Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367
 \, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:45.&nbsp\
 ;Convenors: Robert Klemmensen and Jonathan PolkThe seminars are open to th
 e public. Welcome to join us!The Higher Research Seminar | Department of P
 olitical Science\n\nMer information om händelsen: https://www.svet.lu.se/
 internt/evenemang/higher-research-seminar-mats-fred-and-hebatalla-taha-doc
 ent-lectures
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LOCATION:Large conference room\, Eden 367.
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