Performing artist, director, playwright and activist Åsa Simma is one of the 2025 honorary doctors, who have made an outstanding contribution to the university’s research and education.
–Åsa Simma has regularly taught students in theatre studies at Stockholm University, a gesture that contributes to making Sami culture understandable in concrete ways for young people. Her multilingual approach and practice are linked to both ongoing research in the subject and to course development in areas such as dramaturgy. She is a living example of theatre studies’ endeavour to engage in a mutual dialogue with performing artists about the cultural and social significance of the performing arts, says Dirk Gindt, professor of theatre studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
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