2026-11-10 10-15 PhD DISSERTATION DEFENSE HELD
On November 10, the Uzbekistan State World Languages University hosted the defense of the dissertation by Qurbonova Nilufar Torabekovna, submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philology in the specialty 10.00.04 – Languages and Literature of the Peoples of Europe, America and Australia.
The dissertation is entitled “The Ideological and Artistic Distinctiveness of the Horror Novel Genre in the Works of Stephen King”.
The defense was held during a meeting of the Academic Council in both offline and online formats via the ZOOM platform. The discussion focused on the scientific and theoretical foundations of the research, its academic novelty, findings and the relevance of the topic.
During the defense, the official opponents — Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Anatoliy Stepanovich Likhodzievsky and Doctor of Philological Sciences (DSc), Associate Professor Yuliya Umidovna Matenova — shared their views and comments on the dissertation.
The research supervisor is Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Mahliyo Yunusovna Umarova.
