Recognition
Performances & Events
Dr. Daffodil Goes Occidental! — debut full-length solo show. Sold out. Standing ovation. Det Norske Teatret, Oslo (March 2026)
Diversity 101: A Crash Course for Superiour Academics — KIF (Komiteen for kjønnsbalanse og mangfold i forskning / Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research) 20th Anniversary Conference, Hotel Bristol, Oslo (2024. Sole performance at a national academic conference on gender balance and diversity in research.
Co-curator — In/Visible: Everyday Racism in Norway (U/Synlig — hverdagsrasisme i Norge) The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret), MINO-hall (2020–) Inaugural exhibition at MINO. Based on 50+ qualitative interviews with individuals from minority backgrounds across Norway.
A Superiour Guide to Performing the Academic Self — performed in Vienna, Boulder, Oslo and Arendal (2020–2025).
Keynote Speaker — Humor and Satire in Contemporary Europe University of Groningen International Summer School (2018), Groningen, Netherlands. An interdisciplinary research school on the role of comedy and political satire in contemporary European culture and politics. Organised by Dr. Alberto Godioli, Faculty of Arts. Invited to return the following year.
Artistic Director — Le eller Dø / Laugh or Die (2017) The world's first live event on humour, fear and religion. Are Kalvø. Jonis Josef. A full house. Mona hosted. Obviously.
Grants & Residencies
FOR DR. DAFFODIL GOES OCCIDENTAL!:
Transversal Performing Artist Grant (2025)
Rawabat Artist in Residency (2025)
FOR THE CO-AUTHORED BOOK ON HUMOUR AND RACISM IN NORWAY (FORTHCOMING):
Fritt Ord Foundation Grant. One of Norway's most prestigious foundations for freedom of expression, public debate, art and culture.
NFFO Grant, Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening— Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association.
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