there is a rich history of doctoral weapons symbolizing the protection of knowledge i explain turning up my thesis defense with a mac-10
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
there is a rich history of doctoral weapons symbolizing the protection of knowledge i explain turning up my thesis defense with a mac-10
Really pleased to announce I submitted my doctoral dissertation, “Female Patronage and Authority: Position for the Purpose of Service in the Early Jesus Movement” for a spring defense yesterday.
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Really pleased to announce I submitted my doctoral dissertation, “Female Patronage and Authority: Position for the Purpose of Service in the Early Jesus Movement” for a spring defense yesterday.
Congratulation Jan Zimmer for your successful defense of your doctoral theses in the field of nanomedicine! 🎉
His work offers promising approaches for future therapeutic applications in gene therapy and cancer research.
More at www.imm.fraunhofer.de/en/press-pub...
His work offers promising approaches for future therapeutic applications in gene therapy and cancer research.
More at www.imm.fraunhofer.de/en/press-pub...
January 29, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Congratulation Jan Zimmer for your successful defense of your doctoral theses in the field of nanomedicine! 🎉
His work offers promising approaches for future therapeutic applications in gene therapy and cancer research.
More at www.imm.fraunhofer.de/en/press-pub...
His work offers promising approaches for future therapeutic applications in gene therapy and cancer research.
More at www.imm.fraunhofer.de/en/press-pub...
She is very good at making her points in a very down-to-earth way that is also very enlightening. She goes into detail about American history without sounding like an academic giving a defense of their doctoral dissertation. Like all true experts, she readily admits the limits of her knowledge.
January 23, 2026 at 12:58 AM
She is very good at making her points in a very down-to-earth way that is also very enlightening. She goes into detail about American history without sounding like an academic giving a defense of their doctoral dissertation. Like all true experts, she readily admits the limits of her knowledge.
Our lecturer, the brilliant ecological economist Colleen Schneider, yesterday provided the defense of her doctoral research at Universität Wien.
We are very proud to have Colleen on our team, as she has been since 2023.
We are very proud to have Colleen on our team, as she has been since 2023.
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Our lecturer, the brilliant ecological economist Colleen Schneider, yesterday provided the defense of her doctoral research at Universität Wien.
We are very proud to have Colleen on our team, as she has been since 2023.
We are very proud to have Colleen on our team, as she has been since 2023.
Thank you all who attended my doctoral defense virtually or in person. All went well, the committee members asked interesting questions leading to interesting conversations. It was a great experience! 🎓🍾
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Thank you all who attended my doctoral defense virtually or in person. All went well, the committee members asked interesting questions leading to interesting conversations. It was a great experience! 🎓🍾
I’ve known Russian Jews who were subjected to added scrutiny in pursuing mathematics but that was after Stalin. A professor told me about how a member of his doctoral committee claimed his thesis problem was solved in an unrelated text to try to undermine his defense.
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I’ve known Russian Jews who were subjected to added scrutiny in pursuing mathematics but that was after Stalin. A professor told me about how a member of his doctoral committee claimed his thesis problem was solved in an unrelated text to try to undermine his defense.
I’m being thanked for having lent my partner to be the outside examiner at a doctoral defense, although that is not how my partner would describe it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I’m being thanked for having lent my partner to be the outside examiner at a doctoral defense, although that is not how my partner would describe it.
“I wanted to use this small gesture to thank you”
I’m sending my spouse to Finland as often as I can! What a wonderful gesture. Being married to a tenure-track academic is not without its pain points.
I’m sending my spouse to Finland as often as I can! What a wonderful gesture. Being married to a tenure-track academic is not without its pain points.
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“I wanted to use this small gesture to thank you”
I’m sending my spouse to Finland as often as I can! What a wonderful gesture. Being married to a tenure-track academic is not without its pain points.
I’m sending my spouse to Finland as often as I can! What a wonderful gesture. Being married to a tenure-track academic is not without its pain points.
My doctoral defense is tomorrow! To those who read these words and with whom I worked in these past few years, thank you! This journey would not have been possible without you. If you want to attend, it will be at York University tomorrow, Jan 20, at 2 pm, and online. Contact me for more details.
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
My doctoral defense is tomorrow! To those who read these words and with whom I worked in these past few years, thank you! This journey would not have been possible without you. If you want to attend, it will be at York University tomorrow, Jan 20, at 2 pm, and online. Contact me for more details.
The doctoral dissertation defense of Pablo Solana, titled 🧠 "Grounding meaning in the sensorimotor system: behavioral, neurostimulation and meta-analytic studies," is scheduled for January 30.
Congratulations to both researchers on reaching this milestone!
Congratulations to both researchers on reaching this milestone!
January 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The doctoral dissertation defense of Pablo Solana, titled 🧠 "Grounding meaning in the sensorimotor system: behavioral, neurostimulation and meta-analytic studies," is scheduled for January 30.
Congratulations to both researchers on reaching this milestone!
Congratulations to both researchers on reaching this milestone!
Today I read the thesis of a classmate who is, for some reason, also my senior (a distortion of spacetime). We do peer review to prepare for the entrance exam defense. Lately, he’s grown fond of fountain pens because of me. I hope we both get accepted into the doctoral program.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Today I read the thesis of a classmate who is, for some reason, also my senior (a distortion of spacetime). We do peer review to prepare for the entrance exam defense. Lately, he’s grown fond of fountain pens because of me. I hope we both get accepted into the doctoral program.
Congratulations to Dora Voros!
She passed her PhD defense with flying colors !
A brand new Dr at @univie.ac.at !
Made possible from #DFCAM doctoral school @fwf-at.bsky.social bridging #physics and #chemistry.
Well done Dora! 💐
She passed her PhD defense with flying colors !
A brand new Dr at @univie.ac.at !
Made possible from #DFCAM doctoral school @fwf-at.bsky.social bridging #physics and #chemistry.
Well done Dora! 💐
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Congratulations to Dora Voros!
She passed her PhD defense with flying colors !
A brand new Dr at @univie.ac.at !
Made possible from #DFCAM doctoral school @fwf-at.bsky.social bridging #physics and #chemistry.
Well done Dora! 💐
She passed her PhD defense with flying colors !
A brand new Dr at @univie.ac.at !
Made possible from #DFCAM doctoral school @fwf-at.bsky.social bridging #physics and #chemistry.
Well done Dora! 💐
🎓 A new PhD at CRETUS!
Congratulations to Clara Veiga for the recently defense of her Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of RyC Researcher #OlallaLopez and Prof. A Martínez Cortizas.
Congratulations to Clara Veiga for the recently defense of her Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of RyC Researcher #OlallaLopez and Prof. A Martínez Cortizas.
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
🎓 A new PhD at CRETUS!
Congratulations to Clara Veiga for the recently defense of her Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of RyC Researcher #OlallaLopez and Prof. A Martínez Cortizas.
Congratulations to Clara Veiga for the recently defense of her Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of RyC Researcher #OlallaLopez and Prof. A Martínez Cortizas.
🎓Exactly one year from my doctoral defense at @helsinki.fi, I'm thrilled to see my introductory speech published as a "Field Reflection" in the Journal of Refugee Studies. What a perfect way to mark this anniversary!
🔗Read this compendium of my doctoral research at academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
🔗Read this compendium of my doctoral research at academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
Art, agency, and access: refugee experiences and resistance in the context of EU’s migration management
Abstract. This Field Reflection is based on the introductory speech (lectio praecursoria) I delivered at the public examination of my doctoral thesis on 10
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January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
🎓Exactly one year from my doctoral defense at @helsinki.fi, I'm thrilled to see my introductory speech published as a "Field Reflection" in the Journal of Refugee Studies. What a perfect way to mark this anniversary!
🔗Read this compendium of my doctoral research at academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
🔗Read this compendium of my doctoral research at academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
🔓 Mattila, S. (2025). How do we know modal truths? A defense of essentialist epistemology of modality (Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis, 458/2025) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki]. Helda—University of Helsinki Repository. hdl.handle.net/10138/604040
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January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
🔓 Mattila, S. (2025). How do we know modal truths? A defense of essentialist epistemology of modality (Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis, 458/2025) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki]. Helda—University of Helsinki Repository. hdl.handle.net/10138/604040
博士論文を提出してきました。次はディフェンス。
Submitted my doctoral thesis! The defense coming soon…
Submitted my doctoral thesis! The defense coming soon…
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 AM
博士論文を提出してきました。次はディフェンス。
Submitted my doctoral thesis! The defense coming soon…
Submitted my doctoral thesis! The defense coming soon…
CPB was rooted in an egalitarianism.
The people currently taking the reins on every aspect of our lives are actively seeking to eliminate egalitarianism and equality in favor of hierarchy & inequality.
This is a screenshot from @jennycohn.bsky.social 's thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
The people currently taking the reins on every aspect of our lives are actively seeking to eliminate egalitarianism and equality in favor of hierarchy & inequality.
This is a screenshot from @jennycohn.bsky.social 's thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
CPB was rooted in an egalitarianism.
The people currently taking the reins on every aspect of our lives are actively seeking to eliminate egalitarianism and equality in favor of hierarchy & inequality.
This is a screenshot from @jennycohn.bsky.social 's thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
The people currently taking the reins on every aspect of our lives are actively seeking to eliminate egalitarianism and equality in favor of hierarchy & inequality.
This is a screenshot from @jennycohn.bsky.social 's thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
Right? It’s all absurd, and SAT is such an arbitrary choice. I’d assume the people seeking the I request these have no understanding of the years of continual assessments given in doctoral training. Want to see my 2nd year comprehensive exam scores? Comments on my initial dissertation defense? Inane
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Right? It’s all absurd, and SAT is such an arbitrary choice. I’d assume the people seeking the I request these have no understanding of the years of continual assessments given in doctoral training. Want to see my 2nd year comprehensive exam scores? Comments on my initial dissertation defense? Inane
I had a similar experience for my doctoral defense
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I had a similar experience for my doctoral defense
my doctoral thesis was on tortoises(mud and musk turtles) but I failed the defense and then had kind of a psychotic break aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the rest isn't important, I was seeking a doctorate for personal fulfilment and reworking a thesis was no longer viable personally
January 2, 2026 at 8:06 AM
my doctoral thesis was on tortoises(mud and musk turtles) but I failed the defense and then had kind of a psychotic break aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the rest isn't important, I was seeking a doctorate for personal fulfilment and reworking a thesis was no longer viable personally
I am ✨this✨ close to applying to a doctoral program out of spite and I keep asking myself will spite get you to a dissertation defense? And I know the answer is yes 😩
December 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I am ✨this✨ close to applying to a doctoral program out of spite and I keep asking myself will spite get you to a dissertation defense? And I know the answer is yes 😩
Why can faculty council meetings be torturous?
For instance, when grading a doctoral dissertation, a random professor can say "I haven't read the thesis, it's not my fied and I wasn't present at the defense, but...", and no one tells him to shut up.
All I can think "Shut the f*ck up dude!"
For instance, when grading a doctoral dissertation, a random professor can say "I haven't read the thesis, it's not my fied and I wasn't present at the defense, but...", and no one tells him to shut up.
All I can think "Shut the f*ck up dude!"
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Why can faculty council meetings be torturous?
For instance, when grading a doctoral dissertation, a random professor can say "I haven't read the thesis, it's not my fied and I wasn't present at the defense, but...", and no one tells him to shut up.
All I can think "Shut the f*ck up dude!"
For instance, when grading a doctoral dissertation, a random professor can say "I haven't read the thesis, it's not my fied and I wasn't present at the defense, but...", and no one tells him to shut up.
All I can think "Shut the f*ck up dude!"