The nailing of the dissertation

[frualeydis]

In ten minutes I, Vendela and Valeria and a couple of friends from work are going down to the main university building and nail my dissertation to the wall. Rickard is meeting us there.
Yep, that's right. We're keeping the old mediaeval tradition of nailing dissertations to a wall, the prejudice for Luther's nailing of his "theses" to a church wall.
At most universities this is replaced by an announcement on the university's web site, but Göteborg, Umeå, Luleå and Linköping still keep to the old ways.
Finally it's beginning to feel real.

Comments

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit unsure of that too. I think that they are in fact not allowed but have some kind of deal with Gothenburg University so people can do all their research and work in Borås and then get their formal doctor hat from GU. I do know for a fact that people are nailing thing to a plank in the entrance hall, so they got something going on...