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

[ragnvaeig.livejournal.com]

The historical context of archaeologically-evident, large-scale change in Viking-controlled towns of Denmark, Norway, and Ireland (with York as well). My best case studies are two flood-layers, in Lund and Viborg, which look deliberate and date to the first few years of Sven Estridsen's reign; I put forward that there may have been a political motivation for the reorganisation of the towns.

But I do medieval clothing as a serious-research hobby. :o)