Quiz: 18781, 7, 23, 2018, 8

The first after-sommer blog offers a small quiz. If you think that you know the answer - treat yourself on an ice cream! (If you're not sure whether you got it right, send me a message to get it checked. And treat yourself on ice anyhow :P)

Fill in the xx's with the numbers mentioned in the title of this blog:

The xxth cycle, which will begin its RRE studies very soon, is hereby warmly welcomed into the program. We're happy to have you along! I don't know anything the number of accepted student, but hopefully soon an update on that. You made a proper choice for your MA - now enjoy it! 

Even more amazingly, the RRE program is planning ahead: on the Aarhus RRE website, the courses for the spring term of xx can be found, for the xxth cycle (!). Long live RRE! 

After what I have heard to be a very bad July, the weather in Lund and surroundings has been great lately. Today offers sun and a nice xx degrees, if I may believe Sydsvenskan.

This is ultimate procrastinating behavior (sorry Henrik) as I will hand in my thesis in one week from now. Right now, my thesis has xx words and that should definitely become a few more over the next week. Anyways, I'm soon to graduate - finally - which means that this blog now really needs someone to take over if it is to survive, as I don't think I will, want or should continue writing as an alumna. So, are you an RRE student and would you like to write something about RRE every now and then? Contact me! :-) 

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Two MA theses on Augustine

As written before, we in Lund had the pleasure to attend the thesis defense of two 5th cycle students on Tuesday. Coincidentally both theses concerned the writings of Augustine! The two graduates are Kyraki Arvaniti with her thesis "From Nicomachean Ethics to City of God. A study on evolution from metriopatheia to passions and sins" and Annamaria Laviola with "Interchangeable Bodies. The Materialization of Bodies in Augustine’s thoughts on marriage and virginity."

I only could attend the presentation of Annamaria, but I have heard that both students did a very good job. Now they will have a week to revise their theses based on the comments that they received during the seminar and then they will be real RRE graduates. Congratulations, Annamaria and Kyriaki - great work! 

Annamaria during her presentation

Kyriaki giving comments

Pondering professors

The two students after the defense

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PS. I'm sure that there must be more people who have finished just before summer, but I only know about Lund. Did you finish or do you know others? Send me some pictures and/or write a blog yourself and it will be uploaded! :-) DS.

Right now in room B353 of LUX in Lund...

two fifth cycle students defend their theses on Augustine! Stay on for more info...or drop by. Until 5.30, drinks on the 4th flour afterwards.

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Is the RRE Blog still alive?

Yes, it is. It was just in a state of hibernation, which really isn't that strange if you think about Scandinavian winters. 

But we're back with great news: another student graduating from the program! 
About two weeks ago, Ivana from Serbia handed in her thesis. Me and Thomas visited her on her last full day in Copenhagen. In between catching up over a good cup of coffee and eating Asian food at Wagamama (we recommend), she showed us det Kongelige Bibliotek - Copenhagen's very new Royal Library, which is also known as the Black Diamond. 
It's a great building with fantastic architecture and a majestic atmosphere. We were highly impressed. Go to Copenhagen, ye prospective RREs. :-)

Ivana and her thesis in front of the room where she spent many hours writing 

Some images of the library, but they don't really do justice to the building. 

By Ivana's request, I had to include a picture with all of us on it. Allright then.

Ivana, congratulations!

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Information meeting for those interested in RRE

Have you been considering joining the RRE program or are you simply interested in knowing more about the contents of the program? Then come to the information meeting in Lund on December 18th! Between 15.15 and 17 hrs the coordinator and teachers of the program will tell about its content and I'm certain that there will also be some students to talk with.

Is Lund a bit far away for you? Don't worry, you can also watch the meeting on the web: http://chat.play.du.se/. :-)

And it's Lund again

Today it’s time for this term’s second compact seminar and – hipp hipp hurra! – this time it’s my ‘academic home town’ to host it. The seminar will start with the Emergence course (for the 6^th cycle) this Monday afternoon, which will run until Wednesday morning. From Wednesday afternoon until Friday morning, several courses are planned, a.o. a text course in Arabic and a course on Augustine.

As we’re waiting for the students to arrive, I’ll upload some old Pictures that I made of Lund for anyone who unfortunately cannot make it here. As you can see, they were made during different seasons as we – fortunately – don’t have snow here yet, but an astonishing 14 degrees Celsius. But: beautiful city, eller hur?

NB. Today is also the day that I’ll take the opportunity to convince some new students to take over this blog…wish me luck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Compact seminar in Oslo

At the end of September, the 5^th cycle was on a seminar in Norway’s capital, Oslo. Heikki sent me some pictures of the seminar, which I – shamefully – only manage to post now. (Sssh, don’t tell him.) From what I have heard, they have had a great time, visiting a synagogue service, a Friday prayer in a mosque and a short Christian service. They also had a Shabbat dinner at home of teacher Gunnar Haaland –is this becoming a tradition?

Heikki, thanks for the Pictures!

 

 

 

 

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