Are doctoral dissertations still permitted to be spoken in Latin at any of the Pontifical Universities in or around Rome?
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3This is about the customs for when and where Latin is spoken, so I believe it's on topic.– Ben KovitzJun 13, 2016 at 2:29
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1Erkki Palmén's dissertation De adverbiis pronominalibus localibus Latinis studia semantica et syntactica about Latin was defended in Latin on November 28, 1998, at the University of Jyväskylä. As far as I know, this was the last Latin dissertation in Finland and the first one for almost 70 years. I believe Latin is still allowed in dissertations in Finland if there are people to do it. There are not pontifical universities in Finland.– Joonas Ilmavirta ♦Jun 13, 2016 at 4:51
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Do you mean dissertation or disputation?– fdbJun 16, 2016 at 23:24
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@fdb I am interested in the dissertation or thesis at the academic level and not the disputation of the thesis involved, although that would be an interesting point to know also!– Ken GrahamJun 17, 2016 at 0:24
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A "dissertation" is a written thesis. A "disputation" is the oral defense of the thesis. In Britain we call it a "viva".– fdbJun 17, 2016 at 9:00
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Vatican Latinist Fr. Daniel Gallagher, whom I met several years ago at event sponsored by SALVI, told me then that he was working on a dissertation in Latin. This dissertation was for a doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University. So apparently at least one of the Pontifical Universities still accepts Latin dissertations.
