The Defense Date Is Set

The Defense Date Is Set

The Defense Date Is Set

The defense date for the manuscript has been confirmed: October 14th. The committee has been formed. The external examiner has accepted. The chapter revisions are complete. The specific waiting that follows confirmation of a defense date is the waiting that produces the most sustained reflection on whether the argument holds. The argument holds. The revisions confirmed it. The defense will test it in the specific way that the defense process is designed to test it: two hours of direct engagement with two people who have read the manuscript carefully and have prepared specific questions whose answers will determine whether the years of work the manuscript represents meet the standard the committee applies. The column notes the date. See You May Be Visiting the UK at The London Prat.

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