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Are doctoral dissertations still permitted to be spoken in Latin at any of the Pontifical Universities in or around Rome?

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    This is about the customs for when and where Latin is spoken, so I believe it's on topic. – Ben Kovitz Jun 13 '16 at 02:29
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    Erkki 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 '16 at 04:51
  • Do you mean dissertation or disputation? – fdb Jun 16 '16 at 23:24
  • @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 Graham Jun 17 '16 at 00:24
  • A "dissertation" is a written thesis. A "disputation" is the oral defense of the thesis. In Britain we call it a "viva". – fdb Jun 17 '16 at 09:00
  • @fdb That is my understanding of the question also. – Ken Graham Jun 17 '16 at 12:51

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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.

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