Nailed it

Two days ago, Anna "nailed" her PhD thesis to the library wall in Växjö, marking the last step before her final defence on 12 September. As a tradition, it is often thought to hark back to Martin Luther and his famous posting of his ninety-five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg in 1517. While the tradition does not exist in Lund, it is quite widespread in Sweden, including in Umeå, and I think it has a nice symbolism to it, as a way of making your work public in the weeks leading up to the defence.