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Stupidity, scissors, and glue

Here are some handy hints I can offer to UvA PhD students in the late phases of dissertation preparation. Make sure you spell the name of the Rector Magnificus correctly, where it appears prominently on your title page (part of the boilerplate that “So-and-so has been awarded the degree of doctor…”). They’re picky about this: [...]

It’s like learning a new language!

You know how when you’re learning a new language, at some point you reach a magical tipping point where it suffuses your life to such an extent that you start to dream in that language, instead of your mother tongue? Last night I dreamed I was setting homework and preparing a lecture. And as I [...]