dissertation

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“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

At a time when few museums had contemporary art departments — “you couldn’t write a dissertation on a living artist,” Schaffner notes — Harris Norton funded the scaffolding that would sustain the artists she collected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Walcott-George, who played a major role in setting up the camps and based his dissertation on the work, described the experience as deeply humbling.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

When his inspiring dissertation was finished, he gave the men the colors of the day still one more time, stressed the angle of approach and reviewed the weather conditions again.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller