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Come to celebrate with me !
After month and month of delay caused by the university... tomorrow I will finally finish the PhD.
I have my voce viva (defense of thesis) tomorrow.
I know not many of you are in England - let alone London, but those who are do come to the pub Bree Louise to celebrate with me!
8 pm Monday 22 Feb 2010 at Bree Louise.
Bree Louise is not the fanciest of pubs but it is one with very fine ales near Euston Station.
Add:
69 Coburg Street
London NW1 2HH
Map: http://www.multimap.com/s/yIb46ZA0
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Congratulations! What an accomplishment.
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Kiku Day wrote:
tomorrow I will finally finish the PhD.
There's only one way you can get one of those--hard work. Congratulations!
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Kiku, how wonderful. Really really wonderful.
Congratulations!
Hey are you getting my email?
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Congratulations Kiku! That is a big accomplishment! Now send me a copy of your thesis for review.
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Hi Kiku and everydody,
Add me to the list of shakuhachi Phds I hope we can all get a drink together.
Kiku, you really got delayed somehow didn't you! Go get em'. II've been pretty busy lately: Last weekend I was down in Kumamoto for Jeff's very successful Kumamoto Shakuhachi Festival (he'll probably let everyone know when he posts some pics etc.), on Friday I had my Phd oral defense which went pretty well, except for the few random nitpicky ossan who generally have a problem with pretty much everything;), and yesterday I was in Ishikawa sensei's student concert, I did Sanya (山谷) on a 3.2.
By the way, to add another name to the list, Shimura sensei's student Izukawa Hidefumi also just graduated with his Phd on the shakuhachi. Somebody should give us all a cool membership badge!
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Why don't one of you Ph.D types make a list of the shakuhachi Ph.D's in the world.
And could somebody please tell me whether Ph.D. is superior or inferior to such other honorifics as Shihan, Dai Shihan, Über Sensei, Iemoto etc?
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Tairaku wrote:
Why don't one of you Ph.D types make a list of the shakuhachi Ph.D's in the world.
Andreas Gutzwiller (1974 - Wesleyan)
Ingrid Frith (1978 - Cologne)
Takahashi Tōne (1990 - Ann Abor)
Riley Lee (1993 - Sydney)
Shimura Satsoshi (ca 1994 I actually don't know the year - Osaka)
Tsukitani Tsuneko (year unknown - Osaka)
Jim Franklin (1997 - Sydney)
Marty Regan (2006 - Hawaii)
Matsumoto Koji (2009 - Illinois)
Izukawa Hidefumi (2010 - Osaka)
Joshua Smith (2010 - Osaka)
Kikustbo Galathea Mikhailovna Mizuno Day (2010 - London)
To come:
Christiam Mau (2011 - London)
Flora Henderson (2012 - London)
Joe Browning (2013 - London)
Let me know if I missed anyone.....
The other question I let someone else answer...
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Kiku Day wrote:
Kikustbo Galathea Mikhailovna Mizuno Day (2010 - London)
R U having a contest with Ronnie to see who has the most names? Actually somebody should give Ronnie an honorary Ph.D. so he can join the list.
But you didn't answer my other question about who outranks-----Ph.D. or Shihan?
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Hey Brian,
Can I have an honourary BA? Just a regular undergraduate degree would be fine, I don't mind.
And congrats to you Kiku. The more serious scholarship surrounding our favourite instrument/spiritual brain-focusing tool, the better. Wish I could be at the pub having one too many celebratory drinks.
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Congratulations!!!!! lol
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Very good Kiku Day! Hope the oration went well today for you.
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Omedetogozaimasu!
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Congratulations Kiku!! You must feel a real sense of accomplishment after all the hard work! Omedetoo gozaimasu!! Jane
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Josh,
Big year for you! Baby, Ordination and now Doctorate. Be careful. You are in danger of becoming an adult.
Seriously, congratulations! You are kickin' some serious booty over there in Nara.
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Hey Guys, I will celebrate with Kiku here in NYC tonight. But, I will also have a drink in he honor of everyone here on the forum...tomorrow:)
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Kiku Day wrote:
Tairaku wrote:
Why don't one of you Ph.D types make a list of the shakuhachi Ph.D's in the world.
Let me know if I missed anyone.....
Doc. Vlastislav Matoušek PhD. (HAMU, Prague)
David Bidlo PhD. (HAMU, Prague)
I would argue that academic titles require a lot of intellectual effort and actual contribution to the field in contrast to shihans.
Cheers,
Marek
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marek wrote:
Kiku Day wrote:
Tairaku wrote:
Why don't one of you Ph.D types make a list of the shakuhachi Ph.D's in the world.
Let me know if I missed anyone.....
Doc. Vlastislav Matoušek PhD. (HAMU, Prague)
David Bidlo PhD. (HAMU, Prague)
I would argue that academic titles require a lot of intellectual effort and actual contribution to the field in contrast to shihans.
Cheers,
Marek
All the intellectual effort in the universe can't play Koku.....or show someone else how to play it.
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Agreed. That's a good point to remember. I actually play shakuhachi to stop thinking as well. Suffering from a restless mind, this bamboo tube has the remarkable ability to shut down the bubbling water of the mind and bring it down into stillness. All in all, a pretty useful thing.
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Wifey here, who has a Ph. D. says if Ph.D. and Dai Shihan walk into a room, Ph.D. bows lower.
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Fantastic Kiku, a fine accomplishment, congratulations!
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Congratulations!!! Really cool!! Looking forward to the day when we can read it.
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Thanks everybody!
The viva or oral defense was really evjoyable! I had a great discussion with the examiners. Excellent!
I only have to do minor amendments like re-thinking the title and put all 5 pieces on CD and not only on DVD. Yay!
And Congratulations to Izukawa and Josh as well!
The list of shakuhachi PhDs. I have added the subject of study too now. Marek, do you know the years and subject of the two Prague shakuhachi PhDs? I suppose their theses are about shakuhachi.
Andreas Gutzwiller (1974 - Wesleyan) Ethnomusicology
Ingrid Frith (1978 - Cologne) Musicology
Takahashi Tōne (1990 - Ann Abor) Ethnomusicology
Riley Lee (1993 - Sydney) Ethnomusicology
Shimura Satsoshi (year unknown - Osaka) Ethnomusicology
Tsukitani Tsuneko (year unknown - Osaka) Ethnomusicology
Jim Franklin (1997 - Sydney) Composition
Marty Regan (2006 - Hawaii)Composition
Matsumoto Koji (2009 - Illinois) Ethnomusicology
Izukawa Hidefumi (2010 - Osaka) Composition
Joshua Smith (2010 - Osaka) Sociology
Kiku Day (2010 - London) Ethnomusicology
Doc. Vlastislav Matoušek (HAMU, Prague)
David Bidlo PhD. (HAMU, Prague)
To come:
Christiam Mau (2011 - London) Ethnomusicology
Flora Henderson (2012 - London) Ethnomusicology
Joe Browning (2013 - London) Ethnomusicology
I would not even dare to think about the levels of ranking shihan and PhD.... so never mind...
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