Dancing with the Ph.D.s

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 5:30 PM Share

Your humble blogger hereby declares this officially awesome: Ever asked an academic about their research only to be subjected to 20 minutes of nonsensical droning? Thanks to YouTube, it just got a whole lot easier to explain a complicated thesis at a cocktail party. In early October, Ph.D. students worldwide were challenged by Gonzo Labs/AAAS to re-create...

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SUP-A-COUP

12:16 AM ET

December 5, 2008

Haha sure the idea of me

Haha sure the idea of me explaining a thesis on a cocktailparty with the help of youtube sounds excellent, though I (unfortunately) don't think it'll hold much for my field of research (Strategic management in business, writing about onshoring offshoring now).

http://globalookout.blogspot.com

SJC

5:13 AM ET

December 5, 2008

The glory that is "The United

The glory that is "The United States and the Politics of the Laws of War Since 1945" could only be choreographed by Matthew Bourne.

But honestly, I hope it would come out like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiiWQ1CBGQ

SUP-A-COUP

1:46 PM ET

December 5, 2008

@SJC Epic, especially the

@SJC

Epic, especially the video, didn't expect that :)

IRA

12:24 AM ET

December 7, 2008

my collaborator and I also

my collaborator and I also submitted a video based on our research applying 25 dimensional string theory to Joyce's "Finnegans wake":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?zBKpszxX554
(almost better than the original, to tell the truth...)