Photos by Rami T. F. Rekola

Entering the auditorium 18 DEC 2004	Lectio Praecursoria 18 DEC 2004	Opponent's commencing speech 18 DEC 2004
Examination 18 DEC 2004	Opponent's concluding speech 18 DEC 2004	Custos ends the disputation 18 DEC 2004
Exiting the auditorium 18 DEC 2004	After the disputation 18 DEC 2004	Heading towards cafeterium 18 DEC 2004
Preparing for tea, coffee and cake 18 DEC 2004	Preparing for tea, coffee and cake 18 DEC 2004	Opponent gets some cake 18 DEC 2004
Disputant gets some cake 18 DEC 2004	Audience waiting for its share of the cake 18 DEC 2004	Audience gets some cake 18 DEC 2004
Disputant receives a most delightful present from co-workers (The Return of the King DVD, extended version) 18 DEC 2004	Disputant receives a most precious present from friends (The Heavens, published in London in 1835) 18 DEC 2004	People arrive to Karonkka 18 DEC 2004
People arrive to Karonkka 18 DEC 2004	People arrive to Karonkka 18 DEC 2004	At the end of the table, disputant sits in the centre, opponent to the right of him, custos to the left of him and other honourary people (supervisors of the thesis work) next to them (prof. Valtonen has not arrived yet) 18 DEC 2004
The 41 people present sat comfortably in a U-shaped table 18 DEC 2004	The left branch of the table 18 DEC 2004	The right branch of the table 18 DEC 2004
Lively conversation in the table 18 DEC 2004	Lively conversation in the table 18 DEC 2004	A speech by the disputant; thanking the opponent, custos, supervisors and others involved in the thesis project 18 DEC 2004
The speech continues 18 DEC 2004	A toast 18 DEC 2004	A speech by the opponent 18 DEC 2004
A speech by the custos 18 DEC 2004	The feast continues 18 DEC 2004	The feast continues 18 DEC 2004
The feast continues 18 DEC 2004	The feast continues 18 DEC 2004	The feast continues 18 DEC 2004