Upcoming PhD Defense: Udmurt Analytic Past Tenses by Mari Saraheimo ✨ On December 20, 2025, Mari Saraheimo will defend her doctoral dissertation at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Arts. The dissertation, titled "Encoding perspectives - Temporal, modal and intersubjective functions of Udmurt analytic past tenses," explores the complex linguistic functions within the Udmurt language. The public examination will begin at 12:00 at Porthania, PIII (Yliopistonkatu 3), the livestream will be available here. Professor Ksenia Shagal (PhD) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München will serve as the opponent, with Svetlana Edygarova acting as the custos. For those interested in the research prior to the defense, the dissertation is available electronically via Helda.