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awarded in the fields of arts, humanities and social sciences. The DLitt may be "earned" through research in a public university, or bestowed as an honoris causa award for distinguished achievements. For an earned DLitt degree, the entry requirement is a Doctor of Philosophy degree and evidence of substantial contribution to the field after completion of PhD. The DLitt Thesis is expected to be of an exceptionally high order, and is reviewed by eminent experts in the subject. The new vistas of knowledge embodied in the DLitt Thesis must also be publicly defended. DLitt (honoris causa) are conferred by public universities, usually on visiting dignitaries or on experts who may or may not have the prescribed qualification, but have substantially contributed to academic or professional development of a field of knowledge.
315:(Ed.D.), for example, and is awarded on the basis of high achievement in the respective field or a long record of research and publication. The D.Litt. degree is awarded to candidates whose record of published work and research shows conspicuous ability and originality and constitutes a distinguished and sustained achievement. University committee and board approval is required, and candidates must provide documented mastery of a particular area or field. The degree may also be awarded 284: 38: 356:) degree in 1915, deliberately using a distinctive English, rather than a Latin, title and abbreviation for it. The D.Phil. became an accelerated, supervised, degree of lower status than the D.Litt. When it was established in 1900, the Oxford Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) degree could be awarded to individuals who had a standing of thirty-four terms from the award of a 261: 364:
degree, providing they could provide "fitness for the degree in published books or papers, containing an original contribution to the advancement of learning." The required number of terms changed over the years, depending on the prior Oxford degree that a candidate held, and the requirements became
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called for a faculty board at Oxford to "appoint judges to consider the evidence submitted by any candidate, and to report thereon to the board. In making their report, the judges shall state whether the evidence submitted constitutes an original contribution to the advancement of knowledge of such
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or thesis, and portfolio evaluation may be waived, at the discretion of the degree-granting body. Honorary Doctor of Letters recipients need not necessarily have any previous affiliation with the awarding institution and, in most cases, it is not considered proper for them to use the title of "Dr."
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In India the DLitt degree was earlier called the Doctor of Letters, but presently DLitt is an abbreviation of "Doctor of Literature", since the year 2014, after a Gazette Notification by the Government of India mandated a change in the nomenclature. The DLitt is the highest postdoctoral degree
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as a higher doctorate. The standards for the remaining doctorates, including the D.Litt. (now also referred to as "Doctor of Letters" rather than Doctor of Literature), require the judges "to consider whether the evidence submitted demonstrates excellence in academic scholarship and is:
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The title of Vidya Vachaspati may also be awarded honoris causa to distinguished scholars who may otherwise lack the educational qualifications to be eligible to register for the earned degree, but whose expertise and contributions are deemed to be deserving of the honour.
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substance and distinction as to give the candidate an authoritative status in some branch or branches of learning." Between 1923 and 2016, Oxford awarded 219 D.Litt. degrees, of which 196 were awarded to men and 23 to women. Among the six higher doctoral degrees at Oxford (
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In June 2016, the Oxford D.Litt. was suspended, pending a reform of the higher doctorates. The reforms were completed in June 2018 and applications reopened in September 2018. The new regulations reduced the number of higher doctorates to five by dropping the
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Similarly, the highest educational degree at the postdoctoral level in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Indic religious studies, Oriental literature and Indology in India is termed
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to recognize one's lifetime of excellence in a particular humanistic, cultural, or artistic field, or other notable contributions to society. When conferred as an
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after the submission and academic evaluation of a portfolio of sustained scholarship, publications, research, or other scientific work of the highest caliber.
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before their names. Universities, colleges, or learned bodies may award the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Literature or the related
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f) of such breadth or covering such branches of knowledge appropriate to the field and in line with disciplinary norms and expectations."
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Conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: The Oration and Acceptance Speech, 2000
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degrees in 1895. Until then, Oxford had focused on undergraduate teaching, with the doctorates, such as those in divinity (
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upon the completion of a regular doctoral course of study, usually including the development and defense of an original
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in the arts, humanities and social sciences that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the
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Numerous American universities regularly award the honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree, including
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MARK TWAIN, D.LITT., OXON. Students Give a Great Ovation to Him - Degree for Mr. Reid Also. June 27, 1907
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degree, or of thirty-nine terms (thirteen academic years) from the award of an Oxford master of arts
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The honorary DLitt are considered an award, and not an academic degree in the strictest sense.
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to such individuals as the awarding institution deems worthy of this highest academic award.
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was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by Oxford University in 1907 for his literary contributions.
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In addition to being awarded as an earned degree, this doctorate is also conferred as an
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program generally requires both having published works and the previous attainment of a
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is awarded with a speciality, but there is no official list of these. Candidates for a
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Program: Masters and Doctorate of Letters (Programa de Maestria y Doctorado en Letras)
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c) sustained over time and showing current and continued contribution to scholarship;
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d) authoritative, being able to demonstrate impact on the work of others;
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b) substantial in scale and in the contribution it has made to knowledge;
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In the United Kingdom, Australia, India, and Ireland, the degree is a
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Vidya Vachaspati (D.Litt.), Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati,
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e) of global reach and international importance within the field; and
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D.Litt. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters in 1907.
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Faculdad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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Oxford University Gazette vol. 146 no. 5137 (16 June 2016)"
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In the United States, the degree may be conferred as an
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University of Oxford Regulations for Higher Doctorates
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was awarded honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by the
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Britain, the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland
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