Onsdag 29. april 2009 holdt cand.philol. Kirsten Marie Hartvigsen sin prøveforelesning for graden philosophiae doctor, under Det teologiske fakultet over oppgitt emne: The contemporary critique of the New Perspective on Paul.
Onsdag 30. april forsvarte hun sin doktoravhandling:”Prepare the Way of the Lord:” Towards a Cognitive Poetic Analysis of Audience Involvement with Characters and Events in the Markan World.