You will undertake a research project and produce a dissertation which is submitted on an assigned date in mid-August. HTML The final element of the programme is a 15,000 word dissertation (60 credits), which students complete during the summer months. This is an independent, primary source-based research project supervised by one or more members of academic staff. Students have considerable freedom to define their own dissertation project — so long as it is a feasible project that one or more staff members have the expertise to supervise. Example dissertation topics Past dissertation topics have included: Medieval Monkey Business: Human-Ape Representations in the Middle Ages Fredegar's Eastern Sources: Transmissions & Connections The Conversion of Iceland and Its Representation in medieval Norse Texts Examination of the appearance and role of the supernatural in late medieval Scottish literature This article was published on 2024-06-19
HTML The final element of the programme is a 15,000 word dissertation (60 credits), which students complete during the summer months. This is an independent, primary source-based research project supervised by one or more members of academic staff. Students have considerable freedom to define their own dissertation project — so long as it is a feasible project that one or more staff members have the expertise to supervise.