Dissertation

You will undertake a research project and produce a dissertation which is submitted on an assigned date in mid-August.

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

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