Past PhD Projects in Modern Languages and Cultures
Here are some examples of PhD theses completed in the School of Modern Languages & Cultures over the past 5 years or so. Their topics reflect the wide variety of periods covered (from the Middle Ages to the present day) and their often global, comparative or interdisciplinary approach.
Completed PhD theses in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures are deposited on (91福利 Research Archive Portal), where you can find many theses on open access. Note, however, that some theses have restricted access only, e.g. if their author has plans to publish their doctoral research as a monograph or various articles.
For older theses, look on ; pre-2014/2015 theses may be listed under the former departments of , , or .) Supervisors based in SMLC may also have co-supervised theses in other departments and centres (e.g. the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance).
| NAME | TOPIC | SUBJECT AREA |
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Allen, Matthew C. (2022) |
French Studies | |
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Brockmann, Tim A. (2023) |
German Studies | |
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Brondino, Andrea (2022) |
Italian | |
| Catal谩n Mu帽oz, Esteban (2023) |
End of the World's Redux: Narratives in Transition |
Hispanic Studies |
|
Castro e Silva, Maria (2024) |
Hispanic Studies | |
|
Concha Correa, Fernando (2021) |
Hispanic Studies | |
|
Goodall, Reece (2023) |
Defining 21st-century French Horror in a Global Media Economy |
French Studies |
|
Grass, Michael (2020) |
German Studies | |
|
Herington, Sky (2022) |
Queering Gender in Medieval French Narratives |
French Studies |
| Hayes, Rachel (2024) |
Queering Gender in Medieval French Narratives |
French Studies |
|
Infield, Rebecca (2021) |
French Studies | |
|
Krebs, Gerhild (2021) |
German Studies | |
| M眉ller, Franziska (2023) |
Water Writing and Fluid Borderscapes in Contemporary German-Language Literature (co-tutelle with the University of Giessen / PhDNet) |
German Studies |
|
Onyekpe-Touzet, Orane (2023) |
(co-tutelle with the Sorbonne) |
French Studies |
|
Pawelski, Melissa (2022) |
Languages of Punishment: Translating Michel Foucault's Surveiller et punir into English and German |
French Studies |
| Pilli猫re, Rebecca (2020) |
The Constructs of a Rebel City: the Development of La Rochelle's (Self-)Identificaton in Print during the French Wars of Religion (1563-1635) |
French Studies |
| Podda, Emmanuele (2025) |
脡mile Giraud: A Life Across Borders (1894-1965) |
French Studies |
|
Tabouratzidis, Anna (2022) |
Narrating Future Scenarios, Exploring Present Concerns: Speculative Fictions as Laboratoris of Cultural Self-Reflection (co-tutelle with the University of Giessen / PhDNet) |
German Studies |
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Veiga Exp贸sito, Alejandro (2022) |
Hispanic Studies | |
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Vicente Faustino, Jo茫o Pedro (2021) |
Hispanic Studies | |
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Zhao, Di (2023) |
Translation & Transcultural Studies | |
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Zappal脿, Emiliano Sebastian (2021) |
Italian |