PhD projects and research successes
Read the example PhD thesis titles below to get an idea of the type of subjects our previous students have researched. Our alumni have successfully achieved research degrees in these areas, under the expert guidance of our lecturers and professors
Art History
- 2020
Bartlett, George (2020) .
Richards, Beth Louise (2020) .
- 2019
Ari, Ahmet (2019) .
Tilles, Rebecca (2019) .
- 2018
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Doubt, Emma (2018) .
Heath, Elizabeth (2018) .
Streeter, Penelope (2018) .
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- 2017
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Gong, Joshua (2017) .
Hanna, Engy Eshak Yousef (2017) .
Hydes, Carol Ann (2017) .
Robinson, Michele Nicole (2017) .
Twomey, Samantha Jane (2017) .
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- 2016
Churchill, Neil (2016) .
Compton, Alice (2016) .
Singhalampong, Eksuda (2016) .
Stutchbury, Anne (2016) ‘.
American Studies
- 2020
Joscelyne, Sophie (2020) .
- 2018
Dent, Russell John (2018) .
Jalal Kamali, Sima (2018) .
Sarker, Md Masud (2018) .
- 2017
Page, Alexander Robert (2017) .
- 2016
Carin Peller-Semmens (2016), Unreconstructed: slavery and emancipation on Louisiana's Red River, 1820-1880.
Christophe Landry (2016), A Creole melting pot: the politics of language, race and identity in southwest Louisiana, 1918-45.Darryl Barthe (2016), Becoming American in Creole New Orleans: family, community, labor and schooling, 1896-1949.
English Language and Linguistics
- 2021
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Sandow, Rhys (2021) g.
Shaalan, Danya (2021) .
Yagudaeva, Margarita (2021) .
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- 2020
Khairuddin, Zurina (2020) .
- 2019
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Ali, Barzan Jaafar (2019) .
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- 2018
MacDonald, Jonathan Robert (2018) .
Panhwar, Farida Yasmin Ali Nawaz (2018) .
Taheri, Saeedeh (2018) .
- 2017
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Alessandrini Szorenyi, Caterina (2017) .
Aloufi, Aliaa (2017) .
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- 2016
AlHedayani, Rukayah (2016) .
Kyriakou, Marianna (2016) .
Reynolds, Alexandra (2016) .
English literature and creative writing
- 2021
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Ali, Ahmad (2021) .
Rees, Deborah Jane (2021) .
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- 2020
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Abdelghany, Rehab Hosny Mohammed (2020) .
Alobudi, Majed (2020) .
Barratt, Harriet Beatrix (2020) .
Chin, Gabriel Patrick Wei-Hao (2020) .
Gurowich, Tim Cahill (2020) .
Lecznar, Matthew Justin (2020) .
Robinson, Eleanor (2020) .
Turner, Emily Jessica (2020) .
Wright, Natalie Francesca (2020)
Beecroft, Julian Colin (2020) .
Read, Matthew (2020) .
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- 2019
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Bamford-Blake, Tom (2019) .
Careless, Eleanor Rose (2019) .
Edens, Leah (2019) .
Heffer, Byron (2019) .
Kowalczyk, Tomasz David (2019) .
Mennell, Nicole (2019) .
Upton, Joe (2019)
Buckell, Juliet (2019) .
Raha, Natalia (2019) .
Vincent, Hannah (2019) .
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- 2018
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Da Cunha Lewin, Katherine (2018) .
Danaher, Katie (2018)
Green, Alanna Lee (2018) .
Harper, Lana Marie (2018) .
Harris, Katharine (2018) .
Kaushik, Ratika (2018) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Kruger, Katherine (2018) .
Oliver, Jessica Eve (2018) .
Olsen, Chelsea (2018) .
Rashid, Muhammad (2018) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Terrell, Charlotte (2018) .
Warren, Treena Kay (2018) .
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Bostock, Camilla (2018) .
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- 2017
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Altman, Shanyn (2017) .
Baaqeel, Nuha (2017) .
Carrick, Rosy Patience (2017) . PhD in Critical Theory
Davies, Paul Fisher (2017) . PhD in Literature, Film and Visual Culture
Gill, Laura Fox (2017) . PhD in Literature and Culture 1700-1900
Goddard, Louis (2017) .
Haines, Katherine Jane (2017) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Kazzazi, Seyedeh Anahit (2017) .
Keeling, Charles Paul (2017) .
Layzelle, Luke George (2017) . PhD in Literature and Philosophy
Mussi, Francesca (2017) .
Reid, Katie (2017) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Rowland, Michael Anthony (2017) .
Scanlan, Emma (2017) .
Shaw, Justine Avril (2017) .
Ward, Kiron (2017) .
Zia, Mariam (2017) . PhD in Critical Theory
Georges, Richard William Ethan (2017) .
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- 2016
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Greenshields, Jenny (2016) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Greenshields, Will (2016) .
Houlton, Thomas (2016) s.
Johnston, Patrick James (2016) .
Kirk, Maria (2016) . PhD in Early Modern Literature and Culture
Mehta, Divya (2016) . PhD in Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures
Perysinakis, Reem Maria (2016) .
Rowlinson, Zachary James (2016) .
Sakoda, Maho (2016) .
Shochat Bagon, Robin (2016) . PhD in Critical Theory
Smith, Warwick (2016) .
St George, Philippa (2016) .
Uematsu, Nozomi (2016) . PhD in Sexual Dissidence
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White, Kristian (2016) .
Wynter-Vincent, Naomi (2016) .
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Film Studies
- 2021
Padilla Díaz, Elisa (2021) .
Trimmel, Theresa (2021) .
- 2018
Smith, Adrian John (2018) .
- 2016
Verano, Frank (2016) .
Withers, Emma Jane (2016) Virtual corporeality: narrative and spectacle in Hollywood VR cinema.
Media, Journalism and Cultural Studies
- 2021
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Aliskan, Yilmaz (2021) .
Alkan, Nermin (2021) .
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- 2020
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Harrison, Emma Elizabeth (2020) .
Zhou, Tianyang (2020) .
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- 2019
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Braybrooke, Kaitlyn Marie (2019)
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- 2018
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Guida, Michael (2018) .
Nataraj, Paul G (2018) .
Pelurson, Gaspard (2018) .
Tavernor, Rachel M (2018) .
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- 2017
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Alotaibi, Naif Mutlaq (2017) .
Beetar, Matthew David (2017) .
Cobb, Gemma Rose (2017) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
Cutileiro Cerqueira Correia, Maria Leonor (2017) .
Hosseini, Mahrokhsadat (2017) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
Plowman, Nicola Streeten (2017) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
Schäfer, Corinna (2017) .
Westling, Carina E I (2017) .
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- 2016
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Chae, Suk Jin (2016) .
D'Aiello, Alan (2016) .
Foster, Ludovic (2016) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
Glasson, Russell (2016) .
Han, Ae Jin (2016) .
Johnston, Sarah (2016) .
Kant, Tanya (2016) .
Kawasaka, Kazuyoshi (2016) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
Tang, Hai (2016) .
Tsegah, Marian (2016) . PhD in Gender Studies (Humanities)
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Media Production and Filmmaking
- 2021
Amandi, Behnoosh (2021) .
Aslett, Judy (2021)
Fuentes Barron, Aide Violeta (2021) .
- 2020
Alkhateeb, Hasnaa (2020) .
- 2019
Asquith, Daisy (2019) .
Fubara-Manuel, Irene (2019) .
Goatley, Wesley (2019) .
Sobron, Fernando (2019) .
- 2018
Grant, Ian John (2018) .
Saavedra Montes de Oca, Olga Lidia (2018) .
- 2017
Dadgarnia, Alireza (2017) .
Greig, Alan (2017) .
- 2016
Bream, Sally (2016) .
Chevalier, Cécile (2016) .
Modern languages and English language teaching
- 2020
Asma Asiri (Saudi Arabia) 2020, The rendition of “humour” in the Arabic translations of Mark Twain’s works.
- 2019
Theresa Clementson, 2019, Towards a transformative pedagogy for developing academic voice for non-native speakers of English as an academic language.
Abdulrahman Alsaedi, 2019, The use of metaphor at times of political and economic crises in Saudi newspapers.
- 2018
Hannah Stewart, 2018, British media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Loubna Gueche, 2018, Intercultural politeness: The case of first encounter interactions between postgraduate international students.
- 2016
Fatmah Alhazmi, 2016, Social media as a Liberating Virtual Space for Saudi Women.
Adam Stewart, 2016, Minimalism and Construction Grammar: Second Language Acquisition of Topics, Focus and Force.
Danya Shaalan, 2016, Saudi women’s personal theories of English language learning motivation: a case study of PNU students.
Music
- 2020
Bright, Daniel (2020) .
Hasselgren, Ingeborg (2020) .
Watson, Joe (2020) .
Westwood, Lee (2020) .
- 2019
Escobar Mundaca, Alejandro Esteban (2019)
Farrell, Gemma L (2019) .
Polymeneas Liontiris, Athanasios (2019) .
- 2018
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Hollington, Barnaby Paul (2018) .
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- 2017
Reid, Tom (2017) .
- 2016
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Vaios, Errikos (2016) .
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Philosophy
- 2020
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Dragoun, Ivo (2020) .
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- 2019
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Ferguson, Chris (2019) .
Giannopoulou, Areti (2019) .
Kladiskakis, Dimitrios (2019) .
Lee, Jonny (2019) .
Lyritsas, Romanos (2019) .
Åžahverdi, Umut (2019) .
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- 2018
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Al-Saraf, Ethar (2018) .
Cohen, Ezra Benjamin (2018) .
Duff, Koshka (2018) .
Dunphy, Robert John (2018) .
de Almeida, André Lúcio Santos (2018) .
Elliott, Alexander (2018) .
Menent, Melis (2018) .
Noutsou, Styliani (2018) .
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- 2017
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Downey, Adrian (2017) .
Elsen, Jana (2017)
Martinez, David (2017) .
Roberts, Alan (2017) .
Òªelik, Murat (2017) .
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- 2016
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Carter, Timothy Robert (2016) .
Homburg, Phillip (2016) .
Levy, Patrick Simon Moffett (2016) .
Martin, Noah Gabriel (2016) .
O'Connell, Elaine Finbarr (2016) .
Willemse, Arthur (2016) .
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