OSK PhD Seminar: The Architecture of the PhD Thesis

Dates: tba (Spring 2025)
Time: 13.00-16.00
Venue: Utrecht
Open to: OSK PhD Candidates
Credits: 2 EC
Teacher: Prof. Cadence Kinsey (UU)
Instruction language: English

If you would like to enroll, register via our website and please send an e-mail to osk-fgw@uva.nl, stating your name, supervisor/s, (working) title of your dissertation and percentage of dissertation progress (e.g. 50% means half of the chapters written, 100% means thesis submitted). Register before 1 February 2025.

The seminar explores different ways of structuring a PhD thesis in art history or history of architecture. Participants examine and discuss published examples and also present the (provisory) structure of their own thesis for further discussion. The course is useful for PhD candidates in their second or third year and for those working on the definitive structure of their thesis.

Programme:

First meeting: Discussion of existing research plans and of different structures and styles of arranging the material.
Second meeting: Analysis and comparison of recent and not-so-recent dissertations. Participants bring favorite books that may serve as models.
Third and final meeting: Application of the acquired knowledge to one’s own research and dissertation. Exploration of convincing other arrangements of previous research results.

You can find a full overview of the OSK Education Programma for the academic year 2024-2025 here.