dissertation

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Once passionate about art studies, Clare abandoned a half-finished dissertation to become a parent and now finds that the thrill she once felt about fine paintings is gone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"The dissertation work was making the geologic connection between what we might see at the surface versus what we might see hundreds or thousands of feet belowground," Sankey said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Critics dug out and posted his dissertation, which was pilloried by other academics for a simplistic chart that placed terrorism on a spectrum somewhere between “peacekeeping” and “thermonuclear war.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

At university in Birmingham, he is finishing a Masters dissertation on second homes and the effectiveness of new developments in Cornwall - an issue close to his heart.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

I had known a writer’s loneliness before, working on my dissertation in the British Museum.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez