Department of American Studies

Recent research degree successes in HAHP

Name/DepartmentThesis TitleMain Supervisor
Sophie Bissett
Intellectual History
The light of conscience: Jean Barbeyrac on moral, civil and religious authority Prof Knud Haakonssen
Claire Edwards
Social & Political Thought
Beyond the social and political: a synthesis of the political theories of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault Dr Darrow Schecter
Verena Erlenbusch
Social & Political Thought
A history of terrorism in the age of freedom Dr Gordon Finlayson & Dr Darrow Schecter
Joanna Freer
American Studies (Literature)
A "little parenthesis of light": Pynchon and the counterculture Dr Doug Haynes
Iuliana Gavril
Art History
"Archi-Texts" for contemplation in sixth-century Byzantium: the case of the Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople Prof Liz James
Angelica Groom
Art History
The role of rare and exotic animals in the self-fashioning of the early modern court: the Medici court in Florence as a case study Dr Michelle O’Malley
Elena Hristova Imagining Brotherhood: the comics of the American Jewish Committee, 1941-1948 Dr Jarod Roll
Craig Jordan-Baker Agency, structure and realism in language and linguistics Dr Katerina Deligiorgi
Anthony McGrath
Art History
Books in Art: the symbolic meaning and significance of images of books in Italian Religious Painting 1250-1400 Dr Michelle O’Malley
Rebecca Raynor
Art History
In the image of St Luke: the artist in early Byzantium Prof Liz James
Fred Shipton
History
A study of British diplomatic relations with the Habsburg Monarchy: Austria-Hungary and British attitudes towards it in the years 1885-1918 Prof Paul Betts