Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • A Structural Study of Abdullah Goran’s Poetry 

      Osman, K (University of Exeter Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 27 November 2023)
      Abdullah Goran (1904–1962) is renowned for his significant contribution to modern Kurdish poetry which he has enriched profoundedly through literary techniques and the thematic orientation of his writings. He implemented ...

    • Syrian Kurds: Ethos, Ethics, Politics 

      Abakay, Y (University of Exeter Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 13 November 2023)
      Despite being the second largest ethnic group in Syria, constituting around 10-15% of the total population, and the target of state machinery since the mid-1930s, Syrian Kurds’ everyday lives and experiences have largely ...

    • Continuing Professional Development in Chinese Language Teachers in the UK: Crossing Boundaries and Transcending Limitations 

      Zhang, FY (University of Exeter Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 27 November 2023)
      This thesis reports on a qualitative study that explored how Chinese language teachers cross boundaries for continuing professional development (CPD) while teaching in UK schools and how individual teachers’ boundary-crossing ...

    • Novel Optoelectronic Devices Based on 2D Van der Waals Heterostructures 

      Guo, S (University of Exeter Physics, 27 November 2023)
      This thesis presents an analysis of the fundamental properties of certain two dimensional materials, including graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenide, and recently emerging chromium triiodide. ...

    • The Fleetwood Half-orphan Asylum. Ideas in Fiction, or Fiction of Ideas? 

      Nordberg, D (University of Exeter English and Creative Writing, 6 November 2023)
      In its creative and critical components, this study examines the intersection between philosophy, literary theory and analysis, and creative writing. It examines and then illustrates how philosophically engaged fiction – ...