Turning your thesis into a book (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)

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When we talk about turning a thesis into a ‘book’, we are really talking about a ‘monograph’. In keeping with the etymological sense of the word, a monograph is generally considered a written work that focuses on one specialised subject with a view to contributing original insight and knowledge.

Given a doctoral thesis – particularly in the arts, humanities and social sciences – is a dedicated study on one specialised topic or area of research, it stands to reason that it is a kind of proto-monograph. This course is concerned with turning a proto-monograph into a fully-fledged and published monograph, i.e. a book. The aim, therefore, is to familiarise students with the process of, and the various issues involved with, turning their PhD thesis into a published monograph.

PhD Students in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This course is open to all years, but is better suited for students close to completion.

This course will be facilitated online via Zoom, so please ensure you have access.

Number of sessions: 1

• Learn the differences in content and form between a thesis and a monograph
• Understand the copyright and editorial issues of publishing material from thesis
• Learn and appreciate the process of selecting a publisher and writing a book proposal
• Develop a plan that considers the publication process, from submission of the proposal up to actual publication

Information-giving workshop, with limited activities hosted online via Zoom.

One 2 hour session

This course is scheduled to run once per term