List of Dissertations and Theses

Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography gives advanced doctoral students the chance to publish an abstract of their dissertation. If your dissertation engages significantly with the history of maps and mapping or, if you are aware of such a dissertation in progress, please contact the section editor, Elizabeth Baigent, at the University of Oxford to discuss how she can help you prepare for publication. elizabeth.baigent@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk  

(5 entries:  book, articles, dissertation)

I am beginning a dissertation project with the working title "Merchant Ship Technology and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1600-1800."  Among other types of sources, I'm looking for anecdotal archival or published primary source material in which those engaged in the shipping business in this world--ship owners, masters, ship builders, state officials, merchants, and mariners--mention or discuss vessel technology in their correspondence, journals, logs, and other written documents.  I'm interested in their opinions, judgments, specifications, and instructions regarding design, rig,

Doctoral students (doctoral candidates) currently enrolled in PhD or DPhil programs are invited to apply for the Dori Laub Fellowship for Doctoral Student Research. These fellowships support graduate students who will use the Fortunoff Video Archive as a primary resource in their dissertation research.