Course The article-based PhD dissertation in the humanities

Writing an article-based dissertation introduces the PhD student to a set of challenges different to those that come with writing a monograph. PhD students will have to learn how to write texts intended to be both stand-alone pieces as well as part of a whole. PhD students will thus address different audiences in their writing, while ensuring a cohesive body of work is presented in a ‘kappe’ at completion. This workshop provides information, advice and room for discussion of the article-based format and especially the obligatory ‘kappe’. The aim is to clarify the formal expectations and requirements to the ‘kappe’ - and then to develop a clear sense of the different ways projects can meet those expectations.

Preliminary program: 
8.45 - 9.00     Welcome and morning coffee 
9.00 - 9.30     Talk by Anders Gade, PhD School ARTS (tentative)
9.30 - 10.30   Anne Agersnap, IKS og tba phd will present their versions of the kappe 

10.30-10.45 Lecture by Signe Skov, DPU: 
“Writing an Article-based PhD Dissertation or a Monograph Thesis?”: In this introduction we will thematize and discuss the two thesis genres, with a specific focus on the article-based dissertation. We will look into what the Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme says about the two genres, we will discuss how to choose between them and why, we will talk about different quality criteria and characteristics of the article-based dissertation, and finally we will exchange some good advice on writing processes and supervision in relation to the article-based dissertation.
10.45-12.00  Coffee break
12.00-12.45  Lunch 
12.45-15.30  Workshop by Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen, DPU: 
“The article-based PhD dissertation in the humanities”
With the increased interest in moving from the traditional monograph format to the article-based PhD dissertation, PhD students (and their supervisors) in the humanities often struggle with finding a secure footing within a slippery dissertation genre. The workshop discusses how to create cohesion and progression between the cape and the papers, and between the papers internally, in the PhD dissertation. Also, the workshop focuses on the typical ‘weak spots’ in the PhD dissertation, seen from the point of the view of the assessment panel, and discusses how to tackle these challenges before submission.
15.30-15.45    Wrap up  

Aim:

Objectives of the course: 
    •    To identify and pinpoint the core elements of the article-based dissertation, with a special focus on the ‘kappe’.
    •    To provide PhD students with tools to craft a clear and compelling connection between the core elements of the article-based dissertation. 

Literature:

Both Søren and Signe will circulate readings to be read as preperation for the course.

Target group:

The course welcomes PhDs doing an article-based dissertation and early PhDs who are still undecided on their preferred format. 

Form:

Lectures and workshop.

Lecturers:

Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen ssbe@edu.au.dk
Signe Skov sskov@edu.au.dk
Anders Gade Jensen andersgade@au.dk

Venue:

Campus Aarhus, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, 8000 Aarhus C. - Building lokale 1467-116 

Course dates:

• 20 January 2023 08:45 - 16:00