The seminar aimed to advise students (especially third-year students) on how to have
one’s dissertation published as a book after graduation. The first part looked at the
differences between dissertations and books, focussing on the following aspects:
purpose; length; audience; scope; literature review and methodology section; use of
images and citations. In order to frame dissertations and books as two different genres,
the instructor took several defended dissertations turned into published books
(including her own) as examples. In the last part of the seminar, she provided students
with practical advice on how to write a book proposal, also based on her very recent
first-hand experience.
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