Oh, the wonders of internet technologies...

[highlyeccentric]

I`ve known for a while now that USyd put theses up online in digital format... But just now, biting the bullet and going to look for Awesome`s thesis with its useful information on Archbishop Wulfstan, I discovered that `digital format` isn`t something ugly and unwieldy which means staring at a screen for hours, but lovely downloadable, searchable and printable PDFs.

Just in case anyone out there has been pining away for lack of access to a Sydney thesis (yeah, i know, not likely), they can be found here.

Comments

Wulfstan?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious to know, what is the matter of your thesis? I wrote a seminar paper on Wulfstan, Archbishop of York, last semester (hence having the piece for which you were looking), so I'm interested in what you're diving into with your research. Do you have any specific methodology or aspect that you're looking at, or still in the general phases of seeing what has already been written?

B. Hawk

Re: Wulfstan?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

i'm in the general stages of flailing around :)

um... thematically speaking, i want to look at the relationship between his theological and political thought, his ideas of social order, that sort of thing.

methodology... at Awesome's suggestion, i'm going to pick one manuscript, probably cotton nero A.i, and pick at the relationships between the texts in that. if i'm lucky i can then compare that to some broad overall study someone else has done :)

[daiskmeliadorn.livejournal.com]

is it just me or is it impossible to find the digitised theses you're looking for? the usyd site is one of the more useful ones. but even then, i do searches, and the most random stuff comes up, and nothing relevant even if i'm sure there's meant to be something relevant...

sorry. rant. :)

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

hum. well, i just typed in 'heyworth' and got Mel's thesis. Haven't tried the thematic search...

[zcat-abroad.livejournal.com]

My Supervisor's thesis was on Wulfstan's sermons - written somewhere in Australia, about 40 years ago. Unfortunately, she had a different surname at the time, and I can't remember it, but I could look it up if you think it might be useful.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

oooh, please!

who was/is your supervisor? Stephanie Hollis? She has an article on Wulfstan and widows in the blue book of all wulfstan-y wisdom.

[zcat-abroad.livejournal.com]

That's the one. I'll go foraging...

i'm a nerd too!

[(Anonymous)]

no, honestly, highly, I can match your nerdiness. This post is absolutely the most exciting thing in my academic life lately. Theses trawling, here we come. Problem is, apart from MH's I don't know who i should look for :)
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