PhD Supervision
MA and PhD Supervision
Ben Schofield has supervised numerous MA/MRes and PhD dissertations, covering a broad range of topics: 19th century literature and history; 20th century literature, film, and art; and theories of cultural memory and political identity.
At PhD level, he is currently supervising the following thesis:
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Kontinuität und Variation: Zum Geschichtsbild von Rudolf Alexander Schröder (Lyrik, Essayistik, Korrespondenz), 1878-1962
At MA level, he has supervised topics including:
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19th Century Austrian-American Relations: The Case of Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850)
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German Reunification: Cultural Exchange and Identity Issues across the “Mauer im Kopf”
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Trauma and Haunting in Sebald and Perec: Applying Derrida, Freud and Barthes
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Sebald’s Gravestones: Derrida, Marx and the Responsibility of Memory
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Sebald’s Nostalgia: Applying Boym
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Public and Private Memoires in “La vita e bella” and “Das Leben der Anderen”
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Ingo Schulze and Georg Baselitz: East-West Artistic Divides Before and After 1989
Any students wishing to undertake MRes or PhD supervision with Dr Schofield are welcome to contact him directly. Ben Schofield also organises the PhD Graduiertenseminar in the Department, and runs the Joint-PhD Programme developed collaboratively between King’s College London, the University of Stuttgart, and the Sorbonne, Paris.