Cultural relations between Britain and Yugoslavia 1945-1961 by Mao, M

“…</p> <p>The thesis offers a new perspective on bilateral cultural relations between these two relatively small countries, which aims to enrich the revisionist scholarship of Cold War history on the binary system of superpower antagonism. …”

Emptiness in the early Prajñāpāramitā and the Tathāgatagarbha scriptures by Yang, C

“…<p>Emptiness (Skt. śūnyatā; Chs. kong 空/kongxing 空性; Tib. stong pa nyid) is undoubtedly one of the most important concepts in the history of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India, East Asia, and Tibet, and the concept as it appears in a wide range of periods and geographical regions has been investigated in depth in modern scholarship. However, there is a one conspicuous omission: there has been no comprehensive book-length study focusing on the idea of emptiness across Mahāyāna sūtras, particularly between the beginning of the Common Era to the foundation of the Gupta Empire in the early fourth century CE, which is arguably the most formative period of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India.…”

Educational pathfinders? A study of international student mobility in China by Lee, KH

“…<p>To date, a significant body of qualitative scholarship on international student mobility has centred around migration flows to ‘Western’ destinations, particularly to Anglophone and/or European nations. …”

Religious literacy for a secular age: approaches from secularism studies and affect theory by Ellis, J

“…<p>Religious literacy has become a widely invoked concept in scholarship, policy, popular discourse, and beyond. …”

Embodying trace: the theatre of Wajdi Mouawad by Pangburn, N

“…While Mouawad's literary and dramatic sources have been widely discussed in recent scholarship, his philosophical sources have remained under-explored. …”

Proud humility: paradoxes of self-representation in Huguenot memoir by Baker, N

“…The present work can thus be situated within the growing field of Huguenot memoir scholarship. The central argument of this thesis is that memoir-writing offered refugees a space in which they could explore challenging moments in their pasts. …”

Buying a balance: The 'individual-collective' and the commercial new age practices of yoga and Sufi dance by Shaw, C

“…<p>The individual's experience of inner authority takes centre stage in the majority of scholarship on New Ageism, with many writers highlighting this theme as a defnitive characteristic of the spiritual culture. …”

Reginald Smith Brindle’s concept of tonal-atonal equilibrium in theory and practice by Chandler, O

“…Placing them in dialogue with recent developments in post-tonal scholarship helps to unlock their potential. Joseph Straus&rsquo;s theory of voice leading in set-class space, for example, defines tension flow more rigorously: coherent post-tonal progressions often move smoothly from an initial, chromatically compact set class to one that is more open and consonant. …”

From 'Encyclopédie' to 'Encyclopédie méthodique' by Doig, K

“…The breadth of Kathleen Doig’s scholarship is remarkable.’<br/><br/> Robert J. Morrissey, University of Chicago…”

Factors shaping network emergence: A cross-country comparison of quality of care networks in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda by Shawar, YR, Djellouli, N, Akter, K, Payne, W, Kinney, M, Mwaba, K, Seruwagi, G, English, M, Marchant, T, The QCN Evaluation Group, Shiffman, J, Colbourn, T

“…Drawing on network scholarship, we conducted a replicated case study of the four country cases and triangulated several sources of data, including a document review, observations of national-level and district level meetings, and key informant interviews in each country and at the global level. …”

Slavery in Early Mesopotamia from Late Uruk until the Fall of Babylon in the Longue Durée by Reid, J

“…</p> <p>The following discussion of the economics of slavery seeks to place the question in an historical context of modern scholarship before assessing the motivations, benefits, and risks of owning slaves in early Mesopotamia. …”

Repentance in Christian late antiquity, with special reference to Mark the Monk, Barsanuphius and John of Gaza, and John Climacus by Torrance, A

“…Following a discussion of scholarship, terms, and methodology in chapter one, the question of defining repentance in the Greek patristic world is addressed in chapter two, looking first at the major sources for later approaches (the Septuagint, the New Testament, and Classical/Hellenistic texts). …”

Populist leaders and political parties by Barber, N

“…Whilst political parties have often been treated critically in British constitutional scholarship, it will be argued that they are essential to the success of the democratic process: Modern representative democracy cannot function in their absence. …”

‘Creative Ferment’: abortion and reproductive agency in Bessie Head’s Personal Choices trilogy by Stobie, CE

“…Adapting new materialist theories with postcolonial scholarship, I coin the term ‘queer vitality’ to argue that abortion involves both tragedy and desire, and that southern African feminist fiction functions as postcolonial theory when the concept of reproductive agency is understood to encompass both individual and collective desires. …”

Repetition and internal allusion in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura by Buglass, AK

“…Verbal repetitions of many different lengths pervade <em>DRN</em>, and are noted in the scholarship. Yet a consensus has not been reached as to their purpose and function, or even if they rightly belong in the text. …”

Public accountability and the case of the NHS foundation trust policy: An exploration of the views and experiences of policy makers, regulators, directors and governors by Massam, R

“…Through an in-depth analysis the NHS Foundation Trust policy reform, this thesis is intended to make an important contribution to the central debates and to the existing body of knowledge that is defined as accountability scholarship.</p>…”

Educated youth in Kenya: negotiating waithood by greening livelihoods by Mwaura, G

“…<p>The burgeoning scholarship on African youth indicates that young people are experiencing difficulties in attaining social adulthood and spend extended time in waithood – a period of economic and job insecurities that is becoming a permanent marker of their youth, affecting their life trajectories and future aspirations (Honwana, 2012; Locke &amp; te Lintelo, 2012). …”

Sickness, disability, and miracle cures: hagiography in England, c. 700 - c. 1200 by Thouroude, V, Foot, S

“…</p> <p>This thesis concludes with a discussion of how modern Disability Studies and scholarship on medieval culture benefit from interaction with one another.…”

FLEGT: Another ‘forestry fad’? by Rutt, R, Myers, R, Ramcilovic-Suominen, S, McDermott, C

“…Drawing from interviews, grey literature, and scholarship, we examine FLEGT VPAs as following three key stages of a fad: (1) there is initial enthusiasm by a wide range of actors for FLEGT as something ‘new’ or ground-breaking, (2) discrepancies and disagreements emerge about its end goals, i.e. whether it's core purpose is to distinguish legal from illegal wood in the EU marketplace, or to achieve deeper governance reforms; while the means for achieving those goals borrow heavily from previous market-based initiatives (3) actors and champions become fatigued, yet at the same time frame elements of their own involvement as a ‘success’. …”

Models of men: The construction and problematization of masculinities in the Islendingasogur by Evans, G

“…</p> <p>The first – introductory – chapter reviews the limited scholarship that presently exists on masculinities in Old Norse literature. …”