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Roundtable discussion on ‚Cumulative Doctoral Thesis‘ (in Linguistics)

Many (prospective) doctoral candidates wonder whether they should write a cumulative thesis and what they need to bear in mind when doing so. Supervisors wonder how they can give them good support in this matter.
The cumulative thesis is becoming increasingly popular, also in linguistics departments. However, in some subfields, the cumulative dissertation is either not envisaged or is still quite new and untested. As a result, there is a lack of practical knowledge or guidelines that can be passed on.
For this reason, the research training group in the CRC 1412 ‘Register’ (MGK) is organizing a roundtable on the topic.
The aim of the discussion round is to provide everyone involved with information and strategies for this type of dissertation. The discussion will be attended by (former) doctoral candidates and supervisors who have experience with this dissertation format.

We invite all interested parties to participate – Whether you are a (prospective) doctoral candidate or (prospective) supervisor in a linguistic subject, whether you want to share experiences, ask questions or just listen. Just let the MGK coordinator know in advance that you want to attend so that we can get an overview of the number of participants.

The main target group is (future) supervisors and doctoral candidates at the HU in the subfields of linguistics, since some of the discussion will certainly be based on the guidelines of the Faculty of Language, Literature and Humanities at the HU. The general discussion of the cumulative dissertation could also be useful for doctoral candidates and supervisors at other institutions.