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2026

Will You Remember What I Choose to Forget? - Avantika Seth

This oral history research explores silence as a meaningful form of communication rather than an absence of speech. Through documentary interviews with family members, the project examines how silence can express fear, shame, power, and agency,…

2026

Visions of Care: Human Nature, Sympathy, and Revolutionary Institutions in Mary Wollstonecraft and Sophie de Grouchy’s Thought, 1789–1799 - Emily Huber

This dissertation reinterprets the French Revolution through the lens of care ethics, analysing the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft and Sophie de Grouchy. The research argues that these thinkers anticipated modern theories of care, interdependence,…

2026

"A Strange Fish:" Love and Fear of the Strange in Shakespeare’s The Tempest - Siddhartha Jassar Minhas

This thesis examines representations of “strangeness” in The Tempest and their historical roots in medieval travel writing and early colonial exploration. By analyzing how Shakespeare constructs fear and fascination toward unfamiliar places and…