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Dissertation and Sources
BillieTheBot
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I'm a History student, and I need to decide what I'm doing my disseration on soon, so I can get myself a supervisor sorted out. Because of the limits on how many people a tutor can supervise, I'm trying to sort it ASAP so I get someone I like and will feel comfortable discussing my work with, as not all of the tutors are like that.
Anyway, I've (pretty much) decided to do it on Russia and the February 1917 revolution, focusing on the end of Romanov rule. Only thing that concerns me slightly is primary source material, and the fact that a lot of it will most likely be in Russian, which I unfortunatly can't read.
So my question is, does anyone have any experience of doing a dissertation where they have had to work with sources in different languages, and does this present much of a problem? We have a dissertation meeting for all students in about 6 weeks, but I don't want to wait until then. I also have an appointment to see the Russian History specialist at the uni, so I can ask him, but I just wondered if anyone had any experiences.
Anyway, I've (pretty much) decided to do it on Russia and the February 1917 revolution, focusing on the end of Romanov rule. Only thing that concerns me slightly is primary source material, and the fact that a lot of it will most likely be in Russian, which I unfortunatly can't read.
So my question is, does anyone have any experience of doing a dissertation where they have had to work with sources in different languages, and does this present much of a problem? We have a dissertation meeting for all students in about 6 weeks, but I don't want to wait until then. I also have an appointment to see the Russian History specialist at the uni, so I can ask him, but I just wondered if anyone had any experiences.
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Do you have a dissertation "supervisor" who you could ask?
If your degree is straight history then I am sure they don't expect you to learn enough Russian to be able to translate it yourself.
Good luck with it
I really should be doing my dissertation right now instead of wasting time on thesite
Thanks for the help
But yeah, it's like that at my university too. I only choose mine in September though but everyone else choose them towards the end of last academic year.
Thankfully I am doing my final year project in a much nicer department than chemistry.