PhD Thesis: Introduction Part 1

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

19th Century, 20th Century, International Relations, Politics, Thirty Years' War, Korean War, 18th Century, First World War, Phd, 17th Century, European History, History, War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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For the last four+ years, this PhD thesis has been my obsession. Like pushing a boulder up a hill, the struggle was real. But, sometimes, struggle can produce great things, and I hope you'll agree that what I made is worthy of your time. This series comes exclusively to $5 patrons, but as is customary, listeners get the first episode for free. See if you like the sound of this nitty-gritty exploration of history we have planned, and if national honour really is as important as I claim. Maybe you're curious about the kind of kind of work expected for such a high standard of research? Perhaps you just want to know what I've been frantically working at during the last four+ years. Whatever brings you to this chunky series, we have a lot to get through. This is the first step towards unwrapping this 100k-word beast, so I hope you'll join me!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome history friend patrons all to the first episode of our special series on my PhD thesis.
0:18.0	By now, you hopefully have listened to my episode outlining the plan for this series,
0:24.8	explaining why I wanted to make it in the first place, and setting the scene if you were unsure
0:29.3	whether it's for you or not. As is customary, this first episode of the Patreon series is available
0:36.0	to all listeners to give you a feel for this format
0:39.0	and my more academic style of writing. All PhD Theses are structured into chapters and mine was no
0:47.3	different. So here we look at the first part of the introduction, where the reader will be
0:51.7	informed what my research aims are, the relevant methodologies,
0:56.3	fascinating contrasts between the honour of the nation and the honour of the gentleman, and why
1:00.7	national honour generally is worth your time. Yes, this thesis was not built for podcasting. It was
1:07.4	built for getting me the PhD in Trinity College Dublin, so to avoid overloading you,
1:12.7	I have divided this introduction in two.
1:15.4	Trust me, it's pretty dense.
1:17.0	I think you'll need the break.
1:18.8	The first episode sets out my case with some juicy background, and the next episode looks
1:23.7	at the remarkable variety of language which accompanied National Honor will also be looking
1:28.7	more carefully at the existing historiography. So what other historians have said about National Honor,
1:34.8	how they treated it, if at all, and what I see this thesis contributing to in the study of Victorian
1:41.3	history. In short, this episode will hopefully wet your appetite for what's to come,
1:46.5	and as always, make sure to check out the Patreon post to get this script
1:50.4	and the entire thesis text, if you need some light reading in your spare time.
1:56.0	If you're interested in more discussions, stick around to the end of the episode,
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