Videos and a summary of the presentations

Videos from Birkbeck’s first 3 Minute Thesis competition, which took place on 28 June, are available along with a summary of this successful event.

• A summary of the event
• Videos of the presentations

Participants

• Morwenna Blewett (Department of History, Classics and Archaeology)
  Cultural Conservation under the Nazi regime
• Alex Cook (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Molecular Machines and Malaria
• Richard Evans (Department of Management)
  Finance, behaviour and sports
• Dorota Gaskins (Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication)
  Learning two languages from birth
• Pablo Olvera Mateos (Department of Philosophy)
  The aesthetic state of mind
• Mark Panton (Department of Management)
  Stadium-led regeneration
• John Siblon (Department of History, Classics and Archaeology)
  The Colour of Memory; Commemoration of African and Caribbean Servicemen from WWI
• Cynthia Umezulike (School of Law)
  ‘Meaning-Centred’ Anorexic Body Rights

The winning presentations

John Siblon won a first prize of £500. Dorota Gaskins was the runner up and the audience chose Cynthia Umezulike as the people’s choice winner.