HY501
International History Research Student Workshop
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Antony Best E405
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/ PhD in International History. This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
The workshop aims to introduce students to effective archival research, issues in the preparation of a thesis and means of launching a career in academic or related fields; and the opportunity to present research in progress.
Students yet to pass their upgrade from MPhil to PhD attend the Introductory Workshop, which meets weekly in the Michaelmas term. Meetings are devoted to research and interviewing techniques and mainly practical issues of historical research.
Students due to be upgraded attend the Advanced Workshop held in the Lent and Summer terms, the frequency of meetings depending upon the number of participants. The meetings are intended primarily as a forum for reviewing research in progress, with a view to enabling students to pass their upgrade.
Teaching
20 hours of seminars in the MT. 4 hours of seminars in the LT.
Indicative reading
TBC
Assessment
This course is not assessed.
Key facts
Department: International History
Total students 2014/15: 8
Average class size 2014/15: 8
Value: Non-assessed
