HY501     
International History Research Student Workshop

This information is for the 2024/25 session.

Teacher responsible

Prof Joanna Lewis SAR G.02

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 Autumn 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 Winter and the Spring 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

See above

Assessment

This course is not assessed.

Key facts

Department: International History

Total students 2023/24: 8

Average class size 2023/24: 8

Value: Non-credit bearing

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