HY501
International History Research Student Workshop
This information is for the 2022/23 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Matthew Jones SAR 3.09
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
The School aims to run in-person seminars, subject to circumstances, with some online provision if and where necessary.
Assessment
This course is not assessed.
Key facts
Department: International History
Total students 2021/22: 2
Average class size 2021/22: 2
Value: Non-credit bearing
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