Week One Timetable Activity 9am – 10am 10am – 11am 11am – 12pm 12pm – 1pm 1pm – 2pm 2pm – 3pm 3pm – 4pm 4pm – 5pm MON ALL Coffee morning Hum A2 School PG welcome Hum A3 HIST History PG lunch LG B13 History PGT induction LG A18/19 TUE HIST Registration Temp. Sports Centre Information session for optional modules LG B13 WED ALL Graduate School A01/02 Highfield House Welcome for PGT students Opportunities for part-time work THURS ALL Health Centre registration Hall and Senate Chamber, Trent Building Graduate School coffee and cake Social Sciences and Arts Graduate Centre, B01 Highfield House School PGT IS session Hums A3 Humanities PG drinks and social Humanities Atrium FRI HIST Module Sign-up LG A2B V14581/82 Session LG A18/19 Trial
History MA Seminar Timetable 2015/16 9am – 10am 10am – 11am 11am-12pm 12pm – 1pm 1pm – 2pm 2pm – 3pm 3pm – 4pm 4pm – 5pm MON V14474/V14568 Exploring English Identity UP-LENG-A18 2-12 V14481/V14558 Research Methods UP-WILL-MACHICADO 2-12 V14450/V14500 Heresy and Religious Dissent UP-LENG-B14 19-26, 31-33 V14490/V14595 (Mis)Perceptions of the Other UP-LENG-B13 19-26, 31-33 TUES V14559 Latin and Palaeography UP-HUMS-A21 19-27, 32-34 WED V14420/V14507 The 1960s in Europe UP-HUMS-A1 19-27, 32-34 V14481/V14558 Research Methods UP-WILL-MACHICADO 2-12 V14543/V14556 Power and Authority in the Medieval World** UP-LENG-B13 2-12 THUR V14543/V14556 and Authority in the Medieval World** UP-WILL-MACHICADO 2-12 V14460/V14560 Foreign Policy and Appeasement UP-WILL-MACHICADO 19-26, 31-33 FRI V14528/V14574 Memory and Social Change UP-LENG-A18 19-26, 31-33 V14559 Latin and Palaeography UP-LENG-A19 19-27, 32-34 V14581/V14582 Empires and Imperialisms UP-LENG-A19 2-12 V14583 People, Landscape and Environment UP-LENG-A19 2-12 **Teaching for V14543/V14556 will take in either of these slots (one per week)
AUTUMN SEMESTER (60 credits) Compulsory: V14481 – RESEARCH METHODS IN HISTORY 30 Credits V14558 – RESEARCH METHODS IN HISTORY 20 Credits Convenor: David Laven Contributors: Spencer Mawby, Ross Balzaretti, Karen Adler, Harry Cocks Summary of Content: The module has two purposes. The first is to consider the influence of eminent writers, thinkers, and theorists upon historical (and other) scholarly research. The authors examined change on an annual basis, and the aim is not to suggest the existence of a canon. This year the work of Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, Karl Marx, Pierre Nora, Pierre Bourdieu will be examined. As such the content cuts across divides of chronology and genre in order to analyse the commonalities and differences in the way historians and social scientists think about their work. In the seminars, students will undertake a close reading and discussion of a seminal work by one of the authors, followed, in the subsequent seminar, by an evaluation of the impact of the work upon historical writing and historical method. The second purpose of the module is to develop students’ research methods and to hone the approaches required in advanced historical research. will include bibliographical searching, locating primary sources, writing research proposals and other practical techniques necessary for historical research. Particular emphasis will be placed on the use of archives, making use of the holdings of university’s own Archives and Special Collections. Part-time students will take this compulsory module in second year. Method and Frequency of Class Activity Number per week Duration Further Details Seminar 1 2 hours Seminar 1 1 hour Method of Assessment Type Weighting Details Coursework 70% 1 x 5,000 word essay 30cr Coursework 30% 1 x 2,000 word book review Method of Assessment Type Weighting Details Coursework 70% 1 x 4,000 word 20cr Coursework 30% 1 x 1,000 word book review