High Profile Seminars - B.a. and M.a in History

A.Y. 2024/2025
3
Max ECTS
20
Overall hours
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The workshop will offer students the opportunity to refine their research and dissemination skills. It will be led by scholars and professionals with exception expertise (for exemples: jounalists, chairs of cultural foundations). This workshop's ultimate goal is to provide students with skills in the fields of research and historical dissemination on behalf of general educated audience
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the workshop the student will have acquired the basic tools to conduct a research project on history. They will have acquired the primary elements necessary to retrieve the bibliography, using the research tools available (online catalogues and repositories, dictionaries, databases), and the knowledge of the main types of sources. They will be able to orient themselves within the documentary landscape and consult the published sources, in addition understanding the primary essentials concerning the unpublished documents. Finally, they will be able to write on the results of the research, adopting appropriate language tools and applying the proper editorial configurations for an essay.
These skills will be acquired first through the discussion with the instructor and the completion of activities in the classroom, with practical exercises on research tools and sources, and later through the individual construction of a short essay from the reading and inter-student discussion of essays and published sources.
Students unable to attend will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, investigate special readings proposed by the instructor, and contact the instructor by email.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

- University credits: 3
Informal teaching: 20 hours