Lecture and Seminar Programme

What is History? Theory and practice of Anglo-American History writing after WWII: An introduction (Claudia Stein)

Writing practice: Why is right title of an essay and dissertation of such vital importance?

Power, agency and historical change in historical materialism (Claudia Stein)

Writing practice: Writing workshop: How to organise a successful essay/dissertation introduction?

The new social history: History from below, feminism and ‘microhistory in the 1970s/1980s (Aditya Sakar)

Reading Week

Writing Practice: What is a ‘topic sentence’ and why is it is so incredibly important?

Social constructionism, the ‘linguistic turn’ and work of Michel Foucault (Claudia Stein)

Writing practice: How to construct an argument in a paragraph/larger section using primary/secondary sources?)

The ‘anthropological turn’ in history: The rise of the ‘new’ cultural history in the 1980s (Charles Walton)

Writing practice: How to construct an argument using primary and secondary sources?

‘Poststructuralism and the concept of ‘gender’ (Lydia Plath)

Writing practice: How to deal with ‘theory’ in 'the theory/methodology 'section in the introduction of an essay/dissertation?

Postcolonial history and the concept of race (Henry Clements)

Writing practice: How to organise an essay/dissertation plan?

Globalising History (Guido von Meersbergen/Anne Gerritsen)

Emotions and the Senses in History Writing (Naomi Pullin)

Non-Human History (Katayoun Shafiee)

Round table: Questions, questions, questions...