It is time to start thinking about your dissertation / long essay. Please write 100-200 word summary of your project and title and post it on the course forum. During the seminar, you will be asked to present your idea for a dissertation /long essay in 2 minutes.

Consider the following:

- In what ways is the topic ‘global’ and ‘historical’?

- What is the main problem /argument?

- Is there a large secondary literature?

- What kind of primary sources can I use?