Methodology / Skills Sessions 2020-21
Running alongside the seminars on Renaissance Culture and Society are classes which emphasise the development of research, bibliographical, and palaeographical skills, with the option of specialising in English or Italian Palaeography. These sessions, mandatory for Centre students, are also open to interested students from departments such as English, History, Classics, Modern Languages and Art History. Although they are not assessed, informal tests and assignments are part of the skills training. A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to students who attend 80%+ of the palaeography class, and who pass the short test set at the end of the spring term. References pertaining to your MA degree work may refer to your performance on any of these assignments as shown by your file.
As well as Palaeography, a selection of other skills sessions will be timetabled for all students, during term 1 at Warwick. Do check this website and tabula for further details. The programme is below, with classes taking place mostly on Wednesdays, 14:00-15:30 in S1.66 unless otherwise noted.
WEEK | DATE | TIME | PLACE | TUTOR | TOPIC |
1 | Wednesday 7th October | 10:00-11:00 | Online via MS Teams | Kate Courage | Introduction to Library: searching for Renaissance sources and resources |
2 | Wednesday 14th October | 10:00-11:00 | Online via MS Teams | Kate Courage | Using the library: Critical use of databases; building a bibliography |
3 | Wednesday 21st October | 14:00-15:30 | S1.66 | David Lines | Academic Writing I: from finding gaps in the scholarship to identifying an original, significant, and viable topic. From research questions to sources - or vice versa |
4 | Wednesday 28th October | 14:00-15:30 | S1.66 | Bobby Xinyue | Academic Writing II: identifying your sources; and whether or to what extent to use manuscripts and early printed editions |
5 | Wednesday 4th November | 14:00-15:30 | S1.66 | Maria Pavlova |
Effective Reading - Intensive and Extensive: Reading critically and analytically; taking/organizing one's notes and data; common pitfalls; time-management |
Week 6, Wednesday 11th November, there are no classes due to it being reading week | |||||
7 | Wednesday 18th November | 14:00-15:30 | Online via MS Teams | Marta Celati | Academic Writing III: What is good academic writing? What is good referencing? And why pay attention to MHRA style? |
Term 2, February-March 2021 | |||||
5 | Weds 10th Feb 2021 | 14:00-15:30 | Online via MS Teams | Ingrid De Smet |
Academic Writing IV: Developing the dissertation proposal: from outline to abstract and back again; identifying and conveying your argument |
8 | Weds 3rd March 2021 | 14:00-15:30 | Online via MS Teams | Ingrid De Smet |
The Dissertation Proposal. Student presentations on the dissertation proposal (5 mins each with 10 mins feedback) |
9 | Weds 10th March 2021 | 14:00-15:30 | Online via MS Teams | Esther Van Raamsdonk | The Critical Review: what and how? |