University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
HIST0014-1  Exercises in historical issues, including an introduction to bibliography : contemporary history 1

Duration :  15h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 3rd year10
Bachelor in History, 2nd year10
Bachelor in History, 3rd year12
Bachelor in History, 3rd year10
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 3rd year10
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in History10
Lecturer :  Catherine Lanneau
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
All year long
Course contents :  
This course will develop automatisms in finding relevant books and articles on any subject in contemporary history. Individual and collective research on a central theme varying each year. Special focus on printed sources.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Foreign students are expected to master the French language first, as several papers and results of bibliographical research are to be turned in during the academic year and at the end of it. The first part of the course will develop automatisms in finding relevant books and articles on any subject in contemporary history; the second part will be individual and collective research (i.e. identifications, editing of sources, analysis) on a central theme varying each year, which will enable students to develop, in oral and written form, the basic principles of historical writing.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Working knowledge of French, both oral and written.
Reading capacity of English and, possibly, of Dutch.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Individual and collective research (i.e. identifications, editing of sources, analysis) on a central theme varying each year, which will enable students to develop, in oral and written form, the basic principles of historical writing.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face. The main part of the course focuses on personal research in archives and libraries.
See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :  
"Guide d'initiation bibliographique" (September 2014), printed form and on line (http://www.schist.ulg.ac.be/biblio/index.htm).
Available on October 1st.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Students will be evaluated on account of the bibliographical initiation and a written report.
This written report will be graded according to:
- the quality and accuracy of documentary research
- the ability of interpretating and summarizing
- proficiency in written French
  Academic and examination regulations - Art. 38 §2:
"Teaching staff may declare students inadmissible for exams when they have not participated in the activities which have been stated to be inseparable from the teaching activity in question. The same is true for students who have not submitted, within the set delays or in the prescribed formats, reports, personal work or any work set in the context of the activity in question".
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Catherine LANNEAU
Département des Sciences historiques (A4) 1 b, quai Roosevelt, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 56 08 - Fax 04 366 57 68 C.Lanneau@ulg.ac.be

Assistants: Sophie DELHALLE Tél. 04 366 55 70 Sophie.Delhalle@ulg.ac.be

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