Duration
15h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Working knowledge of French, both oral and written.
Reading capacity of English and, possibly, notions of Dutch.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Individual and collective research (i.e. identifications, editing of sources, analysis), 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.
A compulsory tutoring in bibliography will be organized.
Recommended or required readings
"Guide d'initiation bibliographique" (September 2019), printed form and on line (http://web.philo.ulg.ac.be/bibliohist/).
Available at least on October 1st.
Assessment methods and criteria
Students will be evaluated on account of the bibliographical initiation and written/oral reports:
- midyear exam at the end of S1 (10%): bibliography test
- continuous evaluation: several short reports or oral talks (individual or by group) will be imposed during the whole year.
- final evaluation June session (90%): individual written report to be delivered at the beginning of May.
- the quality and accuracy of documentary research
- the ability of interpretating and summarizing
- proficiency in written French Academic and examination regulations
Students who would not have, at the beginning of the second (August) session, delivered the complete list of required works and papers will not be admitted to that session.
The evaluation for the second session will consist in the verification of the improvements made in the final paper not judged sufficient in June. Students having not reached the minimum cotation of 10/20 in January (bibliography test) is supposed to be interrogated again on the same matter in May and/or September.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pr. 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@uliege.be
Assistant:
Thomas BRIAMONT (tbriamont@uliege.be)
Student tutor: Aurélien GUIOT (Aurelien.Guiot@student.uliege.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Individual presentations sent by the students to the supervisors in the form of a word document. Correction and sending of research leads by the supervisors. The corrected file is put online for all. Forum on e-campus. Regular Lifesize sessions.
Assessment subjects
See above.
Assessment methods
Evaluation criteria unchanged:
the quality of the interpretation and synthesis work;
the quality of the language (spelling and syntax).
Criterion adapted:
quality and rigour of the documentary research (method adopted, presentation and consistency of footnotes, references and final bibliography).
The quality of the literature search will be evaluated in two stages:
1° the relevance and completeness of the "ideal bibliography" gathered through the various research instruments;
2° the relevance and completeness of the "actual bibliography", i.e. the sources and works that have actually been consulted, taking into account the closure of libraries and archive centres on 15 March. Particular attention will therefore be paid to the use of online resources (including those digitised by libraries and supervisors).
Contacts
See above.
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