Duration
15h Th, 30h Pr, 5d FT Tr. Pr.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This seminar represents the final stage of a history student's education prior to the composition of their end-of-studies dissertation. It thus stands as a venue for the initial application of the entirety of skills acquired through the standard bachelor's curriculum and/or optionally within the Master's program, encompassing diverse areas such as paleography, bibliographic research, diplomatics, medieval Latin, Old and Middle French, and also iconography, archaeology, and art history.
It is mandatory for first-year Master's students in History (of all specializations) who wish to complete their end-of-studies dissertation in medieval history.
The 2026-2027 seminar will focus on a topic in the history of the Early Middle Ages
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will be able to put into practice the techniques and methods of research in medieval history to which he or she was previously acquired with a view to carrying out an original personal work.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students enrolled on this course are required to take the course HIST0003-1 - Diplomatique médiévale
Having successfully completed an exercise course on questions of medieval history (HIST0018 or HIST0274 or HIST1019) is an asset
Having taken the course 'Medieval and Modern Paleography' (HIST0005-1) is considered a 'valuable asset'.
and/or 'Medieval Diplomatics' (HIST0003-1)
Students must possess excellent oral and written proficiency in the French language.
Having a good passive understanding of Latin and common foreign languages (in particular German) is a valuable asset
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Historical and methodological introduction to the subject
Drawing up a solid body of research
Establishment of a common corpus of sources (systematic collective research).
Collective translation and critical analysis of documents.
Definition of a personnal project .
Regular oral presentation of the state of progress of the personal research thus discussed, with a view to the preparation of an original critical individual work of around thirty pages on a personal subject related to the seminar theme.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
This course, which has a strong practical and collaborative focus, requires everyone to attend regularly and participate actively.
Students must notify the tutor of any absences. Three unauthorised absences may result in exclusion from the module.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
All recommended course materials will be uploaded to the eCampus virtual course platform as the year progresses.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Additional explanations for written and oral assessment:
The final assessment will consist of the submission of an original piece of personal research written in French and presented orally to a jury composed of two examiners, including the course tutor.
Active participation in the course will be taken into account in the final mark.
During this assessment, the following criteria will be taken into account:
- The quality and thoroughness of the literature research.
- The quality of critical examination and interpretation of sources.
- The quality of the posed questions and the depth of the issues addressed.
- The quality of language usage.
Absences and inadmissibility
Any academic paper must be a personal and original work. At the end of your written work work, you will state that it is not the product of an artificial intelligence software and declare any use of such a tool for language improvment purposes (that is, exclusively, spelling and grammatical correction; translation). The oral discussion intends to establish your mastery of your own written production. Any erroneous or incomplete declaration will be assimilated to fraud and sanctioned as such.
In accordance with article 61 §. 2 of the General Regulations for Studies and Examinations, any student who has not participated in the activities declared inseparable from this course or has not submitted, within the set deadlines or in the prescribed form, the work required in the course will be declared inadmissible for the examination.
All learning activities and assessment tasks formally announced as such in the module descriptions published on eCampus are compulsory and form an integral part of this module.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Meeting with interested students and course presentation on Wednesday 23 September at 11 a.m.
Some sessions may be adjourned by mutual agreement with the students to allow each student to progress in his or her research.
Visits to archives or libraries outside ULiège will be required.
On-site visits and an educational trip could be organised.
Contacts
Florence CLOSE, Professeur PhD
Quai Roosevelt 1b
B-4000 Liège
Tel. 04.366.54.47
fclose@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.