Creating a New Historical Perspective: EU and the Wider World ...

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— ability to illustrate in parallel, highlighting analogies, diversities and connections
between major events and processes in various parts of Eurasia, Africa
and the Americas, both before and since the epoch of European ‘discoveries’.
— capability of analysing historical documents and historiographical texts from
various periods, interpreting and contextualising them correctly in course
work, written reports and the final dissertation.
— detailed and critically founded knowledge of the chosen period or thematic
domain of specialisation in course work and written tests as well as in the final
dissertation.
— ability to use of ICT resources in a scholarly way, applying high standards of
textual analysis to electronic as well as to traditional archival, narrative and
oral sources.
— ability to distinguish different registers of scholarly expression and to apply
them appropriately in summaries, reviews and written and oral assignments as
well as in his/her final dissertation.
— ability to use tools of other human, natural or exact sciences when necessary to
tackle a research problem.
— ability to work productively in groups organised to locate, retrieve and process
data to address a research task and to take responsibility for organising some
phases of the work.
— ability to conduct and complete a medium length research project, incorporating
tools from related disciplines, and addressing a significant problem regarding
a European or non-European area in post medieval times, elaborating
his/her findings in the form of a narrative text provided with critical apparatus
(e.g. notes, references, annexes, documents) as appropriate to the subject, of
about 50.000 words and defended it before a commission of academics.
Type of degree & Length
Institution
Accreditation
Organisations
Period of reference
Degree profile: History
Philosophiae Doctor (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree Programme in Modern History
Single degree (240 ECTS-credits / 4 academic
years)
Universitas Utopiensis (University of Utopia),
Arcadia
Accreditation organisation of Arcadia
Degree programme accredited for 5 years
in 2007
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