M.A. in History Student Handbook 2011-2012

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HIST421: Beyond the Text: Literature, Image and Voice as Historical Evidence Module Convenor: Dr Sarah Barber This module examines historical approaches to visual, audio visual, aural, oral and artefactual sources. It is not confined to these sources, and may not cover all of them in any one year, tailored to suit the specialisms of each cohort. It is designed to be of value to any postgraduate student irrespective of periodisation, and has in the past covered the gamut from ancient Rome to the modern day. The aim is to deepen student familiarity with the range of sources available to historians, to analyse how non-traditional sources have been approached by historians, and to suggest ways in which students can approach these sources within their own research. The module design permits a degree of tailoring around student interests, and students will be given the opportunity to submit module work relating the module to their chosen area of historical investigation. Students will find the textbook useful: Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston Bird (eds.), History beyond the Text: A Student's Guide to approaching alternative Sources (Routledge, 2009). Taught: Michaelmas Term 18
Assessment: Students are required to produce one assessed piece of coursework of 5,000 words. HIST422: Palaeography: using medieval & early modern sources Module Convenor: Angus Winchester This module, designed for students undertaking medieval or early-modern research, introduces the principles of palaeography and provides an opportunity to gain experience of how to read medieval and early-modern hands. It also aims to help you to think about manuscript sources, their production and reproduction and the relationship between manuscript and printed versions of primary texts. The module introduces selected classes of medieval and early-modern archive sources. Each seminar will include both substantive discussion of a topic or genre of source and a workshop element to give you palaeography practice. Regular palaeography ‘homework’ will be set and students are expected to undertake palaeography practice between class meetings. Taught: Lent Term Assessment: a) a short palaeography exercise. You are required to pass this test but it will not count towards the final assessment for the module; b)a 5,000-word project on a chosen source type or example (100%). Introductory Reading: • The National Archives • L. C. Hector, The Handwriting of English Documents (Dorking: Kohler and Coombes, 1988) • H. Marshall, Palaeography for Family and Local Historians (Phillimore, 2004) • P. D. A. Harvey, Editing Historical Records (London: British Library, 2001) 19
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