The London Intercollegiate MA in Classics

 

CL5090 Research Methods and Dissertation 2018-19

 

Term 1: Sources & Methods, Fridays 14:00-16:00

Venue: TBD (Senate House SH102)

 

Description: This course will provide methodological introductions and practical preparatory sessions for students writing their Intercollegiate Classics MA Program dissertation.

Attendance: Attendance in this course is mandatory for all intercollegiate classics MA Students.

Credits: This is a zero-credit MA course. There are no exams or marked assessments associated with the course.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available to all students on the RHUL Moodle site https://moodle1920.royalholloway.ac.uk/.

 

PLEASE NOTE: TO ACCESS MATERIALS AND READINGS ON MOODLE INTER-COLLEGIATE STUDENTS ON THE COURSE NEED REGISTER IN ADVANCE WITH RHUL IT SERVICES (you will not be able to download readings and other materials unless you register!). To sign up, please contact the Classics Faculty Administrator, Mrs. Sue Turnbull sue.turnbull@rhul.ac.uk asap).

 

 

1. Fri. 5 October: 2.00: Introduction Ahuvia Kahane

 2.10: Manuscripts, mistakes, and the survival of ancient texts

                                Gesine Manuwald (UCL)

2. Fri. 12 October:          Papyrology

                                Nick Gonis (UCL)

3. Fri. 19 October: Tools of the trade: computing and bibliographic resources

Nick Lowe (RHUL)

4. Fri. 26 October: Writing skills: what distinguishes MA from BA work? 

Stephen Colvin (UCL)

5. Fri. 2 Nov.: Digital humanities

                                Gabriel Bodard (KCL)

 

-Fri. 9 November: No seminar (Reading Week)

 

6. Fri. 16 November: Library resources – Institute of Classical Studies Library

NB: Venue – ICLS Library.

                                Sue Willetts and Library Staff (Venue: IClS Library

7. Fri. 23 November: Documentary texts (inscriptions)

                                Benet Salway (UCL)

8. Fri. 30 November: Modern models and ancient media

                                Fiachra Mac Góráin (UCL)

9. Fri. 7 December: Learning from academic presentations and giving papers

Aaron Turner (RHUL)

10. Fri. 14 December: Preparing for the dissertation

                                Ahuvia Kahane (RHUL)

For questions, please contact Ahuvia Kahane (Ahuvia.kahane@rhul.ac.uk) at RHULL