Research Training Programme 2010-11
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Venue:
Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, Stewart House.
Course convenor: Dr Katia Pizzi.
* PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/>
Several of the research training sessions can be made more effective
if you consult the PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/>
(Postgraduate Online Research Training) website. Those sessions
linking to PORT are marked with an asterisk.
British Library Seminar
In addition to the sessions detailed below, there will be an on-site
seminar at the British Library on [tbc]. For more details see:
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/acrossuk/highered/heresearchers/natrestraining/trainingdays/trainingdaydates.html.
23 October 2010 - room ST 275
10.30
An Introduction to the course: Dr Katia Pizzi (IGRS)
10.45
11.45
Introduction to essay writing: Professor Naomi Segal (IGRS)
* Choosing, defining and structuring a research project: Dr Katia Pizzi (IGRS)
12.45
Lunch
2.00
* Writing and revising your drafts: Professor Edward Hughes (QMUL)
3.30
Break
3.45-4.30
Nuts and bolts of being a postgraduate: Jochen Hung, Jana Buresova,
Bianca Zeininger
6 November 2010 - room ST B6
10.30
Meet a specialist Senate House librarian: Colin Homiski (Senate House Library)
11.30
Break
11.45
*Using libraries and building a bibliography: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS)
and Dr Katia Pizzi -this session is interactive with PORT
1.00
Lunch
2.00
Specialist libraries and archives (language specific archive advice):
James Thomas (France), Dr Johan Siebers (Germany), Dr Katia Pizzi
(Italy), Dr Maria Jose Blanco (Spain), Maria Jose Homem (Portugal)
3.00
Break
3.15 -4.15
Using film archives: Dr Ricarda Vidal (IGRS)
4 December 2010 - Library IT training suite (NB254) [reserve room ST B6]
Please note that unlike the other sessions in the research training
programme, we require you to register in advance for this workshop, as
places will be limited to 8 people.
10.30
Endnote, database and bibliography building for beginners: Dr Simon
Trafford (IHR)
11.30
Break
11.45
PowerPoint for basic humanities presentations: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS)
12.45
Lunch
2.00
Catalogue searching, Electronic Journal searching and other useful
library computing skills: Colin Homiski (Senate House Library)
3.30-5.00
Computing in the Humanities: Professor David Robey (Reading)
15 January 2011 - Room ST 275
10.30
Feminist theory and its applications: Professor Naomi Segal (IGRS)
11.45
Break
12.00
Psychoanalysis and its applications: Professor Naomi Segal (IGRS)
1.15
Lunch
2.00
Queer theory and its applications: Professor James Williams (RHUL)
3.00
Break
3.15-4.15
4.15-5.15
Postcolonial theory and its applications: Dr Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck)
Break
Hermeneutics: Dr Johan Siebers (Central Lancashire/IGRS)
12 February 2011 - Room ST 275
10.30
What is visual culture? Paul Antick (Roehampton)
11.30
Break
11.45
Working on painting: Dr Jim Harris (Courtauld)
12.45
Lunch
2.00
Working on photography: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS)
3.00
Break
3.15-4.15
Film Theory and its Applications: Dr Michael Witt (Roehampton)
19 March 2011 - Room ST 275
10.30
Historical Methods and Archives: Dr Carlos Lopez Galvis (IHR)
11.30
Break
11.45
Introduction to Oral History and Fieldwork: Dr Michael Kandiah (King's)
12.45
Lunch
2.00
Writing and submitting a journal article: Dr Maria Jose Blanco (IGRS)
3.00
Break
3.15-4.15
Editing books and journals: Dr Maria Jose Blanco (IGRS)
7 May 2011 - Room ST 276
10.30
*Organising a conference: Dr Colette Wilson (Birkbeck)
11.30
Break
11.45
*Giving a conference paper: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS)
12.45
Lunch
2.00
Time and Stress Management: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent)
3.00
Break
3.15-4.15
Working across disciplines: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent)
4 June 2011 - Room ST 276
2.00
*The PhD viva : Prof Tim Crane (Cambridge)
3.00
*Applying for an academic job: writing a CV; the job talk and
interview: Prof Naomi Segal (IGRS)
4.00
Break
4.15
5.30
*Getting your PhD published and writing a book proposal: Prof Naomi
Segal (IGRS)
Discussion/round table and drinks
Please note that refreshments are not provided. There is a water
cooler and students are welcome to bring a packed lunch and eat it in
the seminar room; or there are plenty of cafes and sandwich shops
close by.
Charge
The research training is offered free of charge to graduate students
in Germanic and Romance Language Departments that subscribe to the
Institute under its Departmental Membership scheme. Other graduate
students may attend if they take out student membership of the
Institute (costing £20 for the year), which also gives them greatly
discounted access to the Institute's conference programme; or they may
pay £10 per day.
Dr Katia Pizzi
Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Stewart House
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
Tel. n. 02078628962
Fax. n. 02078628672
Email: [log in to unmask]
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