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Dear students and colleagues,
the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) is delighted to
introduce its exciting Research Training Programme for the academic
year 2013/2014. Please find details below.
The seminars and workshops are free and open to all. I would be
grateful if you could circulate the programme in your departments.
I look forward to welcoming you here.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Emanuela
INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Research Training 2013-14
SATURDAY SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Venue:
Institute of Modern Languages Research, Senate House and Stewart House
Course convenor:
Dr Emanuela Patti (1 October 2013 - 31 March 2014) and Dr Katia Pizzi
(from 1 April 2014), Senate House/Stewart House, Malet Street, London
WC1E 7HU, room ST 278, tel. n. 020 78628962
PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/>
PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/> (http://port.igrs.sas.ac.uk/)
stands for Postgraduate Online Research Training. This is a handy
on-line resource designed specifically for postgraduates in the Modern
Languages. Easily accessible and free of charge, it is frequently
updated with news, resources and feeds of interest to the Modern
Languages. It is recommended you consult it regularly since various
workshops and seminars listed below link to PORT. PORT is also a
unique source of specialized advice on Czech, French, German, Italian,
Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish / Hispanic archives, libraries
and research resources, with links to Francophone resources currently
being added on.
PG research skills in Italian
In addition to the sessions detailed below, there will be three
training sessions on research skills in Italian studies [29 November
2013, 7 March 2014, 15 May 2014]. (Details to follow)
The IMLR Research Training programme is free of charge and open to all.
19 October 2013 - room SH 35 / Bloomsbury Room (Senate House).
Research Projects in the Modern Languages
11.00
Introductory: Dr Emanuela Patti (IMLR)
11.15
Overcoming the fear of writing: Prof. Jane Everson (RHUL)
12.30
Lunch
2.00
Choosing, defining and structuring a research project in the Modern
Languages: Dr Emanuela Patti (IMLR)
3.30
Break
4.00-5.00
Nuts and bolts of being a Modern Languages PGR : Jana Buresova (IMLR)
and Steven Jefferson (IMLR)
22 November - Wiener Library Seminar (Wiener Library).
9.30 -10.00
Registration Participants to gather in the Weldon Room
10.00-12.00
Archive Skills training with the Wiener Library's longstanding
archivist Howard Falksohn. This training session will help students
acquire skills to locate archival material on subjects including: the
Holocaust, twentieth-century German history and European Jewish
culture. It will also provide students with skills to access these
materials and make use of their content.
The session will be followed by the tour of the Wiener Library. This
begins with a group tour of the Library's exhibition 'The First
Holocaust Archive: 80 Years of Alfred Wiener's Library', following on
a tour of the Wolfson Reading Room. After this there will also be an
opportunity for smaller groups to visit the library collections in the
basement.
12.00
Break
2.00-3.00
Seminar led by Dr. Anthony Grenville from the Exile Centre (IMLR). The
seminar will focus on the experience of Jewish refugees in exile in
Britain.
*Places for these sessions are limited, so please book a place via
email at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
by calling 0207 636 7247.
23 November - room G 37 (Senate House) and British Library. Modern
Languages Archives and Libraries
11.00
Catalogue and database searching and other information literacy on
Germanic and Romance language based research: Andrea Meyer Ludowisy
(Senate House Library), for Western Languages + Richard Espley (Senate
House Library), for British, Irish postcolonial languages
12.00-1.30
Using Modern Languages libraries and building a bibliography: Dr
Colette Wilson (IMLR and Westminster)
1.30-2.30
Lunch
2.30-3.30
Roundtable discussion panel: using specialist libraries and archives
in: France (Bill Marshall, IMLR), Germany (Godela Weiss-Sussex, IMLR),
Latin America (Jordana Blejmar, IMLR), Italy (Emanuela Patti, IMLR),
Portugal and Russia (Maria-Jose Homem, IMLR), Spain (tbc).
4.00 -6.00
Meet a specialist British Library librarian: Marja Kingma (British Library)
*Show-and-tell visit to the British Library collections: please
register in advance as numbers are limited*
7 December - room G 246 (Senate House). Digital Languages
11.00 -12.30
PowerPoint, Prezi and Presentations*: Colin Homiski (Senate House
Library). Find out the latest software tools available to enhance your
Modern Language presentations whether they are for class, conference
or for YouTube
12.30-2.00
Lunch
2.00-3.00
Digital Languages: Dr Lucia Rinaldi (UCL)
3.00-5.00
Research 2.0*: Using Web 2.0 tools to have information come to you.
Colin Homiski (Senate House Library). Participants will learn and use
in real time RSS feeds, Google Alerts, Social bookmarking and how to
build (and manage) your own database using Zotero. Dr Emanuela Patti
(IMLR): disseminating your research across old and new media.
*Please bring your own laptop*
18 January 2014 - room SH 35 / Bloomsbury Room (Senate House). Theories
11.00
Hermeneutics: Dr Johan Siebers (UCLAN and IGRS)
12.00
Postcolonial theory and its applications: Professor Bill Marshall (IMLR)
1.00
Lunch
2.30
Queer theory and its applications: Professor James Williams (RHUL)
3.30
4.00-5.00
Break
Film theory and its applications: Dr Michael Witt (Roehampton)
15 February - room SH 243 (Senate House). Visual Languages
11.00
Working on painting and sculpture: Daniel Godfrey (Curator, private
collection; formerly British Museum)
12.00
Working on photography: Dr Theresa Mikuria (Kent)
1.00
Lunch
2.30
Working on exhibitions and curating: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent)
3.30-4.30
Working on film, dubbing and translation: Dr Carla Mereu (Reading)
15 March - room SH 35 / Bloomsbury Room (Senate House). History and
Memory Methods
11.00
Historical methods and archives: Dr Carlos Galviz (IHR and RHUL)
12.00
Introduction to oral history, fieldwork and collections: Dr Michael
Kandiah (King's)
1.00
Lunch
2.30-5.00
Theories of Cultural Memory: Dr Jessica Rapson (Goldsmiths and KCL)
and Dr Cristina Demaria (Bologna)
10 May - Room SH 35 / Bloomsbury Room (Senate House). Before, During
and After the PhD
11.00
Publishing in the Modern Languages: Dr Laurel Plapp (Peter Lang Ltd)
12.00
The PhD viva, Before, During and After: a discussion: Professor Tim
Mathews (UCL)
1.00
Lunch
2.30
Organizing a conference and giving a conference paper: Dr Colette
Wilson (IMLR)
4.00
Applying for academic jobs, writing a CV and the job interview:
Professor Nick Harrison (KCL)
5.00
Round table discussion and drinks
Dr. Emanuela Patti
Senior Lecturer in Italian
Institute of Modern Languages Research
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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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