From: Katia Pizzi
Sent: 06 October 2011 12:33
To: 'Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies'
Cc: Katia Pizzi
Subject: IGRS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMME IN MODERN LANGUAGES 2010-11
Dear students and colleagues,
the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies is delighted to introduce its exciting new programme of training in research skills in the Modern Languages, as detailed below.
I look forward to welcoming you here and would be grateful if you circulated the programme in your departments.
Many thanks,
Katia
Research Training Programme 2011-2012
SATURDAY SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Venue:
Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, Senate House and Stewart House
Course convenor:
Dr Katia Pizzi
PORT
PORT (http://port.igrs.sas.ac.uk/) stands for Postgraduate Online Research Training. This is a useful on-line resource designed specifically for postgraduate students in the Modern Languages and available free of charge. Devised and developed by IGRS staff, it is frequently updated with news, resources and feeds of interest to the Modern Languages community. It is recommended you consult PORT regularly since the 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 archives, libraries and research resources.
Wiener Library Seminar
In addition to the sessions detailed below, there will be an on-site seminar at the Wiener Library in the New Year, at its new Russell Square premises (details to follow).
22 October 2011 – room ST 273 (Stewart House). Research Projects in the Modern Languages | |
11.00 | An introduction to the course: Dr Katia Pizzi (IGRS) |
11.15 | Choosing, defining and structuring a research project in the Modern Languages: Dr Katia Pizzi (IGRS) |
12.30 | Lunch |
2.00 | Writing and revising your drafts: Professor Edward Hughes (QMUL) |
3.30 | Break |
4.00-5.00 | Nuts and bolts of being a Modern Languages postgraduate: Jana Buresova (IGRS) and Georgia Panteli (UCL) |
5 November 2011 – room G 35 (Senate House). Modern Languages Archives and Libraries | |
11.00 | Catalogue and database searching and other information literacy concepts around Romance language based research: Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) |
12.00 | Using Modern Languages libraries (and building a bibliography): Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS) |
1.00 | Lunch |
2.30 | Using specialist libraries and archives in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia and Spain |
4.00 -5.00 | Meet a specialist British Library librarian: speaker tbc (British Library) |
3 December 2011 – room G 35 (Senate House). Digital Languages | |
11.00 | PowerPoint for Modern Languages presentations: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS) |
12.00 | Digital Languages: Dr Lucia Rinaldi (UCL) |
1.00 | Lunch |
3.00-5.00 | Research 2.0: Using Web 2.0 tools to have information come to you. Participants will learn and use in real time RSS feeds, Social bookmarking and Zotero: Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) |
14 January 2012 – room ST 273 (Stewart House). Theories | |
11.00 | Hermeneutics: Dr Johan Siebers (Central Lancashire and IGRS) |
12.00 | Postcolonial theory and its applications: Dr Akane Kawakami (BBK) |
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) |
11 February 2012 – room ST 273 (Stewart House). Visual Languages | |
11.00 | Working on painting: Dr Jim Harris (Courtauld) |
12.00 | Working on photography: Dr Theresa Mikuria (Kent) |
1.00 | Lunch |
2.30 | Working on exhibitions: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent) |
3.30-4.30 | Working across disciplines: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent) |
17 March 2012 – room ST 273 (Stewart House). Historical and Memorial Methods | |
11.00 | Historical methods and archives: Dr Carlos Lopez Galvis (RHUL and IHR) |
12.00 | Introduction to oral history and fieldwork: Dr Carlos Lopez Galvis (RHUL and IHR) |
1.00 | Lunch |
2.30 | Cultural Memory: Dr Rick Crownshaw (Goldsmiths) |
3.30-5.00 | Theories of Cultural Memory: Lucy Bond (Cambridge) |
5 May 2012 – Room ST 273 (Stewart House). Before, During and After the PhD | |
10.30 | Publishing in the Modern Languages: Dr Maria-Jose Blanco |
12.00 | PhD viva: Professor Tim Mathews (UCL) |
1.00 | Lunch |
2.30 | Organizing a conference and giving a conference paper: Dr Colette Wilson (IGRS) |
4.00 | Applying for academic jobs, writing a CV and the job interview: Professor Bill Marshall (IGRS) |
5.00 | Round table discussion and drinks |
Please note that refreshments are not provided. There is a water cooler near the seminar rooms in Stewart House and you are welcome to bring a packed lunch and eat it in the seminar room. Alternatively, there are plenty of cafes and sandwich shops close by.
Charge
The IGRS research training is offered free of charge to graduate students in Language Departments that subscribe to the IGRS 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. Alternatively, they pay £10 per day.
School of Advanced Study Research Training Programme
The SAS programme is designed to complement the Institute's discipline-specific courses and also includes sessions for MA and research students. Details of the programme are available on the SAS website: http://www.sas.ac.uk.
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
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