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Apologies for cross-posting 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. 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