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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear colleagues, I have pleasure in enclosing this year's programme of Saturday Research Training Seminars in Modern Languages at Senate House, British Library and Wiener Library in London. Please disseminate and encourage your graduate students to attend: everyone welcome. With thanks and all best wishes, Katia INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Research Training 2014-15 SATURDAY SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Venue: Institute of Modern Languages Research, Senate House and Stewart House Course convenor: Dr Katia Pizzi, Senate House/Stewart House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, room ST 278, tel. n. 020 78628962. PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/> Postgraduate Online Research Training, or PORT <http://www2.sas.ac.uk/igrs/port/> (http://port.igrs.sas.ac.uk/), is a useful on-line resource designed specifically for students in the Modern Languages. Easily accessible and including aspects of both language specific (e.g. libraries, archives, cultural centres) and general (e.g. organizing and presenting research work, compiling references and bibliographies, applying for grants and jobs) research training, PORT is frequently updated with news, resources and feeds of interest to the Modern Languages. It is recommended you use it regularly. Workshops and seminars listed below link to PORT. PORT is also a unique source of specialized advice on Czech, French / Francophone, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish / Hispanic archives, libraries and research resources. 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 welcomes AHRC bursary holders under the LAHP consortium, as well as national and international students. It is open and free of charge to all. 18 October 2014 - room SH 243 (Senate House). Research Projects in the Modern Languages 11.00 Introductory: Dr Katia Pizzi (IMLR) 11.15 Overcoming the fear of writing: Prof. Jane Everson (RHUL) 12.30 Lunch break 2.00 Choosing, defining and structuring a research project in the Modern Languages: Dr Katia Pizzi (IMLR) 3.30 Break 4.00-5.00 Nuts and bolts of being a Modern Languages PGR : Jana Buresova (IMLR) and Steven Jefferson (IMLR) 21 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 photography exhibition about the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom in India, 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. Ruth Levitt (Research Fellow, Wiener Library). The seminar will focus on the November Pogrom of 1938. *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. 22 November - room SH 243 (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, including British, Irish and postcolonial 12.00-1.30 Using Modern Languages libraries and building a bibliography: Dr Colette Wilson (IMLR and Westminster) 1.30-2.30 Lunch break 2.30-3.30 Roundtable discussion panel: using specialist libraries and archives in: France (tbc), Germany (Godela Weiss-Sussex, IMLR), Italy (Katia Pizzi, IMLR), Spain and Latin America (Catherine Davies), Portugal (Patricia da Silva McNeill, QMUL and Coimbra). 4.00 -6.00 Meet a specialist librarian at the British Library: Marja Kingma (British Library) * The British Library as a home of foreign language collections * Electronic resources (free and restricted to reading rooms) * Projects (e.g. Google Books) * Exhibitions and events (e.g. European Literature Night) * Practical information and tips (e.g. how to apply for a readers' pass, how to search the catalogue, etc.) * Show and tell of collection items (please feel free to make suggestions for material you'd like to see) * questions British Library: Do's and Don'ts Do: * Be on time - 4 PM in the front hall. There won't be an opportunity to pick up late comers * Carry your visitor's pass visibly and hand it back in at the end (you will be provided with a pass on entry) * Go to the loo and wash your hands before the session. Don't: * Take any food and drink into the room * Wonder off on your own once in the staff areas * Post any photographs you take of collection items onto your social media platforms. *N.B. Numbers are limited so do register in advance to secure a place* 6 December - room SH 243 (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 break 2.00-3.00 Digital Languages: Dr Lucia Rinaldi (UCL) 3.00-5.00 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* 17 January 2015 - room SH 243 (Senate House). Theories 11.00 Hermeneutics: Dr Johan Siebers (UCLAN and IMLR) 12.00 Structuralism and post-structuralism: Professor Bernard McGuirk (Nottingham) 1.00 Lunch break 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) 14 February - room SH 243 (Senate House). Visual Languages 11.00 Working on painting and sculpture: Dr Ben Thomas (Kent) 12.00 Working on photography: Dr Theresa Mikuria (Kent) 1.00 Lunch break 2.30 Working on exhibitions and curating practices and careers: Dr Ben Thomas (Studio 3 Gallery, Kent) 3.30-4.30 Working on audiovisual translation: Dr Carla Mereu (Reading) 14 March - room SH 243 (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 break 2.30-5.00 Theories of Cultural Memory: Dr Cristina Demaria (Bologna) 9 May - Room SH 243 (Senate House). Before, During and After the PhD 11.00 12.00 Publishing in the Modern Languages and Careers in Publishing: Dr Rebecca Brennan (Palgrave) The PhD Viva: Prof Tim Mathews 1.00 Lunch break 2.30 Organizing a conference and giving a conference paper: Dr Colette Wilson (IMLR) 4.00 Applying for academic jobs, writing a CV, the job interview and alternative careers: Professor Simon Gaunt (KCL) 5.00 6.00 After the viva: Open Access, Grant Applications and Post-doc opportunities: Prof Catherine Davies (IMLR) Round table discussion (Careers for Modern Languages Graduates) and drinks . Dr Katia Pizzi 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]> The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales. We are committed to achieving a 20% cut in emissions from University buildings by 2015. 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