Master 2024/2025

Research Seminar "Research Methodology and Design"

Type: Compulsory course (Global and Regional History)

Area of studies: History

Delivered by: Department of History

Where: School of Arts and Humanities

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Tatiana Y. Borisova, Kirill Chunikhin, Aleksandra Kasatkina

Master’s programme: Global and Regional History

Language: English

ECTS credits: 9

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course aims at providing guidance in writing MA dissertations. The Research seminar strengthens research skills and introduces students to diverse methodologies in history and anthropology. During the first year, this research seminar teaches students basic aspects of a historian’s and anthropologist's craft. The course works as a workshop and includes: 1) Seminars on major methods; 2) a short mini-course on Academic Rhetoric; 3) joined seminars with students of the second years; 4) project sessions discussing provisional MA theses.