Seminar : the contemporary period

Teacher(s)

Van Ypersele Laurence;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

This seminar is designed as a preparation for the corresponding master's seminar. During the group working sessions, based on preliminary personal work, each participant presents his analysis of an aspect of the chosen theme, paying particular attention to the heuristic and critical aspects. The procedures and stages of the treatment, as well as the global synthesis and conclusions, are brought out together.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

By the end of this seminar, the student should be capable of putting the historian's procedure into practice in the context of the documentary and critical study of a precise question in contemporary history.

Content

Putting the historian's procedure into practice through a documentary and critical study of questions bearing on a precise theme. The contents vary from year to year in function of the point of concentration chosen for collective research (XIXth and XXth centuries).

Evaluation methods

Evaluation based on an oral presentation and written reports.

Other information

Support : student notes
Teaching staff : the professor or, should need arise, assistants designated by the Department.

Faculty or entity

EHAC