29424 - Seminars (1) (LM) (Sto.)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the seminar, through contact with scholars or experts from different disciplinary fields, the student will know how to organise and collect complex information in a coherent form, know how to apply methodologies of critical analysis, preservation and valorisation of historical memory. He/she knows how to identify a research problem relevant to historical research and can identify and make appropriate use of the sources of information needed to address it.

Course contents

The History and Oriental Studies Programme organizes several seminars each year on topics relevant to the training goals of the course, which count towards earning 6 CFUs.

Students who have included activity 29424 – Seminars (1) (LM) in their study plan can choose one of the following two options:

1. take one of the closed-cycle seminars listed in the Seminari a ciclo chiuso section of the History and Oriental Studies Programme, with a minimum total attendance of twenty hours; OR

2. attend a number of free seminar meetings organized by the History and Oriental Studies Programme, totalling at least twenty hours (e.g. ten 2-hour meetings), chosen from the total seminar offerings listed in the Seminari liberi or in the Seminari a ciclo chiuso section of the History and Oriental Studies Programme.

Readings/Bibliography

Any texts/bibliography will be indicated as part of each seminar initiative.

Teaching methods

The seminar activities are held in person, remotely, or in a blended mode.

Seminars include lectures by experts on historical, historiographical and archival topics; introductory lectures on Oriental languages; film cycles; in-depth studies of sources for historical research; and the study of cultures. There are also different types of workshops.

Assessment methods

Assessment methods are detailed in the Seminars Regulations and apply to both the Seminari a Ciclo Chiuso and the Seminari Liberi.

For both options, the assessment method consists of verifying attendance at a minimum of twenty hours of seminars (via the signature collection form) and evaluating four written papers produced by the student. The form for attesting attendance at seminars can be found here. You are advised to read the Seminars Regulations carefully for details on assessment.

Please note that the Seminars do not involve an evaluation expressed by a grade, but rather the achievement of eligibility.

Teaching tools

Students with learning disorders and/or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible [https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students] as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

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