Modern Day Heuristics [LHISB211]

Learning outcomes

Develop critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills Develop specialist knowledge in areas of the historical discipline and understand the issues involved To acquire the techniques of analysis and interpretation of historical sources, as well as a reflexive and critical awareness in the practice of the historical approach Learn how to conduct a research question in history and master the tools and working methods specific to the discipline

Objectives

Knowledge of modern sources and understanding of the heuristic path to follow in order to study Ancien Régime society.

Content

The course consists of three parts. The first is a presentation and reminder of the works and working tools useful for research in modern history, the second a panorama - as rich as possible - of the sources available in modern history; the third part concerns the places where the documentation is kept and the working tools necessary to locate it. Wherever possible, professional historians and archivists will be invited to present their research and, in particular, the heuristic problems they have encountered.