Research Seminar: Modern Times [LHISB308]

Learning outcomes

Acquire a broad general and interdisciplinary culture by opening up to other disciplines and understanding their links with history Learn to read and communicate in at least one language other than French Develop critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills Develop specialist knowledge in areas of the historical discipline and understand the issues involved Acquire the techniques of analysis and interpretation of historical sources, as well as a reflective 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 Master scientific communication by respecting the rules of reference and publication Acquire a strong capacity for information analysis, synthesis and writing

Objectives

The objective of the Modern History seminar is to acquire the practice of research in History. The student, at the end of this course, should be able to correctly apprehend original documents from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries and to make the most of them to "write history" in turn.

Content

Using a variety of sources, archives, press or works, the study may focus, depending on the year, on material life, environmental aspects, or the economic and social life of the Modern Age.