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T R I N I T Y CO L L E G E , DUB L I N S C HOO L O F H I S TOR I E S & HUMAN I T I E S

D E PAR TMENT O F H I S TOR Y

H I S T O R Y

S O P H I S T E R

S i n g l e H o n o r & T S M

P R O G R A M M E H A N D B O O K

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Section Content Page

1 Welcome to Sophister History 3

2 The Department of History Staff 4

3 Honors Modules in History 5

4 The European Credit Transfer System 8

5 History Degree Programmes: General Regulations and Advice

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5a Single Honor: Junior Sophister Year 18

5b Singe Honor: Senior Sophister Year 19

5c TSM Junior Sophister Year 22

5d TSM Senior Sophister Year 23

5e TSM History & Geography 24

7 Guidelines for Writing Essays 26

8 Guidelines for Writing Dissertations 32

9 The Sophister History Almanac 34

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1 WELCOME TO HONORS HISTORY This handbook provides essential information about your History programme. It

supplements information in the University Calendar. In the event of any conflict or

inconsistency between the General Regulations published in the University Calendar and

information contained in our handbooks, the provisions of the General Regulations will

prevail. More detailed information on individual modules is provided in the relevant Module Guide and on the Department web-site http://www.tcd.ie/history/ If you are in any doubt

about how the regulations affect you, consult your College Tutor or a member of staff.

History may be taken as a Single Honor course, as the major or minor element of a Two-subject Moderatorship, or as part of the integrated programmes in History and Political

Science and in Ancient & Medieval Histories and Culture (for which separate handbooks

are produced). Senior Sophister TSM students may major in History or in the other subject.

Junior Sophister TSM students will find the load in History to be approximately half that for

a Single Honor student. TSM students will, however, take almost every type of History module, including historiography. Even if you major in your other subject, you will

experience the challenge of writing essays based on primary sources.

This Handbook includes a general section pertinent to all students and additional sections

for Single Honor and TSM students, taking each of the Honors years in turn. The Handbook concludes with an Almanac following the structure of the academic year with its two

teaching terms (Michaelmas and Hilary Terms).

Keep in touch It is essential that the Department should be able to make contact with you throughout your

career in College. Please inform the Departmental Office of any change in your postal

address, e-mail address, or telephone number that occurs during the academic year. Those

going abroad on ‘Socrates’ exchanges are requested to notify the History Office (Room

3118) of their residential address.

Good luck with your studies!

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2 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY STAFF

Juliana Adelman Research Fellow Room 3111; [email protected] Robert Armstrong Senior Lecturer Room 3108; [email protected] Terry Barry Associate Professor Room 3148; [email protected] Ciaran Brady Associate Professor Room 3116 ; [email protected] Joseph Clarke Lecturer Room 3153; [email protected] Conor Kostick Research Fellow Room 3147; [email protected] David Dickson Associate Professor Room 3112; [email protected] David Ditchburn Senior Lecturer and

Head of Department Room 3145; [email protected]

Anne Dolan Lecturer Room 3476; [email protected] Seán Duffy Associate Professor Room 3146; [email protected] David Fitzpatrick Professor Room 3113;

[email protected] Daniel Geary Mark Piggott

Lecturer in US History Room 3121; [email protected]

Patrick Geoghegan Senior Lecturer Room 3110; [email protected] Marnie Hay Research Fellow Room 3111; [email protected] Pamela Hilliard Executive Officer Room 3143; [email protected] John Horne Professor Room 3114; [email protected] Alan Kramer Professor Room 3120; [email protected] Judith Lee Executive Officer Room 3118; [email protected] Graeme Murdock Lecturer Room 3149; [email protected] Eunan O’Halpin Bank of Ireland Professor

of Contemporary Irish History

Room 3115; [email protected]

Jane Ohlmeyer Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History

Room 3117; [email protected]

Mridu Rai Lecturer in Indian Studies Micheál Ó Siochrú Senior Lecturer Room 3150; [email protected] Ian S Robinson Lecky Professor of History Room 3144

External Examiners for Moderatorship

Dr Steve Boardman: Medieval History (University of Edinburgh)

Professor Michael Laffan: Modern Irish History (University College Dublin) Professor Anthony McElligott: Modern European History (University of Limerick)

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3 HONORS MODULES IN HISTORY

YEAR COURSE LIST 1 LIST 2 LIST 3 HISTORIOGRAPHY DISSERTATION Junior

Sophister Single Honor

Junior Sophister

TSM

Senior Sophister

Single Honor

Senior Sophister

TSM History Major

* required modules are indicated with symbol

Distinction Between Lists I, II, and III Although Special Subjects in all three Lists require research involving documentary

sources, they differ in format and workload. List I and III modules are taught throughout the year, whereas work in List II begins in Hilary Term. (Note: from 2011-12 List III modules will

be of one term’s duration.) Students spend three hours per week in class for List I subjects,

two hours for List II modules, and two hours for List III modules. The allocation of class

hours varies, classes being used for lectures, debates, textual analysis, or seminars, as

indicated in the relevant Module Guides. The extent and character of prescribed exercises also varies, ranging from research essays and class papers based on secondary reading to

brief commentaries on documentary extracts, reports on various types of historical

evidence, and contributions to class debates. In general, however, List I subjects require

more extensive reading, more intensive primary research, and more class exercises than

List III subjects. Whereas most List I subjects cover short periods, most List III subjects cover specified themes over longer periods. The range of available subjects roughly reflects

the research interests (past, present, or future) of teaching staff.

Historiography and List II The Historiography module consists of one lecture and one tutorial per week in Michaelmas

Term, exploring the wide range of practices, methods, and perspectives applied by working

historians. The assessment mark, which forms a component of Moderatorship part I, is

based equally on written exercises submitted in tutorials and a 2-hour class test, to be held

at the date indicated in the almanac. The Historiography module provides essential intellectual background for the preparation of independent research essays on topics

associated with the various List II subjects, which are taught throughout Hilary Term.

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Module Allocation In order to limit Sophister seminars to what the Department considers to be an optimal

teaching and learning size of ten students, no more than twenty students are normally

allocated to any Honors module. As a result, many students cannot be awarded their first choice of module. Preference is given to rising Senior Sophisters, and to students who

deliver their proposal forms by the due date. If more than ten students apply by the due

date, the surplus will be randomly selected and assigned to other options. Changes to the

following lists of options will be announced on the Department’s notice-board. Sophister Modules: List 1 (20 ECTS)

HI 3425 Empire & Papacy in the Eleventh Century (Professor I.S. Robinson)

HI 3428 The Archaeology of Medieval Castles & Military Fortifications, 1000-‐1350

(Professor Terry Barry) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3423 Medieval Dublin (Professor Sean Duffy)

HI 3433 Edward I, Edward II and the conquest of Britain, 1286-‐1328 (Dr David Ditchburn)

HI 3436 Europe Reformed, 1540-‐1600 (Dr Graeme Murdock) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3401 The Elizabethans and their World, 1550-‐1610 (Professor Ciaran Brady) not available

in 2010-‐11

HI 3414 From Rebellion to Restoration: War, Politics and Society in Confederate and

Cromwellian Ireland (Professor Jane Ohlmeyer and Dr Micheal Ó Siochrú)

HI 3404 Revolutionary Britain, 1678-‐1715 (Dr Robert Armstrong)

HI 3405 Dublin, 1750-‐1850 (Professor David Dickson) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3435 Ireland in the age of O’Connell, 1775-‐1847 (Dr Patrick Geoghegan)

HI 3403 The French Revolution, 1789-‐1803 (Dr Joseph Clarke)

HI 3408 France and the First World War, 1912–20 (Professor John Horne) An adequate

reading knowledge of French is required for this course. Not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3409 Revolution & Civil War in Ireland, 1919-‐23 (Professor David Fitzpatrick)

HI 3410 The Impact of World War I on Ireland & Britain (Professor David Fitzpatrick) not

available in 2010-‐11

HI 3411 The Weimar Republic (Professor Alan Kramer)

HI 3420 Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s (Dr Anne Dolan)

HI 3431 American Politics and Culture, 1939-‐89 (Dr Daniel Geary)

HI 3438 Britain, Ireland and the North, 1965-‐98 (Professor Eunan O’Halpin)

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Sophister Modules: List II (10 ECTS)

HI 3080 Viking Raiders to Crusader Warriors: Scandinavia to Europe (Professor Barry)

HI 3078 The English in Medieval Ireland: Perspective, Purpose, Interpretation (Professor

Duffy)

HI 3478 Empire: Historians and the Anglo-‐American Community in Eighteenth Century (Dr

Armstrong) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3073 The Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe, 1500-‐1800 (Prof Ohlmeyer) not

available in 2010-‐11

HI 3087 History & Science: An Introduction (Dr Julia Adelman)

HI 3071 Slavery in American History (Dr Geoghegan) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3085 History Writing in Britain and Ireland, 1820-‐1920 (Professor Brady) not available in

2010-‐11

HI 3090 The Great Irish Famine (Professor Dickson)

HI 3091 The 1916 Rising (Dr Marnie Hay)

HI 3088 Writing the History of the Irish Revolution (Dr Dolan) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3075 World War II, France and the Historians (Professor Horne)

HI 3089 The Troubles, 1968-‐98: From Civil Rights to Good Friday Agreement (Dr Ó Siochrú)

Sophister Modules: List III (15 ECTS) HI 3482 The Carolingian Empire (Professor Robinson)

HI 3481 The Crusades, 1097-‐1187 (Dr Conor Kostick)

HI 3487 Medieval Religion, 1215-‐1517 (Dr Ditchburn) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3490 Renaissance Florence, c.1348-‐1527 (Dr Ditchburn)

HI 3493 The Fall & Rise of France, 1550-‐1700 (Dr Murdock) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3496 The Nobility in Early Modern Ireland (Professor Ohlmeyer)

HI 3451 Society and the Sacred in Modern France, 1715-‐1918 (Dr Clarke) not available in 2010-‐

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HI 3461 Fraternity in Irish History since 1790 (Professor Fitzpatrick) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3491 Literature and Politics in Modern Ireland (Professor Fitzpatrick)

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HI 3456 Sub-‐Saharan Africa since 1875 (Professor Dickson) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3457 France since 1880: Society and Culture (Professor Horne) not available in 2010-‐11

HI 3494 Race & Ethnicity in American thought since 1880 (Dr Geary)

HI 3492 Germany, Austria-‐Hungary and Italy in the Era of the First World War 1911-‐1923

(Professor Kramer) A knowledge of German and /or Italian, although not essential,

would be an advantage.

HI 3463 Britain & the Second World War: National Survival and the Death of Empire (Professor

O’Halpin)

HI 3449 Popular Culture in Twentieth Century Ireland (Dr Dolan)

RU 4070 Stalinism & Society in Eastern Europe (Dr Balaz Apor)

4 EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM (ECTS)

All modules in History carry an ECTS weighting. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, which has been introduced across the College and across

Europe as a means of evaluating and accrediting undergraduate modules and courses.

What is ECTS?

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is an academic

credit system based on the estimated student workload required to achieve the

objectives of a module or programme of study. It is designed to enable academic

recognition for periods of study, to facilitate student mobility and credit accumulation

and transfer. The ECTS is the recommended credit system for higher education in Ireland and across the European Higher Education Area.

The ECTS weighting for a module is a measure of the student input or workload

required for that module, based on factors such as the number of contact hours, the

number and length of written or verbally presented assessment exercises, class preparation and private study time, laboratory classes, examinations, clinical

attendance, professional training placements, and so on as appropriate. There is no

intrinsic relationship between the credit volume of a module and its level of difficulty.

The European norm for full-time study over one academic year is 60 credits. The Trinity academic year is 40 weeks from the start of Michaelmas Term to the end of

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the annual examination period. One ECTS credit represents 20-25 hours estimated

student input, so a 10-credit module will be designed to require 200-250 hours of

student input, including class contact time, assessments preparation and private

reading.

ECTS credits are awarded to a student only upon successful completion of the course

year. Progression from one year to the next is determined by the course regulations.

Students who fail a year of their course will not obtain credit for that year even if they

have passed certain component modules. Exceptions to this rule are one-year and part-year visiting students, who are awarded credit for individual modules successfully

completed.

Things to remember about ECTS

It is European: its aim is to facilitate and to improve transparency and comparability

of periods of study and of qualifications across the European Higher Education sector.

It is about Credit: It is a student-centred (not a teacher-centred) system based upon a clearly defined body of work (e.g., contact hours + time allocated to study for the

preparation and execution of essays, assignments, exams, etc.) required to obtain the

credit allocated for the achievement of the objectives of a particular course of study.

It is a System, based on the following principles. The ECTS works on a yearly norm of 60 credits for a full-time course (30 credits for a half-honor subject) over one

academic year where one credit represents 20-25 hours estimated student input. The

measure of one academic year is 40 weeks from the start of Michaelmas Term to the

end of the annual examination period.

It is an Accumulative System. ECTS credits are assigned to modules in multiple

units of five. Students are expected to take 60 credits per year. Credits accrue over

the four-year cycle. The TCD four-year honors Bachelor degree is 240 ECTS.

It is about Transferability. By making the student in-put in different courses offered in

different universities comprehensible under the same standard measurement, the

system aims to remove the many obstacles which currently obstruct increase mobility

in and between the many different educational institutions of the EU and to enhance

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communications between the universities and other training institutions and the labour

market.

5 THE HISTORY DEGREE PROGRAMMES: REGULATIONS & ADVICE

In accordance with the spirit of the ECTS (see above), History is studied as part of a

student-centred programme. The success of the programme depends largely upon student

participation in lectures, tutorials, essay writing and general research and reading.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of Single Honor and TSM programmes in History students should be able to:

• demonstrate an assured and critical of historical periods, processes, peoples and

places

• employ a set of appropriate methods for the comprehension and analysis of historical periods processes

• identify and analyse key historical problems

• compare and assess existing historical interpretations

• analyse and evaluate primary materials relevant to the historical problems and

periods under examination and conduct independent research among primary materials

• compare and assess primary materials against each other and against secondary

commentary

• apply skills of summary, synthesis and generalisation

• apply skills of argument, debate and reconciliation

• apply skills of oral, written and visual communication

• demonstrate a reflective and self-reflective appreciation of the problems of historical thinking and writing

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Making the best use of your lectures and tutorials (1) If you cannot understand any aspect of your modules, please feel free to make this

clear during or after a tutorial or seminar, after a lecture, or by visiting our offices at

times notified on our doors. We welcome comments and questions. (2) Please refrain from using mobile telephones during classes or in the vicinity of staff

offices.

(3) Please arrive punctually at classes and stay to the end, even if tired or bored.

Progression As you progress through the History programme, you are faced with a widening range of

intellectual and methodological challenges. Whereas Freshman modules aim to survey

national or international histories over long periods, most Sophister Special Subjects

concentrate on short periods or specific themes. The closer focus of Sophister subjects requires more intensive teaching through small classes, and more immersion in

documentary sources. The shift from survey to specialist work culminates in the dissertation

and research essays which form a major element of Moderatorship.

Attendance at lectures Junior Sophister students are expected to attend all nine 1-hour lectures in HI3070

Historiography (in Michaelmas Term) and all four lectures on HI3069 Dissertation

Research. There are also lectures on many, though not all Honors modules. Lectures are

intended to provide analysis of selected topics, and an introduction to the issues raised in

the reading set for each course. They are not intended as a lazy student’s substitute for reading. There is wide variation in the amount of information conveyed, the depth of

attempted analysis, and the style of presentation. The value of a lecture depends as much

on your responsiveness as on its technical quality. Even superficially dull lectures may offer

unexpected insights. Attendance at tutorials Attendance at tutorials and seminars is compulsory. They are designed to allow small

groups to discuss selected topics under the guidance of a teacher, and to encourage

students to practice the arts of documentary interpretation, critical reading, and lucid exposition. There is no ideal format for a tutorial, and you will experience much variation in

the amount of reading required and the set exercises—these range from class

presentations and debates to summaries of vying interpretations and textual analyses of

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‘gobbets’ taken from set documents. The more you contribute, the better the tutorial. In

addition to tutorials on List I, II and III modules, all Junior Sophister students must also

attend a sequence of weekly 1-hour tutorials in HI3070 Historiography throughout

Michaelmas Term. Tutorial groups will be posted on the Departmental notice-board by the

second Monday of term. The required written work and other exercises must be presented punctually as directed by the teacher of each module.

Essays Essays allow us to assess your mastery of relevant secondary reading, your ability to supply full and accurate citations, and your critical and analytical skills. The ability to

synthesise information in lucid, clearly argued prose is no less important than your capacity

to carry out systematic research or reading. The more you write, the better you will perform.

See Guidelines for Writing Essays (below, section 6).

The topics for all preliminary and Moderatorship essays must be discussed and agreed in

advance with the module teacher. The maximum permitted length of essays is 3,000 words

of text for List I and List III modules, 3,500 words for the first List II essay, and 5,000 words

for the second List II essay. The two essays in each module must address distinct, though

possibly related, topics. The footnotes and the bibliography must conform to the style prescribed in Section 6 below.

Deadlines are serious. They are there so that you can structure your work with maximum

efficiency and success. Serious penalties for late submission apply. Extensions will be

granted only in exceptional circumstances. All essays, including Moderatorship essays, must be presented by the dates stipulated in the almanac, at the end of this handbook. All

Moderatorship essays must include a signed declaration, following the essay cover, stating

that the essay is entirely the student’s own work. Students are required to sign the Essay

Register, located outside Room 3118, on submission of ALL ESSAYS.

Submission of essays All essays and reports must be printed on A4 paper, with double-spacing and a wide

margin for comments. All quotations, and substantive information taken indirectly from other

works, must be acknowledged by means of footnotes or endnotes giving author, title, and page number. When citing unpublished sources, students should follow the advice of the

module teacher. A bibliography, listing the documentary sources, books, and articles used

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(including all those acknowledged in footnotes) must be appended to the essay. The

Department’s Guidelines for the Writing of Essays are found in Section 6.

Every essay must be accompanied by the appropriate cover-sheet and delivered to Room

3118 or Room 3143 by 11.00 a.m. on the specified date. Essays and assignments may not be posted, e-mailed, or handed to members of staff. Students are required to retain an

electronic copy of all written work in their own files.

No written work will be accepted for assessment after the due date, in the absence of either a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department,

covering the entire period of delay. Extensions will be granted only in the most exceptional

circumstances. Crashed computers, minor mishaps etc. will not be taken as satisfactory

grounds for the granting of extensions. No requests for an extension on the day of

submission of written work will be considered. An essay deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no essay is

forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Marking of essays No essay will be marked for Moderatorship unless credit has been given for the preliminary essay in the same subject. Moderatorship essays are not returnable. An essay deemed by

the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no

essay is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded.

Even if you have clashed with a teacher, you need have no fear of bias in marking: you will be marked on the merits of your work rather than your personality. All work contributing to

Moderatorship is scrutinised by two internal examiners and reviewed by an external

examiner, who particularly checks borderline or contested cases and who looks out for

evidence of inconsistent standards of marking. Reading Without wide reading of secondary studies, you cannot hope to master any historical topic.

Most of your academic time outside classes should be devoted to reading. The quality of

available scholarship varies widely, and you should never accept an analysis without critically assessing the evidence presented and the logic of the argument. Lectures and

tutorials are intended to guide your reading.

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Research History is a process of discovery, in which you will have many opportunities to participate.

When conducting research in primary sources for your dissertation or Sophister essays,

you are performing the work of a true historian rather than a mere critic. This is also the

most exciting and creative element of your training.

Plagiarism It is foolhardy to steal, borrow, or buy the work of others. For the College’s definition of

plagiarism and specification of its painful consequences, consult the Calendar. A web link is available on the Departmental website. If you copy another student’s essay, engage

someone to write your work, quote material from any published or electronic source without

acknowledgement, or extensively paraphrase such material without acknowledgement, you

have committed the offence of plagiarism. A mark of zero may be awarded. Unintentional

plagiarism may be avoided by always recording the precise source for material in your notes, distinguishing between direct quotations and summaries, and reworking your notes

into your own sequence.

Requirements for obtaining academic credit In order to obtain credit for each term, you must be enrolled for the required range of modules, attend at least two-thirds of the hours assigned for tutorials or seminars in each

module for which you are enrolled, and complete at least two-thirds of the total volume of

non-examined written work and other exercises prescribed for each module.

Examinations The annual examination is crucial to your success. All examination papers consist of

‘unseen’ questions related to your course work, which must be answered without recourse

to readings, the internet, other students, or anything except your memory. Even if your

memory is poor in matters of detail, you can write a good answer by showing the capacity to develop an argument. The function of examination questions is to assess your breadth of

knowledge, analytical skills, and mastery of the readings set for lectures and tutorials.

Examination Preparation • Your success depends largely on your work during the year, and few students perform

well on the basis of a frenzied final fortnight. However, consider the following hints:

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• Always prepare more topics than the number of answers required and avoid extensive

duplication in different answers, even if overlapping questions are set.

• Since the style and format of papers differ between module teachers, you should

examine papers from previous years. The History Department has regularised the

number of questions set and answers required, leading to changes in the format of many papers. If in doubt please consult your course teacher.

• In the days before an examination, make and memorise a list of key dates, events,

personal names, snappy quotations, and statistics relating to each topic. You will not be

penalised for minor slips, and you will be rewarded for showing mastery of detail. • Once in the examination room, always allow time to make an outline for each answer.

Though you should aim to allocate equal time to each answer, the outline will be taken

into account if you run out of time.

• Even if the question is presented simply as a topic, your analysis will be sharpened by

breaking it down into linked interrogatives. Begin at the heart of the set question, minimising general ‘introductory’ material.

• Take care with expression and hand-writing, as you may be penalised for incoherence

or illegibility.

Examination Procedures The onus lies on each student to establish the dates of examinations by consulting the

College Examinations Office Website. Morning examinations begin at 9:30am, afternoon

examinations at 2:00pm. You will not be admitted to an examination after the first half-hour.

If, through circumstances beyond your control, you arrive after the first half-hour you should

contact your Tutor or the Senior Tutor’s Office (House 27, College) immediately. NOTE: Failure to read correctly the details of the examinations timetable will not be taken as a

satisfactory excuse for absence from an examination.

Examination and Essay Marking Criteria You will not receive a first-class honor (I: 70% and over) without evidence of critical ability,

argumentative skill, and extensive reading, an upper second (II.1: 60–69%) without

evidence of thorough reading and clear organisation, a lower second (II.2: 50–59%) without

reasonable familiarity with the set texts, or a third (III: 40–49%) without some evidence of

participation in the course. If you do not attempt to answer the set question, or if your answer is plagiarised, you will be failed (F.1: 30–39%; F.2: below 30%). A more elaborate

set of standards for each grade, adopted by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, may be

consulted on the Departmental webpage.

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All examination papers are marked anonymously. All work contributing to Moderatorship is

scrutinised by two internal examiners and reviewed by an external examiner, who

particularly checks borderline or contested cases and who looks out for evidence of

inconsistent standards of marking. Supplemental Examinations No supplementary examination are available in the Sophister years; but Junior Sophisters

who fail the Moderatorship examination, part I, may be permitted to repeat the year, taking different special subjects.

Non-satisfactory Performance Students who have failed to obtain credit for one module or more in either Michaelmas

Term or Hilary Term, for any of the reasons listed above, may be returned as ‘non-satisfactory’ at the end of that term. You will be informed of this decision through your

College Tutor. If you believe that you should not have been so recorded, you should state

your case to your tutor, who must submit the prescribed form to the Department by the

second Monday of the following term. Students who are recorded as ‘non-satisfactory’ in

both Michaelmas and Hilary Terms are not entitled to credit for the year, and may be excluded from sitting the annual examination.

Failure to rise with the year Students repeating a year, as a consequence of failure to gain academic credit, are

required to attend tutorials, submit written work, and perform all other exercises in the same way as if they were taking the year for the first time. They will be required to take a different

combination of modules.

Grade profile A grade profile is calculated by looking at a candidate’s graded performance across all of

the courses taken in a particular year, and giving special emphasis to the predominant

grade, in other words the most frequently achieved grade (1st, 2.1, 2.2). For example, if

there are seven performances in the assessment, and a candidate achieves five 2.1 marks

and two 2.2 marks, but the arithmetic mark is a borderline 2.1/2.2, a 2.1 is awarded based on the grade profile.

Degree Classification

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Final degree classification is based on the marks received for the various papers and

essays examined in Moderatorship parts I and II, incorporating marks for Historiography

and for the dissertation. For Single Honor students Part I contributes 35% of your final

result, whereas part II contributes 65%. For TSM regulations, see page 24. The class

awarded will reflect the configuration of grades achieved for the various components. In the classification of candidates, account is taken of both the average mark and the grade

profile of the seven performances on which the assessment is based. In the majority of

cases, both forms of assessment produce the same result. In cases where the average

mark either does not accurately reflect the dominant grade or indicates that no grade is clearly dominant the result is treated as borderline and the classification is decided on the

basis of grade profile.

Year Abroad If you wish to take your Junior Sophister abroad, several exchange schemes are available. If so, you will be examined or assessed in accordance with the normal practice for students

at that institution and the resultant mark will replace that for the annual examination.

Careers Advice A degree in History disqualifies you from nothing, and reassures many employers that you possess a wide range of adaptable skills, ranging from critical reading to pithy writing and

familiarity with basic computing. Particularly if you secure a first or upper second, you may

also consider applying for post-graduate studies in College or elsewhere. For further

advice, visit the Careers Advisory Service in East Chapel. Its bulletins and announcements

are displayed on Departmental notice-boards. Also see the following webpage: www.tcd.ie/Careers/

5A JUNIOR SOPHISTER YEAR, 2010-‐11

Curriculum Summary

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A 1 x List I Module Michaelmas & Hilary Terms

At least 1 essay per term, the second of

which counts towards assessment. See

module guide for exact details.

20 ECTS

B HI 3070 Historiography Michaelmas Term

1 x assessment essay 1 x 2-hour test paper in December

10 ECTS

C 1 x List II Module Hilary Term

2 x essays, the second forming part of the

examination

10 ECTS

D 1 x List III Module Michaelmas & Hilary Terms

At least 1 essay per term, the second of which counts towards assessment. See

module handbook for exact details.

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ECTS

E HI 3069 Dissertation Research Methods

Michaelmas & Hilary Terms

See below for further details.

5 ECTS

Summary of Moderatorship Examination Part I Three 3-hour examination papers each carrying equal weight, three essays and assessed

work, as follows: Two examination papers and one essay counting half of one paper on A above

o List I Exam, Paper I: any three questions may be answered from a choice of

twelve

o List I Exam, Paper II: this is a document paper, testing the candidate's

mastery of the primary sources. Individual List I modules use different formats appropriate to the module.

One essay on C above, counting as the equivalent of one examination paper

One examination paper and one essay counting as half of one examination paper

on D above

o List III Exam: any three questions may be answered from a choice of twelve. Assessed work on E above

To the marks thus obtained is added an assessment mark for B above, which carries the

weight of one paper. The combined mark thus obtained carries the weight of 35% of the total moderatorship marks.

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HI 3069 Dissertation Research Methods At the end of Michaelmas Term 2010 you will be asked to attend four introductory classes

on writing a dissertation and choosing a topic for your dissertation. The Guide to

Dissertations will be distributed and explained and supervisors will speak about their fields

of interest. Students must submit two alternative proposals of topic, in distinctly different fields to the Departmental Office (3118), by Friday 17 December 2010. A dissertation

supervisor will then be allocated to you, with whom you should discuss your dissertation

during Hilary Term.

You are required to prepare a report on the subject of your dissertation, of not more than

1,500 words, according to the advice given by your supervisor, including discussion of the

available primary source materials and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. The

bibliography must conform to the Guidelines for Writing Essays (section 6 below). NOTE: a

report deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no report is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be recorded. The mark given to

this report will form part of the marks for the Moderatorship Examination Part I.

The marks for these papers are added to the assessment mark for Historiography, the

marks for the three Moderatorship essays and the assessment for Research Methods.

5B SENIOR SOPHISTER YEAR, 2010-‐11

Curriculum Summary

A 1 x List I module Michaelmas & Hilary Terms


which counts towards assessment. See module guide for exact details.

20

ECTS

B 1 x List III module Michaelmas & Hilary Terms At least 1 essay per term, the second of

which counts towards assessment. see

module guide for exact details.

15

ECTS

C HI 4002 Dissertation (Preparation)

5 ECTS

D HI 4001 Dissertation Michaelmas & Hilary Terms

20 ECTS

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Summary of Moderatorship Examination Part II Three 3-hour papers each carrying equal weight, two essays, assessed work and a

dissertation, as follows:

Two papers and one essay counting half of one paper on A above o List I Exam, Paper I: any three questions may be answered from a

choice of twelve


mastery of the primary sources. Individual List I modules use different formats appropriate to the module.

One examination paper and one essay counting as half of one examination

paper on D above

o List III Exam: any three questions may be answered from a choice of

twelve. Assessed work on C above

A dissertation carrying the weight of two papers

The combined mark thus obtained carries the weight of 65% of the total moderatorship

marks. Dissertation Preparation During the whole period of the writing of your dissertation you are required to discuss your

work with your supervisor and keep her/him informed about your progress. A Dissertation

Chapter on a topic chosen in consultation with the supervisor (which must conform to the Guidelines for Writing Essays in section 7 below) must be submitted to the Departmental

Office (Room 3118) in Michaelmas Term by the date specified in the almanac. Written work

may not be posted, e-mailed or handed to members of the teaching staff. The mark given

to this chapter will form part of the marks for the Moderatorship Examination Part II. NOTE: Dissertation Exercises deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark

of not more than 40%. Where no Dissertation Chapter is forthcoming, a mark of zero will be

recorded.

Dissertation requirements Students are required to write a dissertation, under the supervision of a member of staff, on

a topic approved by the History Department Committee during the Junior Sophister year.

The dissertation must be based on independent research involving critical study of primary

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sources. It should comprise 7,000–10,000 words of text, a table of contents, a classified

bibliography, and systematic references to sources in the form of footnotes or endnotes. As

an alternative, students may be permitted to submit an editorial project based on an edited

document of 5,000–10,000 words with an introduction of 3,000–5,000 words. A Dissertation

Chapter must be delivered in Michaelmas Term, by the date specified in the almanac. The footnotes and the bibliography of the dissertation must conform to the style prescribed in

Section 7 below. Dissertations must be word-processed on A4 paper, using one side of the

paper only, and must be securely bound. Students should include at the front of their

dissertation a signed statement that the dissertation is all their own work. Two word-processed copies of the dissertation must be delivered to the departmental office by the

date specified in the almanac. Students will be asked to sign the dissertation register on

submitting dissertations. For further information, see the Guide to Dissertations circulated to

Junior Sophisters in Michaelmas term and subsequently available from the Departmental

Office. Advice may also be sought from the co-ordinator of dissertations at times given on his office door.

No dissertation will be accepted for examination after the due date, in the absence of either

a medical certificate or an extension granted in advance by the Head of Department,

covering the entire period of delay. A dissertation deemed by the Head of Department to be late will be given a mark of not more than 40%. Where no dissertation is forthcoming a

mark of zero will be recorded.

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5C TSM JUNIOR SOPHISTER YEAR, 2010-‐11

Curriculum Summary





20 ECTS

B HI 3070 Historiography Michaelmas Term

1 x assessment essay 1 x 2-hour test paper in December

10 ECTS

Summary of Moderatorship Examination, Part I

Two examination papers and one essay counting half of one paper on A above

o List I Exam, Paper I: any three questions may be answered from a choice of

twelve

o List I Exam, Paper II: this is a document paper, testing the candidate's mastery of the primary sources. Individual List I modules use different formats

appropriate to the module.

To the marks thus obtained is added an assessment mark for B above, which carries

the weight of one paper.

For students intending to take Part II in History, the combined mark thus obtained constitutes the assessment mark for the Junior Sophister year.

Essay deadlines History deadlines may clash with those in other subjects. Such clashes are unavoidable in a degree course involving so many combinations of subjects. Having ascertained the

deadlines for essays and other projects in your other discipline, students should draw up a

work schedule ensuring that they avoid penalties for late submission in either subject.

Choice of major subject By Friday, 3 December 2010, you must submit a form to the History office (Room 3118)

specifying whether or not History is the subject in which you propose to major in your

Senior Sophister year.

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Students intending to major in History If you are intending to major in History, you need to choose your final year Dissertation

subject during your Junior Sophister year. At the end of Michaelmas Term you will have the

opportunity to attend four introductory classes on writing a dissertation and choosing a topic

for your dissertation. The History Department's ‘Guide to Dissertations’ will be distributed and explained and supervisors will speak about their fields of interest.

You must submit two alternative proposals of topic for the dissertation, in distinctly different

fields, to the Departmental Office (3118), by the date specified in the almanac. A dissertation supervisor will then be allocated to you, with whom you will have an opportunity

to discuss your dissertation during Hilary Term.

5D TSM SENIOR SOPHISTER YEAR, 2010-‐11

Curriculum Summary


At least 1 essay per term, the second of which counts towards assessment. See


20 ECTS

B 1 x List III module Michaelmas & Hilary Terms




15 ECTS

C HI 4002 Dissertation preparation

5 ECTS

D HI 4001 Dissertation 20 ECTS

Summary of Moderatorship Examination, Part II Three 3-hour papers each carrying equal weight, two essays, assessed work and a

dissertation, as follows:

Two papers and one essay counting half of one paper on A above

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o List I Exam, Paper I: any three questions may be answered from a

choice of twelve


mastery of the primary sources. Individual List I modules use different

formats appropriate to the module. One examination paper and one essay counting as half of one examination

paper on B above

o List III Exam: any three questions may be answered from a choice of

twelve. Assessed work on C above

A dissertation carrying the weight of two papers

The assessment carried forward from the Junior Sophister year carries the weight of two

papers. Final Moderatorship Result The mark carried over from Part I in History contributes two-ninths (22%) of your final result

in History, whereas Part II contributes seven-ninths (78%). The class awarded will reflect

the configuration of grades achieved for the various components. In calculating your overall result in the two subjects, the History component contributes 65%, whereas Moderatorship

Part I, in your minor subject, contributes 35%. See above ‘Grade Profiling’ pages 16-17.

5E TSM HISTORY-‐GEOGRAPHY (SPECIAL COMBINATION), 2010-‐11

Geography may be combined with History according to the usual ‘Pattern B’, whereby the

Senior Sophister year is devoted exclusively to either subject. But it is also possible for

TSM Geography-History students to take both subjects equally in their Senior Sophister

year. The requirements in History amount to 30 ECTS and are as follows:

Senior Sophister Curriculum Summary



counts towards assessment. See module handbook for exact details.

20 ECTS

B 1 x List II module Hilary Term 10

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2 x essays, the second forming part of the

examination

ECTS

Moderatorship Examination, Part II One 3-hour paper and two essays, each carrying equal weight, as follows:

One paper and one essay counting as half a paper on A above.

One essay counting as one paper on B above.

The assessment mark for History carried forward from the Junior Sophister year carries the

weight of one paper. The combined mark obtained for the History component carries weight

equal to that obtained for the Geography component.

REMEMBER!

Sophisters must perform all prescribed exercises and attend tutorial classes. Students proceeding to a moderatorship in History must pass a prescribed

examination during Trinity Term of each year. No student who fails more than one paper (or its equivalent) may pass the

annual examination.

No essay will be accepted for the moderatorship examination unless credit has been obtained for the preceding essay or essays required for the course concerned.

6 GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ESSAYS

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1. PREPARATION

The usual purpose of writing a history essay is to answer a specific question or set of

interlocking questions, not provide a mere chronology of vaguely related events. Where the

essay title does not consist of a specific question, students should formulate their own question to limit the topic. Students should prepare for an essay by using the reading lists

provided by the course lecturer which are directly relevant to the subject, making use where

appropriate also of dictionaries and encyclopaedias). In their reading they should attempt to

take account of any historical controversy surrounding the topic. Before writing the essay,

students should devise an outline with a clear structure. This may be submitted with the essay.

Essays should concentrate on argument and analysis, and not narrative. An essay

which simply narrates a series of events without analysing them will always score a low mark, no matter how well written and presented it is. In assessing essays, teachers take

account of attributes such as critical ability, range of reading and analysis, accuracy,

structure, expression, presentation and originality of thought. The mark represents a

medley of distinct evaluations. An interesting, provocative, but technically flawed essay

might receive the same grade as one which is systematic, faultlessly presented but boring. 2. STRUCTURE The basic structure of any essay should consist of an introduction, a main part, a

conclusion, and a bibliography.

The introduction should define a specific question or discuss the question already posed

and outline how the student intends going about answering the question. Any

terms/concepts requiring definition should be dealt with in the introduction (e.g. ‘Was the

First World War a total war?’ requires a definition of what ‘total war’ is.).

The main part of an essay should consist of several main points (3-5), which deal with

individual aspects of the question posed and lead up to an answer. A clear structure will

make the argument more coherent and easier to follow.

The conclusion should be in direct relation to the introduction and summarise the

argument and supply an answer to the exact question posed in the introduction. It is no

good not answering the question posed or answering a question not posed.

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The bibliography is dealt with below.

3. FORMATTING & WRITING Essays should typed or word-processed (word-processing and formatting an essay form an

important part of the Learning for Historians classes which all Junior Freshmen studying history must attend). Pages should be single sided and numbered consecutively, spaced at

one-and-a-half or double with generous left- and right-hand margins. Font size should be

12 point; footnotes should be 10 point. Quotations longer than three lines should be

separated from the text and indented (reduced font size or single line spacing are optional but must be applied consistently). A departmental cover sheet must be attached to all

Freshman essays submitted, and all Sophister essays other than term essays.

- Paragraphs should be limited to less than a page and the development of a single

point; single sentence paragraphs should be avoided. - Write full sentences; do not link two grammatically separate sentences with a

comma. I have just made this mistake in the last sentence in order to demonstrate it.

All sentences begin with a capital letter, and end with a full stop. This applies to

footnotes as well as text. Quotations, too, must be ended with a full stop at some

point: the footnote number and the inverted commas are no substitute for the full stop.

- Where possible the active rather than the passive form should be used.

- Abbreviations (e.g. ‘esp.’ for especially) should generally be avoided within the text,

where abbreviations are used (e.g. ‘WW II’ for the Second World War) they should

be consistent throughout the essay. - Though it is quite common, the first person (‘I’, ‘we’) should be avoided or at least

used very sparingly.

- Elisions (e.g. doesn’t, isn’t) as well as slang, jargon and an excessive use of

metaphors constitute bad style. - A frequent mistake made is the use of it’s (it is) instead of its. Italics should be used

for foreign words and the titles of books, films, etc. within the text.

- Numbers should be spelt out to ninety-nine, except when used in groups or in

statistical discussion, e.g. ‘75 voted for, 39 against, and 30 abstained’. ‘5,000’ takes

a comma. Note elisions: 156-9, but (for teens) 115-16. - Dates should be formatted in the following manner: 12 December 1970 (no comma)

in the text; 12 Dec. 1970 in footnotes. Elisions: 1834-5, 1816-17, except that in

article headings and in citing titles of books and articles use 1834-1835, i.e. without

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elision. Place a comma before dates in titles of books and articles. Decades: 1850s

not 1850’s; eighties not ‘80s. ‘Sixteenth century’ (noun, without hyphen); ‘sixteenth-

century’ (adjective, with hyphen). ‘From 1785 to 1789’, not ‘from 1785-89’; likewise

‘between 1785 and 1789’, not ‘between 1785-89’.

Special attention should be paid to spelling and grammar; names, place names, and

foreign words are frequently misspelled. Students should re-read all their works before

submitting it and, if possible, ask someone else to read it as well.

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY Every essay must contain a bibliography, situated at the end of the essay, listing the works

consulted in alphabetical order of the author’s last name. Only works actually consulted

should be listed. There are different methods of listing publications in a bibliography; the

main thing is that it is consistent within itself and that sufficient information is supplied to trace the publication listed.

- The title of a published work should be in italics.

- The place of publication is the town and not the country (e.g. London and not

England or Great Britain; Princeton, NJ, not just New Jersey).

- Editors should be identified as such by placing ‘(ed.)’ after their name (e.g. Roger Griffin (ed.)). For more than one editor use ‘(eds.)’.

- The common abbreviation for page is ‘p.’, for pages ‘pp.’ (e.g. p. 3 and pp. 3-5).

- Use ‘n.d.’ (no date) and ‘n.p.’ (no place of publication) where the information is not

known.

- Certain publications (e.g. Hansard) use column references (col. and cols.) rather than page references.

Books: Author’s surname, author’s first name, title, place and date of publication, edition used

and date of first edition (if not first edition).

Hobsbawm, Eric, Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (London,

1994).

MacDonagh, Oliver, States of Mind. A Study of Anglo-Irish Conflict 1780-1980 (London, 1983).

Simms, Katharine, From Kings to Warlords. The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic

Ireland in the Later Middle Ages (Woodbridge, 1987).

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When listing primary sources (especially medieval) without an apparent author the text

should be listed first followed by the name of the editor. Where the author is known the

editor of the edition used must also be included.

Annála Connacht, ed. A. Martin Freeman (Dublin, 1944).

Orderic Vitalis, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. M. Chibnall, 6 vols. (Oxford, 1969-80).

Articles in books: author’s surname, author’s first name, title of article, editor’s full name, title of book, place

and date of publication, edition and date of first edition (if not first edition), page numbers of

full article.

Berghahn, Volker, ‘Demographic growth, industrialization and social change’, in Mary

Fulbrook (ed.), German History since 1800 (London, 1997), pp. 168-180. Lydon, James F., ‘The middle nation’, in idem (ed.), The English in Medieval Ireland

(Dublin, 1982), pp. 1-26.

McMahon, Deirdre, ‘John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, 1940-72’, in J. Kelly and

D Keogh (eds.), History of the Catholic Diocese of Dublin (Dublin, 2000), pp. 349-380.

Articles in journals: author’s surname, author’s first name, title of article, name of journal, volume and year of

journal, page numbers of article.

Lydon, James F., ‘An Irish army in Scotland, 1296’, The Irish Sword, 5 (1961-2), pp. 184-90.

McGrath, Michael, ‘The narrow road. Harry Midgley and Catholic schools in Northern

Ireland’, Irish Historical Studies 30 (1997), pp. 429-451.

Peukert, Detlev, ‘The Weimar Republic - old and new perspectives’, German History, 6 (1988), pp. 133-144.

Websites: name of website, exact website address in brackets (URL), date of access.

Trinity College Dublin (http://www.tcd.ie), 1 September 2002.

5. SOURCING INFORMATION

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Plagiarism, i.e. to take the work or an idea of someone else and pass it off as one’s own, is

strictly forbidden and may have serious disciplinary consequences, such as a mark of zero

or failure of a course. See the College Calendar, p. H14 §65; the Department of History

web site has a link (via ‘college links’).

All direct and indirect quotations, as well as the ideas or opinions of others, must be

referenced. Indirect quotations should be extensively reworded, reordered and their

contents analysed, in order to avoid suspicion of plagiarism. As a general rule, any

information taken from a book/article/website must be sourced. However, it is not necessary to source general information or facts (e.g. Hitler came to power in 1933.) which

are common knowledge and/or can easily be verified.

6. REFERENCES (footnotes/endnotes) References may be inserted into the essay as footnotes or endnotes after the relevant text passage. References must be consistent and unambiguous. They must contain precise

page references, not only for direct quotations but also for indirect ones; foot- and endnotes

should be numbered consecutively.

The first reference to a particular work should contain the same information as the bibliographic entry. The only differences are that the word order of the author’s name is

reversed, and you must include a page reference:

Katharine Simms, From Kings to Warlords. The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic

Ireland in the Later Middle Ages (Woodbridge, 1987), p. 57.

Subsequent references to the same source should use an abbreviated form (author’s surname, abbreviated title, page number(s)). Where references are identical (or only refer

to different page or volume numbers) and follow one another immediately, the second and

following ones should be abbreviated with ‘Ibid.’ (i.e. ‘just there’). However, do not use

‘ibid.’ where there is more than one reference in the preceding note. Use ‘idem’ to denote a repetition of the immediately preceding author’s name, where only a different book or article

title (and page references) needs to be recorded. Use ‘passim’ to denote that a topic is

referred to periodically throughout the source cited. Do not use ‘op. cit.’ or ‘loc. cit.’ Only

use ‘cf.’ when it really does mean ‘compare’; otherwise use ‘see’.

When abbreviating months in footnotes, note standard abbreviations: Jan., Feb., Mar.,

Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.

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Use abbreviations (e.g. for archive repositories) only if the abbreviation has been

explained in the initial reference

1 Eric Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (London:

1994), pp. 12-15. 2 Detlev Peukert, ‘The Weimar Republic - old and new perspectives’, in German History, 6

(1988), p. 136. 3 Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes, pp. 14-18. 4 Ibid. (instead of ‘Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes, pp. 14-18.’) 5 Ibid., p. 17. (instead of ‘Hobsbawm, Age of extremes, p. 17.’) 6 Peukert, ‘Weimar Republic’, p. 142.

Foot- and endnotes should not in general be discursive. Occasionally, they may be used to

provide further explanatory information which is of secondary importance to the point being made and would disrupt the flow of the argument.

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7 GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A DISSERTATION

PRESENTATION (1) The length of the text should be 7,000-10,000 words, supported by a table of contents,

classified bibliography, and systematic references to sources in the form of footnotes or

endnotes. In place of a dissertation, students may be permitted to undertake an editorial project, comprising a transcribed text of up to 10,000 words, fully annotated, and an

introduction of 3,000-5,000 words.

(2) Unless taking the form of an editorial project, your dissertation should be divided into an

introduction and three or four chapters, each of which should be given a precise title.

(3) Before embarking on research, work out a strategy for taking notes accurately,

methodically, and retrievably (whether on disc, cards, or paper). Remember that your

dissertation will require far more notes than a term essay. Double check the accuracy of

transcription as you go, clearly distinguishing between quotations and summaries, and marking the precise page or folio number of every entry. The use of keyword headings will

aid filing and retrieval.

(4) Quotations from secondary sources, whether direct or indirect, should be brief and wholly relevant (use . . . to indicate omitted passages). To avoid the suspicion of plagiarism you must not only use your own words, but also refrain from paraphrasing

extended passages from any single work. In the case of primary sources which are not

readily available, longer extracts may be included in support of a detailed textual

commentary. You may reproduce entire documents or extended extracts in an appendix, with appropriate references in the text. All quotations must follow the original precisely, in

wording, spelling, and capitalisation.

(5) Precise page references must be given for all direct quotations, and also for closely

paraphrased passages. When a passage is requoted from a secondary text, that text must be cited in addition to the original source. References may be given in notes at the foot of

the page, or at the end of the dissertation. Please do not follow the common but distracting

practice of interpolating references in the text, unless your supervisor has approved this

system. Footnote citations may use abbreviated titles, but must indicate the precise location

of every primary source cited (such as folio number within MSS, or page and column

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number in a newspaper). In short, give enough information to allow the reader to trace the

passage cited.

(6) Provide a bibliography listing all the sources used, and separating primary from

secondary sources. For books give complete title, author's full name, place and date of

publication. For articles, add the title and issue of the journal, together with the page numbers. In the case of primary sources such as manuscripts, newspapers or rare

publications, you must supply the name of the relevant library or archive, and where

appropriate the MSS or call number.

(7) If citing documents viewed on the internet, always give the full provenance of the

document, as if read in a library or archive, as well as the internet address.

(8) The footnotes and the bibliography must conform to the style prescribed in Section 7

above. Students presenting a dissertation in Archaeology may use the Harvard System of annotation.

(9) Rewrite your first version before submitting the draft chapter or final dissertation. This

should help you not only to achieve greater accuracy and fluency, but also to delete

passages superfluous to the questions raised in your outline. Avoid padding and repetition, and check doubtful spellings before submission. Paragraphs should occupy less than a

page and be devoted to a single major theme.

(10) Dissertations must be submitted in typescript or print-out, double-spaced, preferably

without any handwritten amendments. Use one side only of each A4 sheet, number the pages, and provide a generous left-hand margin. Start each chapter, and the bibliography

and appendices, on a new page. Include a cover sheet giving your name, the title of your

dissertation and your supervisor’s name. Supply a table of contents, giving the titles of the

chapters, with correct pagination. Include at the beginning of the dissertation a signed statement that the dissertation is all your own work. Please submit two identical copies

securely bound.

THE HISTORY ALMANAC 2010-‐2011

WEEK DATE EVENTS MICHAELMAS TERM 2010

1 Mon 27 Sept Lectures begin in all modules

6 Mon 1 Nov JS / SS List III Essay (A) submission

7 Mon 8 Nov READING WEEK

8 Mon 15 Nov JS Historiography Essay submission

9 Mon 22 Nov JS Research Methods module starts, for four weeks

JS / SS List I Essay (A) submission

10 Wed 1 Dec JS Historiography classes end

11 Mon 6 Dec SS Dissertation Chapter submission

Fri 10 Dec JS Historiography Exam

12 Mon 13 Dec SS Dissertation chapter feedback

Wed 15 Dec JS/SH List II introductory meeting (collection of reading lists)

WEEK DATE EVENTS HILARY TERM 2011

1 Mon 17 Jan Lectures begin in all modules

4 Mon 7 Feb JS/SS List III Mod Essay (B) submission

6 Mon 21 Feb JS/SS List I Mod Essay (B) submission

7 Mon 28 Feb READING WEEK

Fri 4 March JS SH Dissertation Exercise submission

8 Mon 8 Mar JS/SS List II Essay (A) submission

JS SH Dissertation Exercise submission

10 Mon 21 Mar JS/SS List II classes end

SS Dissertation submission

11 Mon 4 April JS/SS List II Essay B submission

JF/SF SH submission of essay in third module of Hilary term

12 Mon 4 Apr JS/SS List II Essay (B) submission

Tues 3 May Annual Exams begin

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