(in Polish) Warsztaty pisania tekstów naukowych 7402-PTN

This course is designed to equip current PhD students with the knowledge and skills necessary to present their research and publish it in the international English-language style. The main elements of the course are as follows. It will make students aware of key stylistic differences in the composition of academic research papers and publications in German (Polish), French and English traditions. It will provide detailed instruction regarding the evolution of English academic publication in the humanities and social sciences from the early twentieth century to present. I will make clear the structure of a typical English-language article, and the main ways in which English-language arguments are formulated. Students will be required to discuss course content in the classroom, and assessed on their capacity (a.) to detect passively the way in which the arguments of three English-language publications have been formulated and (b.) to present actively their own research, structured and formulated in the international English-language style.

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Students shall attain knowledge of differing modes of presenting academic research, reflecting different national traditions (e.g. British, American, German) and changes over time within those traditions.

Learning outcomes - skills

Students shall attain a capacity to structure and to present an overarching argument within a PhD as, and a capacity to structure and to present chapter-/article-length arguments, in a manner in keeping with the expectations of academics (e.g. external PhD examiners and publication reviewers) in the Anglo-American tradition.

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Students shall attain a proficiency in framing and communicating their research questions and results to other students and scholars generating research in the Anglo-American tradition.

Teaching methods

Teaching will comprise a mixture of traditional lectures, student-led discussion, and formal student presentations.

Expository teaching methods

- description
- informative (conventional) lecture
- discussion
- participatory lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- brainstorming
- seminar
- case study
- presentation of a paper

Online teaching methods

- content-presentation-oriented methods
- evaluative methods

Prerequisites

Written and spoken English language skills.

Course coordinators

Matthew Stevens

Assessment criteria

• 1 of 3 – 60% 1,000 to 1,200 word written assessment of the structure, language and style of three key works in your field , namely, 1 book and 2 articles. Do not write more than 1,200 words in total. Use the language of description provided in the lectures. Use SHORT quotations from your chosen works to prove your points.

This must be submitted in English, Times New Roman font, 12 point font, double spaced.

You must employ FOOTNOTE references in the MHRA style. Notation IS NOT included in the word count.

Submit this work by email to m.f.stevens@umk.pl by TIME AND DAY TO BE ANNOUNCED.

• 2 of 3 – 30% Text of a Three Minute Thesis.

The Three Minute Thesis competition or 3MT, is an annual competition held in over 200 universities worldwide. It is open to PhD students, and challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging form that can be understood by an intelligent audience with no background in the research area. This exercise develops presentation, research and academic communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to explain their work effectively.

Submit this work by email to m.f.stevens@umk.pl by TIME AND DAY TO BE ANNOUNCED..

Go to www.youtube.com and search ‘Three Minute Thesis’. Listen to examples.

You MUST write a script of your presentation. It should set out your PhD topic, using the generic structure of an Anglo-American article as discussed in SESSION 6, and build an argument in one of the ways described in SESSION 7. It DOES NOT require notation. If it is too long, or too short, you will be penalized.

• 3 of 3 – 10% Presentation of your Three Minute Thesis.

You MUST present your Three Minute Thesis online, via ZOOM, in the teaching session of (DAY TO BE ANNOUNCED).

Practical placement

Not required.

Bibliography

D. Armitage and J. Guldi, The History Manifesto (Cambridge, 2014)
Read here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/the-history-manifesto/AC1A1EC711AE91A4F9004E7582D79AFD#fndtn-contents

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 7402-PTN in USOSweb