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Department
Educational programmes

Address:
190068 Saint Petersburg
123 Griboedov channel, Room 123

Phone:+7 (812)786-92-49

Postal address:
190068 Saint Petersburg
123 Griboedov channel

Administration

Department Head – Adrian A. Selin

Academic Supervisor – Evgeniy Anisimov

Public lectures by the faculty of the department of history

Public lectures

Research

About the Department

The Department of History was created in 2012. The overarching goal of the department is systematic development of the field of global, comparative, and transnational history as a potent tool of overcoming the limitations of national history canon, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of social sciences and humanities, and brining new public relevance to historical knowledge. The department mission includes the development of new type of historical undergraduate and graduate education in Russia and pioneering new research fields in Russian historiography in dialogue with the global historical profession.

Publications

Book

Remembering the Neoliberal Turn: Economic Change and Collective Memory in Eastern Europe after 1989

Gökarıksel S., Gontarska O., Hilmar T. et al.

L.: Routledge, 2023.

Article

The Russian Civil War after 100 Years: Within and Beyond the Historiographical Front Lines

Alexander V. Reznik.

Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 2024. Vol. 25. No. 3. P. 644-658.

Book chapter

The Stolbovo Treaty and Tracing the Border in Ingria in 1617–1618

Adrian Selin.

In bk.: Sweden, Russia, and the 1617 Peace of Stolbovo. Vol. 14. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2024. P. 99-118.

Working paper

The Image of the Past in Ciro Spontone’s ‘Historia Della Transilvania’

Khvalkov E., Levin F., Кузнецова А. Д.

Working Papers of Humanities. WP. Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2021

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Delivered by:: Department of History

Type:: Compulsory course

When:: 2 year, 1-3 module

Instructors

Bekasova, Aleksandra

Borisova, Tatiana Y.

Chunikhin, Kirill

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Abstract

This course aims at providing guidance in writing MA dissertations. The Research seminar elaborates on diversity of methodologies of possible usage and strengthens research skills. Participants of the seminar have an opportunity to discuss any concerns regarding writing a final paper.

Learning Objectives

To help students writing an effective MA thesis
To introduce students to basic requirements for writing a MA thesis
To help students finding a relevant doable research focus
To master students' skill of writing and thinking on paper
To stimulate an interdepartmental cross-disciplinary scholarly dialogue

Expected Learning Outcomes

Able to perform professional activities, including research and development activities in the international environment
Able to work with information: identify, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources for scientific and professional purposes (including with a systematic approach)
Is able to create and edit scientific and popular texts, to present complex historical information in a publicly accessible form
Is able to perform interdisciplinary interaction and cooperation with representatives of other fields of knowledge while solving research and applied tasks
Ability to create an effective academic research proposal

Course Contents

Introductory sessions
Basics of Academic Rhetoric
Sessions on Chapter 1
Sessions on Chapter 2
Presentations of first versions of MA Thesis

Assessment Elements

Individual project 'Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry'
Project Proposal (a first draft)
Participation in seminars
Review of a fellow's proposal
Presenting a case study
MA chapter
Review of a fellow's case study
Participation in seminars

Interim Assessment

2020/2021 2nd module
0.35 * Project Proposal (a first draft) + 0.2 * Review of a fellow's proposal + 0.25 * Participation in seminars + 0.2 * Individual project 'Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry'
2020/2021 4th module
0.2 * Participation in seminars + 0.35 * Project Proposal (a first draft) + 0.2 * Review of a fellow's proposal + 0.25 * Individual project 'Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry'
2021/2022 3rd module
0.4 * MA chapter + 0.3 * Presenting a case study + 0.15 * Participation in seminars + 0.15 * Review of a fellow's case study

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

50 steps to improving your academic writing : study book, Sowton, C., 2012
50 steps to improving your academic writing. Study book, Sowton, Ch., 2012
A sequence for academic writing, Behrens, L., 2005
Academic writing : a handbook for international students, Bailey, S., 2011
Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills, Swales, J.M., 2004
Bailey, S. (2017). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fifth edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1650435
Tusting, K., McCulloch, S., Bhatt, I., Hamilton, M., & Barton, D. (2019). Academics Writing : The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2138179

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Erixon, P.-O. 1954, & Erixon Arreman, I. 1954. (2019). ECEC students’ writing trajectories: academic discourse and “Professional Habitus.” Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63(6), 968–983. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2018.1476403
Stylish academic writing, Sword, H., 2012

Authors

BORISOVA TATYANA YUREVNA
BEKASOVA ALEKSANDRA VIKTOROVNA
CHUNIKHIN KIRILL ALEXANDROVICH

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