Penelope J. Corfield, Tim Hitchcock

Becoming a Historian (eBook, ePUB)

An Informal Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community of scholars. It outlines techniques to help design large-scale research projects, demonstrates the difference between quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and provides advice on bringing projects to a positive conclusion. This friendly guide is frank about the pains and pleasures of sticking with a long-term project, and explains how to present original research to wider audiences, including the appropriate use of social media, the art of public lecturing and strategies for publication.

Written by esteemed historians Penelope J. Corfield and Tim Hitchcock, Becoming a Historian debunks the myths and demystifies the systems that can make the world of research feel intimidating, and offers step-by-step advice on participating in the historical community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of London
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781914477171
• Artikelnr.: 75185860

Autorenporträt

Penelope J. Corfield is Professor Emeritus of History at Royal Holloway, University of London; Visiting Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Member of the Academia Europaea/ Academy of Europe; and President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2019- the present). Her publications address British social, cultural and urban history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as general theories of time and history. She gained her own research experience at the Universities of Oxford and London (LSE); she has enjoyed supervising many MA and PhD students; and she welcomes the internationalization of scholarship.