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Module Title
Research Skills: Methodology and Sources
School
History and Cultures
Department
History
Module Code
09 25092
Module Lead
Jonathan Boff
Level
Masters Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
The module will introduce students to the historiography of warfare as well as to a variety of different research methodologies and research sources. A series of case-studies will focus on key research sources (published and unpublished) for the experience of war in the twentieth century, including official histories; the diaries, memoirs, letters and autobiographies of contemporary actors; archival sources, especially the National Archives of the United Kingdom: Public Record Office; as well as non-documentary kinds of evidence. The module will provide guidance on the techniques necessary for the location of primary and secondary sources. The student will become familiar with bibliographical aids and with how to search in relevant libraries, archives and data sources.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Analyse and evaluate the significance of key events and historical processes relevant to the evolution of the historiography of warfare
Compare and critically evaluate the main scholarly views on the uses and abuses of military history
Use advanced bibliographic aids to source primary and secondary material relevant to the subject under scrutiny
Evaluate critically different research methodologies
Summarise, analyse and evaluate the subject material with clarity and confidence, both orally and in writing.
Synthesise and evaluate themes across a wide range of relevant but diverse primary and secondary material
