HISTORICAL WRITING WORKSHOP

This historical writing workshop is addressed to the students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in HISTORY [FT5], particularly 2nd and 3rd-year students. The workshop aims to strengthen the skills needed to write a third-year thesis. It is among the Internship activities and is based on participatory and interactive teaching. for this reason, attendance is strongly recommended and the ideal number of participants is limited to 20-25 people.
The workshop doesn’t have a final exam but the achievement of a qualification ('idoneità', corresponding to 3 credits) which will be granted at the end of the course based on the activity carried out by the students. The students who have attended the course but haven't obtained the qualification can, under exceptional circumstances, obtain it in subsequent exam sessions by requesting the professor, who will decide on a case-by-case basis.
Given the practical nature and the limited number of admitted participants, registration is compulsory and can be made by writing to vciciliot@unive.it in order to book a place. Registration on Moodle alone is not valid.

The goals of the Workshop are:
- to gain confidence with the structure of the argumentative text;
- to become familiar with the different historical writing practices and styles;
- to finalize notes and bibliography;
- to set up a research paper and the third-year thesis.

Knowledge of Italian language.

This workshop will investigate the basic elements of historical writing and its different forms and articulations, focusing particularly on argumentative/academic essays. It will offer in-class and at-home exercises aimed at analyzing primary and secondary sources, understanding the nature of the argumentative essay, and designing and writing a final research paper with a table of contents, footnotes, bibliography, and abstract. How to write formal e-mails will be also explored. Two classes will be conducted by BAUM library staff.

- Vera Gheno, La tesi di laurea. Ricerca, scrittura e revisione per chiudere in bellezza, Zanichelli, Bologna 2019;
- Costanza Di Ciommo, Guida alla tesi di laurea in Storia, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, Venezia 2017. https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni/libri/978-88-6969-139-3/ ;
- Paola Italia, Scrivere all’Università. Manuale pratico con esercizi e antologia di testi, Le Monnier Università, Firenze 2014 (second updated edition);

The workshop doesn’t have a final exam but the achievement of a qualification (‘idoneità’).
Attendance, participation, and results will be constantly monitored. The achievement of the 3 credits is conditioned to the completion of all tasks and assignments. Each student will be given the opportunity to discuss with the teacher the workshop outcomes and the revision of the assigned works.
Active participation throughout the workshop is required.

written and oral

No grade is assigned for the workshop.

Short introductory lessons in seminar form; writing practical activities; class discussions. All the classes will be interactive.

1. All the participants must register to the workshop through the Moodle electronic platform, but only after they have received a confirmation from the teacher (as mentioned above, write to vciciliot@unive.it beforehand);
2. They must include the Workshop in the study plan (please contact the teacher if this is not possible);
3. At any rate, they must register for the exam at the end of the course so that the qualification can be registered.