WelcomeSeminars - Thursday 15th May 2008
|
There are currently no future CLIO seminars scheduled |
CLIO seminars are intended to provide an occasion for students to debate historiographic, interdisciplinary and epistemological issues amongst their peers in a friendly and welcoming yet intellectually rigorous atmosphere.
Each session will be chaired by either one or two senior faculty members, whose main role will be to guide and focus discussion. However, most of the work will be done by the participants themselves; these seminars are essentially androgogical – the more you put in, the more you’ll get back!
The weekly themes are loosely centred on the study of the past, and almost all are directly relevant for Part II undergraduates doing HAP. Anyone is welcome to come along however: first-year undergraduates and MPhil students alike. Since each session is by-and-large self-contained, it’s perfectly okay only to come along to weeks which sound particularly interesting or relevant.
Discussion will be based on a selection of texts pertinent to the theme in question (listed below). Though it’s not essential to read these before turning up, you’ll get far more out of the seminars if you at least glance through them. If you’ve already got access to some of the texts, great; if not, either:
- Contact the current committee president specifying which weeks you’re interested in; he or she will UMS you a photocopy in due course, or
- Drop by the History Faulty and pick up a copy from the CLIO pigeonhole (in the custodian’s office). Each session’s texts will be there at least seven days before the seminar takes place. If these run out let us know!
The seminars are free for all to attend. Don’t hesitate to contact us at clio@cusu.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns.
Hope to see you soon!