UCSB Hist 217C, Spring-Fall 2007
Research Seminar in Public History
Th. 9-11, HSSB 2202
marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/classes/217

Prof. Marcuse (homepage)
HSSB 4221, 893-2635
marcuse@history.ucsb.edu
Office hours: Thu 12-2pm

Introduction (jump down to schedule of meetings)

The second quarter of this two-quarter graduate research seminar is devoted to working with the source material that was collected over the summer, and writing an article-length paper based on it. Emphasis is placed on source interpretation, writing, editing and presentation. A research seminar paper should be conceived so that it can become a published article or a chapter in a Ph.D. thesis.

Recommended Books (back to top)

• Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History (Boston: Bedford, 5th ed. 2006), $16. Short and sweet--if you don't have time for long guides, this is the one for you.
• Kate Turabian, Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago, 2007), 436 pages, $17. The "Chicago Manual" for historians.
• Jacques Barzun and Henry Graff, The Modern Researcher (Harcourt, Brace, 5th ed. 1985; 6th 2003), $25. For questions of research procedure, methodology and organization.
• Wayne Booth, Joseph Williams, Gregory Colomb, The Craft of Research (Chicago: Univ. Chicago, 1995, 2003), 336 pages, $10.
• William Strunk, E.B. White and Maira Kalman, The Elements of Style, Illustrated Edition (Penguin, 2005), 176 pages, $25/17
• Joseph Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Univ. of Chicago, 1990), $10. Beyond "Strunk & White;" writing clearly and "elegantly."

1.

27 Sept.

Administrative meeting;
progress reports

2.

4 Oct.

Detailed progress reports

3.

11 Oct.

Discussion of presenting at conferences (GSA last week);
discussion of Williams preface, ch. 1 & 2;
What is a thesis paper?

4.

18 Oct.

1st installment due (thesis paper+10pp);
discussion of Williams ch. 3 & 4; presentations

5.

25 Oct.

discussion of Williams ch. 5 & 6;
presentation of sample articles;
individual consultations about 1st installment

6.

1 Nov.

2nd installment due (+10pp)--to prof. and peer editor;
distribution of sample articles;
Williams chaps. 7 & 8

7.

8 Nov.

Williams chaps. 9 &10;
discussion of sample articles;
feedback from peer editors

8.

15 Nov.

3rd installment due (+10pp); exchange for peer critiques;
presenting your work orally (Wineburg reading)

9.

29 Nov.

First set of oral presentations; discuss Barzun ch. 14 & 15

10.

6 Dec.

Second set of oral presentations

10 Dec.

(Monday) final draft due