Research
Goals for this week (October 5/7)
By the end of the first week (by Sunday, October 11th), what should you know, be able to do and understand?
You will know the basics about the formation of Medieval Studies as a discipline
You will learn about the basics of conducting scholarly research using Library resources
You will practice using hypothes.is to comment on a website (wikipedia)
Overview:
This week we are getting to the meat and potatoes of the material for this term – starting our descent into the murky origins of Medieval Studies, and getting a sense of why we study the Middle Ages at all today (and why even in North America we consider it a foundational period for our history). To get a sense of why people think about the discipline, we will start with a tertiary resource which can be seen to embody general ideas of what Medieval Studies is, Wikipedia.
This week I want you to:
read and use hypothes.is to comment on the Medieval Studies entry on Wikipedia.
(optional) read and annotate "How to write Fake Global History" on Perusall.
read and annotate the next chapter of Thinking Medieval on Perusall.
read another chapter of Marc Bloch's The Historians Craft
Also, Susan Tudin from MacOdrum Library will talk about how to use library resources
Online Time
This week will have two synchronous meetings. On Monday the 5th, we will have our class time as normal and on October 7th, we will have Susan Tudin from MacOdrum Library introduce us to online resources for doing research. She'll present for the first part of Wednesday's class and then we'll talk about the Wikipedia entry on Medieval Studies (and how authoritative to consider it) and I might show you how to use Zotero to help with research.
As usual, I'll be online 15 mins before the start of class on Wednesdays to help with questions you might have, concerns you want to address and the such.
Read/Watch/Listen
read the Wikipedia article on "Medieval Studies" using hypothesis
read another chapter of Marcus Bull's Thinking Medieval on Perusall
read another chapter of Marc Bloch's The Historians Craft
(optional) read and annotate "How to Write Fake Global History" on Perusall
Do
Submit a journal entry, detailing your idea of What the Middle Ages were by October 11th?
Submit an End of Week Report on Sunday night (each week) to let me know if you have any questions and (this week) to provide a link to your What are the Middle Ages journal entry?.
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