02935 - Laboratory (Lab18)

Learning outcomes

The student, through a laboratory activity selected from those that will be activated year by year, develops transversal skills in the practical elaboration of the knowledge acquired in the course of the curriculum. They know how to collect, organise and analyse complex information and present the results of their analysis in written and oral form.

Course contents

The workshop is preparatory to the writing of dissertations and theses in the humanities and political history. There will be exercises in the comprehension of scientific texts, summarising, bibliographic research, fact checking and argumentative writing. In addition, each participant will have to develop in written form (max. 12,000 characters) a humanistic theme agreed with the lecturer.

Readings/Bibliography

The study of general texts is not required.
However, those who wish to study some of the topics covered in class in more detail may use the following:

 

T. De Mauro, Guida all'uso delle parole. Parlare e scrivere semplice e preciso per capire e farsi capire, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019.

U. Eco, Come si fa una tesi di laurea, Milano, La Nave di Teseo, 2017.

P. Italia, Scrivere all'Università. Manuale pratico con esercizi e antologia di testi, Milano-Firenze, Mondadori Education - Le Monnier Università, 2014.

L. Serianni, Leggere, scrivere, argomentare. Prove ragionate di scrittura, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015.

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, practical exercises. All intermediate work will be evaluated.

Assessment methods

In addition to the intermediate exercises carried out during the lectures and student presentations, at the end of the course each participant will submit a paper of a maximum of 12,000 characters that develops in written and organised form a humanistic or historical-political topic agreed upon with the lecturer.

Teaching tools

Online bibliographic databases, PPTs, group exercises, student presentations.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Casales