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The Department Of History.

MA Programmes Handbook 2010-2011

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Note

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information given in this publication, but the University can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. University courses are continually reviewed and revised and there may well be some changes between the date of publication and the time you embark on your course. The University reserves the right to discontinue courses of study and to amend ordinances and regulations governing courses of study whenever it sees fit. Students should check the Department of History‘s webpages regularly for updated course information.

Important Dates

Autumn Semester: 27 September 2010 - 17 December 2010

17 January 2011 - 4 February 2011

Christmas Vacation: 18 December 2010 - 16 January 2011 (4 weeks)

Spring Semester: 7 February 2011 - 8 April 2011

3 May 2011 - 11 June 2011

Easter Vacation: 9 April 2011 - 2 May 2011 (3 weeks)

Departmental Registration: Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 September in Jessop West (further details on p. 4.).

University Registration: Friday 24 September, 11.30am - 12.30pm, Sports Hall 1, Goodwin Sports Centre.

The Departmental Welcome Party: Friday 24 September, 5.30pm in the Exhibition Space, Jessop West. Please come to celebrate your arrival, and meet other postgraduates and staff.

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Contents

Important Dates 1

Introduction 3

Induction Procedures 4

Postgraduate Life In The Department Of History 6

MA Programme 8

Attendance and Mode Of Attendance 9

Part-Time Employment 9

Deadlines 10

Departmental Aims 11

Intended Learning Outcomes 12

Student and Tutor Responsibilities 13

MA Course Outline 14

Assessment 20

Penalties for Lateness and Extensions 20

Prizes 21

Binding and Paper Copy Submission 22

Turnitin 23

General Marking Criteria 26

Dissertation Marking Criteria 28

Study Techniques 30

Style Guide 31

Plagiarism and Collusion 35

Graduate Facilities 37

Careers 42

Seeking Help 44

Contact with The Department 47

Taught Programmes Office 48

How You Can Influence Things 49

Health and Safety 50

Out of Hours Building Access 50

Data Protection: Personal Information 53

Staff Contact Details 54

Useful Web Pages 57

Departmental Maps 58

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Introduction

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. You are joining a Department which has an excellent research and teaching reputation and a substantial community of higher degree candidates, following both taught courses and research programmes. The Department and the University offer you the opportunity to enhance your academic skills, using the facilities provided, to progress to further academic work or to employment. As a higher-degree candidate you will find that sharing your knowledge with others, staff and fellow candidates, enables you to refine and develop your ideas as well as to be part of a friendly academic community.

This publication provides information for students following an MA programme in History. You will find here information about the structure and content of your course, the range of choices open to you in selecting modules for study, some advice about how to present your work, and practical information about the Department and the University. Members of staff of the Department of History, whose contact details may be found at the end of this handbook, will be happy to offer advice and help.

The information contained in this brochure, as well as additional important information, can be found on the Department of History home page www.shef.ac.uk/history, which also lists forthcoming events and seminars and the University home page www.shef.ac.uk. It is important that you check these webpages regularly for updated information.

I hope that you will find this Handbook helpful in providing you with useful information as well as acting as a guide to other sources of information. As Director of MA Programmes, I look forward to meeting you and, together with all the members of the Department, I wish you well in your studies.

Dr Karen Harvey Director of MA Programmes September 2010

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Induction Procedures

Registration for postgraduates following taught programmes takes place during ‗Intro week‘, the week preceding the beginning of the Autumn semester, this year 20-26 September. All students need to register with the Department, the University, and the University Health Service and acquire a UCard (which provides proof of your identity and student status, serves as a library card and is used to pre-pay for the photocopying and printing services in IT centres and the Library). Arrangements have also been made for you to be given an introduction to the University Library and computing facilities.

Departmental Registration

MA students should attend an introductory meeting to explain registration procedures on Tuesday 21 September at 12.00pm in Room G.03 on the ground floor of Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover Street (map ref: 184). This meeting will be followed at 1.00pm by a Module Choice Advice Session where you will have opportunity to discuss your choice of research skills and optional modules with academic members of staff. You will also use this time to finish completing your Departmental Registration form, which is to be handed in by 2.30pm.

Formal departmental registration will take place on Wednesday 22 September from 1.30pm in Room G.03, Jessop West. Please ensure you bring your original degree certificate or transcript to this event. In order to prevent queues developing, we ask you to come to register at the following times:

1.30pm surnames A - J 2.30pm surnames K - Z

Please note that you will not be able to complete University registration until you have registered for 180 credits of modules with the Department.

University Registration

On-line registration for new full-time MA students will take place in Sports Hall No 1, Goodwin Sports Centre, on Friday 24 September at the following times:

11.30-12.00pm surnames A - L 12.00-12.30pm surnames M - Z

You will need to take your completed Unit Form to this event.

Part-time Students

Please note that part-time students should register with the University on-line prior to their arrival in Intro-week (as notified by Registration Services) and your module choices will be notified to registration by the department.

UCards

Full-time Students

Provided you have returned your Application for a University Membership Card (UCard) (found in your Registration: The Essential Guide booklet) by the deadline of 10th September 2010 you will be able to collect your UCard and Computing Services information pack when you register.

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Part-time Students

Provided you have returned your Application for a University Membership Card (UCard) form by the deadline of 10th September 2010 you will receive your UCard and Computing Services information pack in the post prior to Intro Week. Please ensure that the correspondence address associated with your application is kept up-to-date.

Fees

Advice about the payment of fees for full-time students is provided in detail in the Registration: The Essential Guide 2010-11. All students can access further information on the University website at www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/fees/payment.

Library Induction Session

Clare Scott of the University Library has arranged an induction session for all new MA students at 2.30pm on Tuesday 21 September. The session will be held in Room G.03, Jessop West following the Module Choice Advice Session.

Computing Induction Session

We will be running a voluntary induction session at 4pm on Friday 1 October in the IT Room, Portobello Centre (map ref 177). The session takes place in a relaxed environment and is taught by the Departmental IT Officer. This session is aimed at new students who haven't previously studied at The University of Sheffield, and will introduce you to the University's managed Windows XP service and the applications available to you on the managed system. We will also show you how to access your University U:Drive, myEmail, uSpace, MUSE and MOLE accounts.

You will be invited to sign up for a session when you attend Departmental Registration.

Please note, you must make sure that you remember to bring your CiCS username and password: you will choose your own password when setting up to your CiCS account using the information given out at registration.

Departmental Welcome Party

There will be an informal drinks party to celebrate your arrival in Sheffield and introduce you to other postgraduates and staff in the Department. This will be held in the Exhibition Space in Jessop West from 5.30 –7.00pm on Friday 24 September.

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Postgraduate Life in the Department of History

The University of Sheffield‘s status as one of the UK‘s leading universities is reflected in press league tables and university guides. Official quality assessments rate our teaching very highly, and confirm our reputation as a centre for world-class research. As a Masters student here you will join a population of more than 24,000 students, from 120 countries, and will work with a few of the more than 6,500 staff employed by the University. Our academic partners include leading universities around the world and our research partners include many major international companies as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations. Sheffield University is a founder member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), an international partnership of leading higher education institutions.

The Department of History is one of the most active centres for historical research in the country. We are committed to research-led teaching; in the last Research Assessment Exercise we were in tenth position nationally ranked by the proportion of our research judged 'world-leading‘. The Department has a full-time staff complement of over 30 and over 60 postgraduate students. As an MA student here you will be taught and supervised by historians who are at the forefront of historical research. Members of the Department are actively engaged in a wide range of research specialisms, stretching from late antiquity to the early twenty-first century. Particular areas of research-strength include period-specific specialisms such as medieval history, early modern England and Europe, eighteenth-century England and America, contemporary Britain and the United States, and fascist and totalitarian movements in twentieth-century Britain and Europe. Other areas of research strength are thematic and span several different periods. These include urban history, gender history, imperial and international history, and the history of violence, particularly political and religious violence. In some cases this work leads to collaboration with other departments in interdisciplinary research centres, such as the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, the Centre for Genocide and Mass Violence, and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Culture. Much research is also conducted through the Humanities Research Institute, and several history projects are currently based there. Members of our staff have played a pioneering role in making historical sources available in electronic form through a series of prestigious British Academy and Leverhulme-funded research projects; further information about these may be found on the departmental web pages at www.shef.ac.uk/history/research

There are good facilities for MA and PhD students in the new Jessop West building. On each floor of the History Wing there are fully networked computers for post-graduate students, allowing free and unlimited access to many bibliographical services and the internet. You will also have access to microfilm readers and a scanner with text-recognition software. In the History Wing there are kitchens and social space which staff and students can use for coffee or lunch. The Department is a friendly place to study. Our staff make a point of ensuring that all graduate students have the opportunity to meet regularly with other postgraduate students, academics and visiting lecturers for support and the exchange of ideas. MA students are encouraged to attend the departmental seminars and the postgraduate discussion groups that have been established in different fields of History from Early Modern to Imperial and Twentieth-Century History.

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We encourage all postgraduate students to discuss their research work with each other. Last year‘s students played an active role in establishing a regular Postgraduate Seminar series. This informal forum proved popular with both staff and students and we hope to build on its success this year. There have also in recent years been postgraduate seminars organised under the White Rose scheme by students at Sheffield, York and Leeds. Watch your email and the postgraduate notice-boards on levels one and three in the Department for further information about these events.

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MA Programme

The University of Sheffield‘s MA programme in History offers flexible study for those who wish to pursue an interest in History beyond undergraduate level. The course is designed both to provide research training for those who propose ultimately to complete a research degree (MPhil or PhD) in History and to allow students who do not intend to remain in academic life to develop their understanding in History while acquiring a broad range of transferable skills. All students on the course are provided with high-quality, research-led teaching and training that will equip them with intellectual training of value to employers outside academia.

All of our MA programmes are modular in format. In order to be awarded the degree of MA, students must accumulate a total of 180 credits by taking taught modules totalling 120 credits and completing the Dissertation worth 60 credits. The credits are accumulated over 12 months (full-time study) or 24 months (part-time study). The Director of MA Programmes is Dr Karen Harvey ([email protected]).

All students take the core module Research Presentation (15 credits, Semester 2) and other core module(s) appropriate to their chosen MA:

Historical Research Medieval History

Early Modern History Eighteenth-Century Studies

Nineteenth-Century Studies Modern History

American History

International History

Students will then choose research skills modules and option modules appropriate to their own area of interest totalling 75 credits. The research skills modules chosen may include the PhD Proposal, which is designed for those intending to proceed to a PhD, and/or Research Skills for Historians, which offers an introduction to the archives, libraries, and resources available in Sheffield. Each MA degree culminates in an independent research project, leading to the writing of a dissertation of approximately 15,000 words. All students writing a dissertation will work closely with an individual supervisor appointed during the first semester.

All students have the option of taking up to 30 credits of unrestricted modules chosen from outside the Department, subject to the approval of the Director of MA Programmes. These could include language training or taught modules from another department‘s MA programme.

The Postgraduate Diploma is awarded to students who successfully complete the 120 credits of taught modules but do not submit a Dissertation.

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Attendance

A full-time student is required under the General Regulations (General Regulations 39 and 40) to attend throughout the whole of each semester. Failure to attend regularly could lead to your being denied the credits assigned to particular modules, or being referred to the Faculty Student Review Committee, which has the power to exclude students from further study in the Faculty.

All students are expected to attend, and prepare in advance for their classes. Illness or other causes that prevent your attendance should be notified to your tutor(s) and the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey, in advance.

Attendance Monitoring

As a student, it is most important that you attend regularly all the sessions that are listed in your timetable or that are communicated to you as the semester proceeds. It is only by attending all of the scheduled sessions you will be able to learn effectively, and it is for this reason that the Student Charter notes that students are expected "to attend throughout each semester, including the full examination period. This means turning up on time to all designated teaching sessions, tutorials, laboratory sessions and all assessment". To help ensure that you make full use of the learning opportunities that are available, the department will be monitoring the attendance of students at twelve or more sessions throughout the year. The monitoring will be carried out using systems that have been developed by the University specifically to help departments identify and support students who are having difficulty with their study programme.

Within this department, we monitor attendance using registers that are collated and reviewed by academic and administrative staff throughout the academic year.

Mode of Attendance

The programme is modular in format. In order to be awarded the degree of MA, students must accumulate a total of 180 credits by taking taught modules totalling 120 credits and completing the Dissertation carrying 60 credits. The credits are accumulated over 12 months (full-time study) or 24 months (part-time study). Full-time students are expected to take 60 credits in each semester (in order to ensure that their workload is evenly balanced). The period between the end of the Spring Semester and the end of the period of registration is devoted entirely to the dissertation. Part-time students are asked to draw up a programme of study in conjunction with Dr Karen Harvey at the beginning of the academic year. In most cases the second year will be devoted to the Research Presentation and the dissertation.

Part-time Employment

Whilst we recognise that you may wish to work during your degree, the University advises full-time students not to undertake paid employment in excess of 16 hours per week alongside their studies. As a Masters student the contrast between semester and ‗vacation‘ will be less significant than it is for undergraduates; you would be well advised to stick to the 16 hour limit throughout the year.

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Deadlines for Assessed Work

Semester 1:

HST6801 Research Skills: 12 noon, Wednesday 24th November 2010

HST6027 PhD Proposal: 12 noon, Wednesday 8th December 2010

30 credit core modules*: 12 noon, Wednesday 15th December 2010

HST6850 Palaeography: 12 noon, Wednesday 26th January 2011

All 15 credit options: 12 noon, Wednesday 26th January 2011

HST6003 Fin-de-Siècle: 12 noon, Wednesday 26th January 2011

Semester 2:

Dissertation Bibliography: 12 noon, Wednesday 16th March 2011

15 credit options (taught in weeks 1-5): 12 noon, Wednesday 23rd March 2011

15 credit options (taught in weeks 6-10): 12 noon, Wednesday 18th May 2011

Dissertation: 12 noon, Wednesday 7th September 2011

*Please note that the 30 credit core module deadline for 19th Century Studies will be set in conjunction with Department of English and notified separately.

Other Deadlines

Semester 1:

HST6560 Dissertation Title Registration Form: 12 noon, Wednesday 17th November 2010

Semester 2:

HST6560 Dissertation Synopsis Form: 12 noon, Wednesday 23rd February 2011

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Departmental Aims

Degree programmes offered by the Department of History have the following general aims:

to provide high quality teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels that is informed and invigorated by research and scholarship and alert to the benefits of student-centred learning.

to sustain a culture of research and learning that promotes the free pursuit of knowledge, impartial analysis and the acquisition of informed attitudes to the study of the past.

to maintain broad access to its programmes of study for students from a wide range of educational and social backgrounds to the extent permitted by intellectual aptitudes which the programme demands.

to respond to the diversity of student interests by offering an appropriate level of student choice within the degree programme, enabling them to pursue chronologically, geographically and methodologically diverse fields of study.

to equip students with the skills that will prepare them for employment or for further study.

The MA Programme is designed to meet the following course-specific aims:

to help students to recognise their personal ability, motivation and interest in pursuing further study and to equip them with the skills needed for independent research at MPhil/PhD level.

to offer students a programme that is qualitatively different from BA-level study by maximising opportunities for independent study and reflexive practice.

to focus on transferable research and learning skills that are applicable both within and outside the academic discipline of History.

to improve students‘ chance of developing a coherent and rigorous PhD proposal and obtain funding for further study.

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Intended Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

By graduation, students completing a Diploma or an MA in History will have developed:

a critical understanding of the significance of historiographical developments since the professionalisation of the discipline and their relevance to a student‘s specialist area of study

a comprehensive understanding of the epistemological and methodological distinctiveness of history as a discipline, and an ability to reflect on the significance of the influence of other disciplines on the development of historical method

a conceptual understanding that enables the student to evaluate critically scholarly writing in history and to undertake informed source-criticism

In addition, students achieving the award of MA will have:

achieved a personal understanding of whether or not they possess the ability, motivation and interest to pursue further postgraduate study in History

Skills and other attributes

Students achieving both awards will have developed:

the ability to reflect deeply on historical knowledge and to demonstrate an awareness of current historical debates

the ability to write and speak about the past in good English, showing an awareness of History as a literary discipline and a developing sense of literary style

the ability to use a wide range of bibliographical tools (on paper and in electronic form) to locate and critically evaluate appropriate sources and materials for the advanced study of history

the ability to locate and critically evaluate archival, printed or electronic source-material for the investigation of specific historical questions

the ability to formulate and sustain independent historical arguments, to provide appropriate evidence to support them, including quantitative and visual evidence, and to reference the sources of the evidence used

the ability to respond constructively to debate and criticism

effective skills in oral communication to specialist and non-specialist audiences

skills in effective time management, including the ability to work productively alone

familiarity with a variety of ICT skills, encompassing a range of bibliographical, statistical and other computer programmes and their application, as well as electronic sources for research

In addition, students achieving the award of MA will have developed:

the ability to identify an area of historical enquiry and engage in independent historical research

the ability to engage in independent and extended research within a defined area of historical enquiry, to construct and sustain a logical and where possible original argument based on information collected, and to present the findings in dissertation form, with a recognised historical apparatus.

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Student and Tutor Responsibilities

Students taking an MA are responsible for:

attending classes and seminars, which are compulsory, and arriving punctually, at the times arranged, for the individual tutorials organised with their supervisors

ensuring that they have understood the tasks set for each successive class, that they have obtained – or know how to obtain – the preliminary reading list or prescribed reading and that they have completed any tasks set before each class or arranged tutorial

preparing appropriately, following tutorial guidance, for any formal presentations that they may have to give to the rest of the seminar group.

completing assessment tasks in good time; providing dissertation draft excerpts for consultation with their supervisor early enough to be able to benefit from any advice about improvement before the submission date

informing the MA co-ordinator of any changes in circumstances, including change of address.

Those teaching on an MA are responsible for:

clarifying the student‘s responsibilities for his or her own progress

assisting students in the location of necessary primary and secondary sources (including, where necessary, writing letters of introduction to permit them to obtain access to libraries and archives outside Sheffield)

guiding students‘ work and providing a suitable programme of directed reading

guiding students through the completion of the various tasks for taught modules, offering advice on outlines and drafts where appropriate

returning assessed work after marking, offering guidance and constructive criticism and reporting the mark provisionally awarded to each exercise. Written work for the MA will normally be returned within three weeks of submission.

attending the MA day conference

Those supervising MA dissertations are responsible for:

offering students appropriate guidance in the choice of a dissertation topic and adequate supervision for its completion. Such supervision should include guidance about the nature of research and the standards expected at this level; about the planning and due scope of the research programme; about the secondary literature and primary sources required to support the project

being available to read and comment on a detailed outline of the Dissertation and on a draft text of at least one chapter.

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MA Course Outline

The degree of MA is awarded to students who have successfully completed modules totalling 180 credits. 120 credits come from modules taught during semester time and the other 60 credits come from your dissertation. You can view full details of all available modules on our website at www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate

ALL candidates will take:

HST6560 Dissertation 60 credits Full Year

HST6802 Research Presentation 15 credits Semester 2

Plus the appropriate core module and 75 credits worth of research skills and option modules appropriate to your chosen MA programme (see below):

MA in Medieval History

Core Module:

HST6601 Approaching the Middle Ages 30 credits Semester 1

You must take a total of 75 credits from the following two sections:

Research Skill Modules (choose at least 15 credits):

HST6027 PhD Proposal 15 credits Semester 1

HST6801 Research Skills for Historians 15 credits Semester 1

MLT6014 Beginners Latin A 15 credits Semester 1

MLT6015 Beginners Latin B 15 credits Semester 2

Option Modules (choose at least 45 credits):

HST681 Work Placement 15 credits Semesters 1 & 2

HST683 Imagining the Unseen in the Middle Ages 15 credits Semester 1

HST697 Order and Disorder around the year 1000 15 credits Semester 2

HST6031 The Dawn of Modernity in the Late Middle Ages 15 credits Semester 2

HST6032 Reading Italian for Historical Research 15 credits Semester 1

HST6033 Crime and Punishment in Late Antiquity 15 credits Semester 1

HST6034 The Historical Novel 15 credits Semester 2

HST6042 Presenting the Past: Making History Public 15 credits Semester 2

HST6842 The Transformation of the Roman World 15 credits Semester 1

AAP6067 From the Age of Migrations to the Age of Discovery 15 credits Semester 1

AAP6068 Greeks, Romans and ‘Others’ in the Ancient World 15 credits Semester 1

AAP6116 Viking-Age Europe 15 credits Semester 2

MA in Early Modern History

Core Module:

HST6602 Early Modernities 30 credits Semester 1


Research Skills Modules (choose at least 15 credits):



HST6850 Palaeography 15 credits Semester 1

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HST676 Ways of Seeing: Art, History and the Renaissance 15 credits Semester 1





HST6038 Framing the Past: The Eighteenth Century on Film 15 credits Semester 2


HST6043 Burying the White Gods: Indigenous People in the Early Modern Colonial World 15 credits Semester 2

HST6044 Universal Reform in Revolutionary England: Exploring the Hartlib Papers 15 credits Semester 2

HST6854 Arguments about Eighteenth-Century Crime 15 credits Semester 2

HST6886 Eighteenth-Century British American Colonies 15 credits Semester 2

AAP6103 Material Life and Culture in the Early Modern World 15 credits Semester 2

EGH6015 Writing the Renaissance I: Texts and Contexts 15 credits Semester 1

LIT6008 The English Civil War 15/30 credits Semester 2

LIT6800 Performance Spaces in Early Modern England 30 credits Semester 2

MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies (History)

Core Module:

HST6812 The Eighteenth Century: Research Approaches 30 credits Semester 1













AAP6103 Material Life and Culture in the Early Modern World 15 credits Semester 2

LIT6007 The Rise of the Gothic, 1790-1890 30 credits Semester 1

LIT6340 Eighteenth-Century Scottish Verse 30 credits Semester 2

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MA in Nineteenth-Century Studies (History)

Core Module:

HST6813 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Studies 30 credits Semester 1







HST6003 The Fin-de-Siècle 30 credits Semester 1



HST6037 A People’s Conflict: The Union and the U.S. Civil War 15 credits Semester 2


HST6892 The Scramble for Africa 15 credits Semester 1

LIT*** Poetry and History 30 credits Semester 2

LIT6011 Fiction and Reality 30 credits Semester 2

MA in American History

Core Module:

HST6604 Approaches to the American Past 30 credits Semester 1






HST674 International Relations and the Early Cold War in Britain 15 credits Semester 2





HST6039 Modernity on Trial: America in the 1920s 15 credits Semester 1

HST6041 Life during Wartime America in the 1970s and 1980s 15 credits Semester 2




EGH6004 Interpret the Brutes – The Animal in Postcolonial Writing 30 credits Semester 1

EGH6019 White Like Me: Reading Whiteness in American Literature 30 credits Semester 2

LIT6350 Postmodernism, Politics and Contemporary American Fiction 30 credits Semester 2

LIT6700 Tales of the City – The Living Space in Contemporary American Fiction 30 credits Semester 1

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LIT6760 Exchanging Letters: Art and Correspondence in Twentieth-Century America 30 credits Semester 2

MA in Modern History

Core Module:

HST6603 Modernity and Power: Individuals and the State in the Modern World 30 credits Semester 1







HST677 Modernity and the Self: Negotiating Identities with the Soviet State 15 credits Semester 2

HST680 Media and Political Culture in Twentieth Century Britain 15 credits Semester 2


HST695 African Nationalism, 1945-1970 15 credits Semester 1




HST6035 Women & Political Emancipation in Britain from Suffrage to Thatcher 15 credits Semester 1





HST6870 Life Stories: Men and Women in War and Revolution, 1917-49 15 credits Semester 1


HST6896 Nehru and India 15 credits Semester 2

LIT*** Post-war British Theatre, Film and Television 30 credits Semester 1

LIT622 Writing the Holocaust 30 credits Semester 2

MA in International History

Core Module:

HST6605 Approaches to International History 30 credits Semester 1








HST695 African Nationalism 15 credits Semester 2

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EGH6004 Interpret the Brutes – The Animal in Postcolonial Writing 30 credits Semester 1

EGH6019 White Like Me: Reading Whiteness in American Literature 30 credits Semester 2

MA in Historical Research

30 Credit Approaches Modules (choose one):

HST6601 Approaching the Middle Ages 30 credits Semester 1

HST6602 Early Modernities 30 credits Semester 1

HST6603 Modernity and Power: Individuals and the State in the Modern World 30 credits Semester 1

HST6604 Approaches to the American Past 30 credits Semester 1

HST6605 Approaches to International History 30 credits Semester 1





HST6850 Palaeography 15 credits Semester 1





HST676 Ways of Seeing: Art, History and the Renaissance 15 credits Semester 1

HST677 Modernity and the Self: Negotiating Identities with the Soviet State 15 credits Semester 2

HST680 Media and Political Culture in Twentieth Century Britain 15 credits Semester 2


HST683 Imagining the Unseen in the Middle Ages 15 credits Semester 1

HST695 African Nationalism, 1945-1970 15 credits Semester 1

HST697 Order and Disorder around the year 1000 15 credits Semester 2




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HST6033 Crime and Punishment in Late Antiquity 15 credits Semester 1


HST6035 Women & Political Emancipation in Britain from Suffrage to Thatcher 15 credits Semester 1







HST6044 Universal Reform in Revolutionary England: Exploring the Hartlib Papers 15 credits Semester 2

HST6842 The Transformation of the Roman World 15 credits Semester 1


HST6870 Life Stories: Men and Women in War and Revolution, 1917-49 15 credits Semester 1




NB. Modules will only be offered if sufficient numbers of students sign up.

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Assessment

Submission of Assessed Work

The deadline for assessed work is set at 12 noon on the dates specified (see p.10). You should submit an electronic copy of your essay to the plagiarism detection service called TurnitinUK, which you should access via MOLE (see p.23). No work will be accepted via email or fax.

After you have submitted the electronic copy of your essay to Turnitin, you will also need to submit one identical paper copy on the same day also by 12 noon. You should bring this copy of your essay to Beky Hasnip, the Postgraduate Secretary, in the History reception, floor one, Jessop West.

All MA level work is marked anonymously and names should not be put on submitted pieces of work. To facilitate feedback on student essays the Department uses an Essay Feedback form. This form should be used as a coversheet for all hard copy essays and can be downloaded from the website at www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate/forms.html. Please ensure that you complete your full details at the top of both pages of the feedback sheet.

The standard penalties for late submission apply, and for this purpose the official date of submission will be established by turnitin. If you do not submit your essay to turnitin, then you will be awarded a fail for that piece of coursework.

Please note that although the official date of submission is established by the electronic submission to turnitin, your work will not be marked until you have also submitted the paper copy.

If any differences are identified between the electronic and paper submissions, this shall be regarded as a potential instance of cheating.

Penalties for Late Submission

If you submit work after the deadline you will incur a deduction of 5% off your final mark for each working day that the assignment is late. A ‗working day‘ excludes weekends and Bank Holidays, but does include Mondays to Fridays throughout all vacations. If you submit your work more than 5 days late, without a special dispensation or extension (as specified above), your work will not be marked and it will be graded as zero.

Extensions

Extensions are only granted in exceptional circumstances for which supporting evidence can be provided. Please note that extensions may not be granted by individual tutors. They are granted at the discretion of the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey, and students experiencing difficulties and who feel they made need an extension for the submission of written work or the dissertation should contact Dr Karen Harvey ([email protected]) in the first instance. You must receive permission for an extension before the deadline or your work could be subject to standard lateness penalties (see above).

Once approved, extensions will need to be supported by completion of a Special Circumstances form and you may need to submit medical evidence or other documentation where appropriate.

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Failure to submit all the assessed work by 26 September may prevent a student from receiving the award of the degree of MA in the autumn of that year.

Return of Work and Feedback

Each exercise will be marked by two internal examiners and the marks validated by the external examiner. All marks remain provisional until the end of the course. When your work is returned to you, together with your tutor‘s comments and suggestions for future improvement, you will be told, provisionally, what mark it achieved so that you may have some idea of your progress over the course. Dissertations are double-marked internally and all are sent to the external examiner. The second copy of your dissertation will be available for collection from the Department of History after the Faculty has approved the MA degree results in November.

The criteria against which your work will be marked are specified on p.26. MA work is all marked anonymously.

Results

Students will be notified of their final results, including a breakdown of final marks for each module, by the Taught Programmes Office in late November or early December 2011, once the results have been confirmed by the Faculty of Arts. At the same time you will be sent information about forthcoming degree ceremonies if you wish to receive the award of your MA in person.

Prizes

Departmental MA Prize

A departmental prize of £100 will be awarded each year to the student who achieves the best overall performance in assessed MA work.

Brian Marsden Prize

A University prize, usually of £250, will be awarded each year for the most meritorious proposal submitted by a final-year undergraduate or postgraduate student for archival research on an American History topic. The prize money to be used for travel expenses related to this proposed research. This prize will be advertised in the department in the second half of Semester One.

At the discretion of the MA Exam Board prizes may be split between students.

Failure and resits

In order to obtain a Masters degree in history, students must normally complete 180 credits, achieving marks of 50 or better in each separate element.

Further information on these regulations can be found at:

www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate/assessment

http://www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate/assessment

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Binding and Paper Copy Submission

You must submit one paper copy of all pieces of assessed work for your taught modules and two copies of your dissertation. For each piece of work the pages should be numbered and the essay should be stapled and include a feedback sheet (available at www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate/forms.html).

Dissertations

Dissertations must be bound in a permanent and secure binding; you are strongly recommended to use the binding service provided by the University‘s Printing Services Department; details at www.shef.ac.uk/printing/binding.html. Spiral binding is not recommended.

The title-page of the dissertation must include the following information:

Full title of the dissertation

Registration number

Supervisor‘s name

Word count (NB. including footnotes but not bibliography or appendices), and

The following statement ‗A dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA in [insert appropriate degree title], University of Sheffield, September 2011.‘

All assessment is undertaken anonymously and your name should not be put on your dissertation.

Please consult the departmental webpages for further information on submission of your dissertation.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate/forms.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/printing/binding.html

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Turnitin

As previously stated, the deadline for assessed work is set at 12 noon on the day in question. The standard penalties for late submission apply, and for this purpose Turnitin will establish the official date of submission. If you do not submit your work to Turnitin, then you will be awarded a fail for that piece of coursework.

After you have submitted the electronic copy of your work to Turnitin, then you will also need to submit an identical paper copy on the same day also by 12 noon. You should bring this copy of your essay to Jessop West and hand your work in directly to Beky Hasnip situated at the first floor reception. (Please note that although the official date of submission is established by the electronic submission to Turnitin, your work will NOT be marked until you have also submitted the paper copy).

To submit a paper to Turnitin through MOLE

1. You can login to MOLE through MUSE or by going to:

http://vista.shef.ac.uk

2. Click on the link of the module you wish to submit your work to.

3. Each MOLE module will have a Turnitin folder. Click on this.

4. Click on the Essay / Dissertation link, depending on which piece of work you are submitting.

http://vista.shef.ac.uk/

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5. Click on the submit icon.

6. Choose single file upload to upload your work from a file on your computer.

Your first name and last name should automatically appear in the correct fields. If they do not then type in your first name and last name manually.

Under submission title please type the full title of your essay (an abbreviation may be necessary for particularly long titles).

Click on Choose File to bring up the browse file window. Locate your file and click on either Open or Choose to accept. You will notice that next to Choose File you will now see the name of the file you have selected.

Click on upload.

7. Preview your paper to be sure this is the correct submission.

If this is the correct submission then click on submit to send the file to Turnitin.

If it is not then click on the return to upload page link to start the process again.

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You will then receive a digital receipt on screen to confirm that the submission has been successful.

Troubleshooting

Compatible File Types

Turnitin does not support all file types. If you have saved your work using a file type that is not supported then you will be unable to upload your work. Turnitin currently supports the following file types only:

Word (.doc(x)) WordPerfect (.wpd) PostScript (.ps)

PDF (.pdf) Plain Text (.txt) Rich Text Format (.rtf)

HTML (.html)

There are some popular word processing packages on the market that will save work using file extensions not compatible with Turnitin. Examples of such include: Microsoft Works (.wps), Apple Pages (.pages), and Sun Microsystems‘ Write (.sxw). The solution to the problem is to save the document as a Word file (most will support this). For example if a document is written using OpenOffice it can still be saved as a Microsoft Word document.

On the File menu, click Save As…, click the small arrow next to the File type: window to access a drop down menu, and then select Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc). Click on Save.

What to do in the event of a problem

If you are having technical difficulties in submitting your work to Turnitin then please contact the Departmental IT Officer / Technician, Mr. James Pearson by email at [email protected] or by phone on 0114 22 22590. All non-technical difficulties should be addressed to your module tutor.


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General Marking Criteria

These marking criteria are to be read in conjunction with the advice given to students about the nature and purpose of the prescribed tasks in the modular descriptions on the departmental website.

Distinction: 90+ Candidates will demonstrate all of the qualities required for a distinction in the 70-79 range. Work marked in this range will push the boundaries of existing historiography and suggest major revisions to our understanding of the topic studied.

80-89 Candidates will demonstrate all of the qualities required for a distinction in the 70-79 range. Work marked in this range will in addition demonstrate intellectual originality and imagination, and include highly innovative analysis.

70-79 Candidates performing at this level should demonstrate a clear capacity for undertaking advanced historical study and an ability to handle historical concepts and methods with confidence; they should offer perceptive and critical insights into historical problems and an awareness of current debates in the discipline; show a capacity for independent thought; demonstrate their ability to offer informed and constructive analysis of the work of others and a sophistication and confidence in the handling of historical evidence. They should write fluent, lucid and stylish prose, which engages the reader's interest.

Merit: 60-69

Candidates should show a comprehensive understanding of techniques in historical research and a practical ability to apply those techniques to their own work in order to interpret historical knowledge and debate. Their work should demonstrate clear critical acuity and argumentative skill, the ability to evaluate information, frame cogent arguments and handle conflicting opinions, demonstrating a reasonable breadth of knowledge. Their prose should be clear and effective for the task set, some developing sense of style and the emergence of an authorial voice are to be expected; technical presentation should be mostly accurate.

Pass: 50-59

Candidates should show some understanding of techniques in historical research and will attempt to apply those techniques to their own work. Their work should demonstrate an ability to engage with existing scholarly work, to evaluate information, and make arguments, although these qualities may not be maintained consistently throughout the work. The candidates should demonstrate a reasonable breadth of knowledge, although they may have read more narrowly, or inappropriately, compared with candidates whose work is marked in the 60-69 range. Their prose should be clear and effective for the task set, although their style might lack fluency in places. They may not entirely have followed the guidelines set; there may be inaccuracies in the technical presentation of work.

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Fail:

30-49 Candidates will have failed to understand the task set; proved themselves incapable of writing grammatically accurate, clear English prose; will have read narrowly or inappropriately; will have failed to engage with historical argument or be unable to criticise what they have read. Technical exercises may have been misunderstood, or the presentational guidelines ignored; insufficient material may have been collected for analysis, or that chosen be of tangential relevance to the planned research. 1-29 No serious attempt to carry out the task assigned. No attempt at analysis. Little understanding or knowledge of the course.

0 Indicates work either not submitted or unworthy of marking.

Work can be up to 5% over the set word limit. Penalties will apply where the word limits are exceeded, according to the following tariff:

5-10 per cent overlong: deduction of 5 marks.



Word limits include footnotes but exclude bibliographies and appendices.

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Dissertation Marking Criteria

The dissertation is an original piece of independent historical research. It will have an identifiable primary source base and will be assessed in terms of research, argument, contextualisation and presentation. Examiners will consider all of these areas when they mark the dissertation.

Distinction: 90+ Candidates will demonstrate all of the qualities required for a distinction in the 70-79 range. A dissertation marked in this range will in addition push the boundaries of existing historiography and suggest major revisions to our understanding of the topic studied.

80-89 Candidates will demonstrate all of the qualities required for a distinction in the 70-79 range. Work marked in this range will in addition demonstrate intellectual originality and imagination, and include highly innovative analysis of primary source material. Any argument that convinces the examiner to think differently about a subject should be marked above 80.

70-79 The dissertation will be well-presented, making full and appropriate use of scholarly apparatus (including the referencing of primary and/or archival sources). It will be written in fluent, lucid and stylish prose, which engages the reader's interest. In terms of research, the dissertation should clearly derive from a well-defined and identifiable primary source base. This research will inform the argument at every stage, and the candidate will demonstrate some sophistication in source criticism. The argument offered in the dissertation should be sustained and convincing, offer perceptive and independent insights, and demonstrate an ability to handle historical concepts and methods with confidence. The candidate should also be able to situate their topic within the wider literature, showing an awareness of current debates and an ability to offer informed and constructive analysis of the work of others.

Merit: 60-69

Dissertations marked within the 'Merit' range will be competently or well presented, making correct use of scholarly apparatus (including the referencing of primary and/or archival sources). They will also be clearly and effectively written. The dissertation will have an identifiable and well-focused primary source base and the candidate will make effective use of this primary material in presenting his/her argument. This argument should be clear and cogent, making a plausible, if not necessarily a compelling, case. Similarly, the contextualisation of the topic will demonstrate an ability to evaluate debate and show some confidence in handling conflicting opinions.

Pass: 50-59

A dissertation marked as a 'Pass' will have an identifiable primary source base but the relationship between the sources and the thesis may not be well developed. For example, primary source material may be employed descriptively or serve simply as illustration for a pre-conceived argument. Alternatively, research may be haphazard or one-sided. The dissertation should be competently presented but may not entirely follow the guidelines set. Referencing and prose style may be less well developed than is

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the case for a mark in the 'Merit' range. The dissertation should advance a case, but the argument may be more mechanical or show a tendency to description. There should be some attempt to situate the dissertation within a wider scholarly literature but the reading may be relatively narrow.

Fail: 30-49 A dissertation in this range may have ignored presentational guidelines and the conventions of academic writing (including grammar and spelling). Primary sources will be thin, tangential, or inappropriately chosen and so fail to support the argument put forward in the dissertation. There will be little in the way of contextualization; candidates may have read narrowly or failed to engage with the historiography. The absence of any convincing argument will also be grounds for failure.

1-29 A dissertation in this range may have ignored presentational guidelines and the conventions of academic writing (including grammar and spelling). There will be little or no sign that that the candidate has identified a body of primary material. The candidate will show little evidence of familiarity with the existing scholarship on the subject. The dissertation may be incoherent and unfocused.

0 Indicates work either not submitted or unworthy of marking.

Dissertations can be up to 5% over the set word limit (15,000 words). Penalties will apply where the word limits are exceeded, according to the following tariff:




Word limits include footnotes but exclude bibliographies and appendices.

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Study Techniques

Since you have already successfully completed a first degree, you may feel you need little guidance about how to study at University. You will, however, find the postgraduate experience a rather different one and you should not be surprised if it takes you a little while to settle into a new rhythm of working.

There will be fewer fixed points in your week than there were in your final undergraduate year and consequently much more time that you will need to structure for yourself. You will have reading and thinking to do in preparation for every class and you may plan specific objectives for your individual tutorials with your own tutor. The course descriptions given above also make it clear that you will need to plan the completion of the different tasks for assessment. Some of these, particularly those that involve collecting bibliography or primary sources may prove surprisingly time-consuming and cannot readily be left until the last week before the deadline. Equally, while many of these assessed tasks are designed to help you to lay the groundwork for your dissertation, they only bring you to the point of being able to do the necessary reading. You would be strongly advised to devote a proportion of every week to working on the dissertation itself, otherwise you will find the period from June to the dissertation submission date highly pressurised.

The library resources in Sheffield (combined with intelligent use of the Internet) should be sufficient for you to complete the assessed exercises for the taught modules. Some students will find, however, that they need to consult primary materials that are not held in Sheffield in order to prepare their dissertations. You will need to plan your trips to archives with some care and well in advance; some guidance for this will be offered early in the Research Skills for Historians course, if you choose this research skills option, but you should also consult your supervisor. Remember that there are no classes during weeks 13-15 of the Autumn Semester in January, nor during the Easter vacation and these may be good times to plan trips away.

You should remember that the course is designed for full-time study over an academic year and its assessment is devised on that presumption.

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Style Guide

You will have to complete a number of different exercises for the taught modules of the MA programme for which detailed advice will be provided separately. The following guidance is offered for the presentation of all coursework and dissertations submitted in the Department of History. These should be followed in all your submitted work; you should be aware that marks may be deducted for submissions which are incorrectly formatted or inadequately referenced.

The Text

Your work should be word-processed in 12 point font, with the body of the text (but not footnotes) double-spaced. Pages should be numbered.

Pay particular attention to spelling and grammar. Not only does poor usage distract the reader from the substance of your work, but it may be penalised with a deduction of marks. Proof read your work before you submit it. You may find the grammar or spelling checker on your computer helpful, but it is not foolproof. Please ensure that your spell checker is set to British English.

Avoid abbreviations: words such as ‗and‘, ‗nineteenth‘, and ‗century‘ should be written in full.

Note and observe the distinction between ‗In the nineteenth century, women …‘ and ‗Nineteenth-century women …‘. In the second example the words ‗nineteenth-century‘ function adjectivally to qualify ‗women‘ and so need to be hyphenated.

Quotations should be typed in plain type inside single inverted commas (quotations within quotations should be placed inside double inverted commas). Indent only quotations of more than 50 words; the rest should be left in your main text. Indented quotes should not be placed in inverted commas. As far as possible, weave the quotations into your own prose. ALL direct transcriptions from other sources MUST be placed within inverted commas where appropriate or indented, and acknowledged in a footnote (see below).

Foreign words (but not proper names) should be italicised (unless the word has entered common English usage, e.g. ‗elite‘).

Footnotes

What are footnotes for?

Footnotes tell the reader where you found the quotations or information given in your main text, or provide clarification of specific points. In the case of the former, they provide readers with enough information so that they can easily locate the original reference if they choose to do so.

When do you use a footnote?

When you have used a quotation from a work. ALL text transcribed from other sources, whether written in your own words or placed within inverted commas, MUST be referenced. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism—in other words, cheating—and its consequence may well be failure and possible disciplinary action. If you cite a quotation from a work which itself is quoting from an earlier work, you must cite both the original work and the work you got it from (but it is always preferable to go back to the original source).

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In order to show your source for specific evidence given in the text that is not common knowledge among historians.

When you have referred to a work in your text.

When you want to acknowledge any assistance.

When you want to clarify a point, but not in the main text (this type of footnote should, however, be kept to a minimum.)

How do you number footnotes?

Sequentially throughout the text, i.e. 1,2,3, using superscript, i.e. text.47 The footnote number should be placed after all punctuation at the end of a sentence.

Where do you place footnotes?

Either at the bottom of the page of text in which the footnote number appears, or on a separate sheet at the end of the essay (as ‗endnotes‘). Footnotes are preferable.

How do you lay out footnotes?

There are a number of different conventions used by scholars, but in this Department we use the following system. The precise format to be used depends on the type of source used. Note that a footnote is to be treated as a sentence. It must begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. If it includes any prose of your own (rather than simply the source of the information given in the text) that prose must be in complete sentences. You do not need to give full bibliographical data in every footnote citation; instead after the first time you refer to a work you may use short-titles or abbreviations. In your dissertation, you should give a full bibliographical citation on the first occasion on which you cite a work in each chapter.

Books:

Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris (London, 1998), pp. 34-35.

[author with first name or initial first; title italicised; place of publication and date of publication in brackets; page number or numbers, using p. for single pages and pp. for more than one page. Note: if you are citing a specific quotation or piece of evidence the specific page reference MUST be provided.]

On each subsequent occasion you can cite a short version, giving only the author‘s surname and a shortened title of the work:

Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936, p. 67.

Journal articles:

J.H. Hutson, ‗Riddles of the Federal Constitutional Convention‘, William and Mary Quarterly 44 (1987), p. 234.

[author with first name or initial first; title inside inverted commas, title of journal or book italicised; journal volume number; year of publication in brackets; page reference as for books. Note the title of the article is not italicised.]

On each subsequent occasion you can cite a short version, giving only the author‘s surname, and a shortened version of the article title:

Hutson, ‗Riddles‘, p. 225.

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Chapters in edited books:

Peter Earle, ‗The Middling Sort in London‘, in The Middling Sort of People: Culture, Society and Politics in England, 1550-1800, ed. J. Barry and C. Brooks (Basingstoke and London, 1994), p. 145.

On each subsequent occasion you can cite a short version, as with journal articles.

Earle, ‗The Middling Sort‘, p. 145.

Unpublished research work:

Typescripts and dissertations are not published works and their titles are not italicised; place the title within quotation marks.

Internet sources:

Provide a title describing the page you consulted, the full http address, and, in brackets, the date you consulted it (this is because the content of websites changes frequently). Thus a reference to the Department of History webpage on Postgraduate studies would be as follows:

University of Sheffield, Department of History, Postgraduate Studies,

www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate. (17 May 2009).

Other sources:

Consult your tutor on the proper form of reference if you are using sources which cannot be referred to using the formats listed above.

What happens when you cite a work more than once consecutively?

If two consecutive notes refer to the same authority, you may use Ibid. (an abbreviation of ibidem, meaning ‗in the same place‘). Note that the word must be italicised, and followed by a full stop. For example:

5. Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936, p. 67.

6. Ibid., p. 76.

Can I use abbreviated titles?

Works with long titles may be referred to in the footnotes by a shortened title, provided the full title is given in the Bibliography. If works such as periodicals are frequently referred to, an abbreviation may be used (e.g. E.H.R. for English Historical Review) but a list of those abbreviations should be placed at the beginning.

Bibliographies

What is a bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of works used during the preparation of a piece of work. It must include all publications referred to in footnotes plus any other works you consulted which you found useful.

How do you compile a bibliography?

Keep a list of the full bibliographical details of every work consulted during your research. It is a good idea to get into the habit of writing these details down every time

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you start taking notes from a work; by the time you compile your bibliography the work may no longer be accessible to you.

How do bibliographies differ from footnotes?

It is customary in bibliographies for the author‘s surname to precede their initial or first name. With articles, you should provide the full page numbers for the whole article. Otherwise the information conveyed is precisely the same as that given in the footnotes.

How should a bibliography be organised?

Most bibliographies are sub-divided, according to the type of source used. The number of subdivisions will depend on the size of your bibliography and the nature of the work you have written (i.e. essay or dissertation). Typical subdivisions include:

i. Unpublished primary sources

ii. Printed primary sources

iii. Secondary sources: books

iv. Secondary sources : articles. Articles in books and those in journals are listed together. If more than one essay from a volume of collected essays is used there should be a main entry for the whole volume under ‗books‘, as well as separate entries for each chapter you consulted.

v. Unpublished research work

(such as dissertations)

vi. Internet sources

Within each section the entries should be arranged in alphabetical order and not numbered.

Example:

Primary sources

The Annals of St Bertin, trans. J. Nelson (Manchester, 1991)

Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People , ed. And trans. R.A.B. Mynors and B. Colgrave (Oxford, 1969)

Secondary sources: books

Smyth, A. P., Alfred the Great (Oxford, 1995)

Stenton, F. M., Anglo-Saxon England (3rd edn, Oxford, 1971)

Whitelock, D., The Genuine Asser, Stenton lecture, 1967 (Reading, 1968)

Secondary sources : articles

Campbell, J., ‗Asser‘s Life of Alfred’, in The Inheritance of Historiography 350-900, ed. C. Holdsworth and T. P. Wiseman, Exeter Studies in History 12 (Exeter, 1986), pp. 115-35

Schütt, M., ‗The literary form of Asser‘s Vita Alfredi‘, English Historical Review 72 (1957), pp. 209-20

[Remember: full page references are given for each article]

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Plagiarism and Collusion

The University expects its graduates to meet certain criteria relating to good academic practice. These include:

being able to carry out independent enquiry and engaging critically with a wide range of evidence

demonstrating that you can use and handle information in a professional and ethical way

being able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Throughout your programme of study at the University you will learn how to develop these skills. Your assessed work is the main way in which you demonstrate that you have acquired and can apply these skills and characteristics and that you have achieved the objectives of your course, meeting the standards of an award. Using unfair means in the assessment process is dishonest and means that you cannot demonstrate that you have acquired these essential academic skills.

It is fundamentally important that students are assessed fairly, and on equal terms with each other for the same award. Any attempt by a student to gain unfair advantage over another student in the completion of an assessment, or to assist someone else to gain an unfair advantage, is cheating.

What constitutes unfair means?

The basic principle underlying the preparation of any piece of academic work is that the work submitted must be your own work. Plagiarism, submitting bought or commissioned work, double submission (or self plagiarism), collusion and fabrication of results are not allowed because they violate this principle (see definitions below). Rules about these forms of cheating apply to all assessed and non-assessed work.

1. Plagiarism (either intentional or unintentional) is the stealing of ideas or work of another person (including experts and fellow or former students) and is considered dishonest and unprofessional. Plagiarism may take the form of cutting and pasting, taking or closely paraphrasing ideas, passages, sections, sentences, paragraphs, drawings, graphs and other graphical material from books, articles, internet sites or any other source and submitting them for assessment without appropriate acknowledgement.

2. Submitting bought or commissioned work (for example from internet sites, essay ―banks‖ or ―mills‖) is an extremely serious form of plagiarism. This may take the form of buying or commissioning either the whole assignment or part of it and implies a clear intention to deceive the examiners. The University also takes an extremely serious view of any student who sells, offers to sell or passes on their own assignments to other students.

3. Double submission (or self plagiarism) is resubmitting previously submitted work on one or more occasions (without proper acknowledgement). This may take the form of copying either the whole assignment or part of it. Normally credit will already have been given for this work.

4. Collusion is where two or more people work together to produce a piece of work, all or part of which is then submitted by each of them as their own individual work. This includes passing on work in any format to another student.

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Collusion does not occur where students involved in group work are encouraged to work together to produce a single piece of work as part of the assessment process.

5. Fabrication is submitting work (for example, practical or laboratory work) any part of which is untrue, made up, falsified or fabricated in any way. This is regarded as fraudulent and dishonest.

Both plagiarism and collusion are strictly forbidden. Any form of unfair means is treated as a serious academic offence and action may be taken under the Discipline Regulations. Where unfair means is found to have been used, the University may impose penalties ranging from awarding a grade of zero for the assignment through to expulsion from the University in extremely serious cases.

How can I avoid the use of unfair means?

To avoid using unfair means, any work submitted must be your own and must not include the work of any other person, unless it is properly acknowledged and referenced.

When preparing essays, projects or other work, you will read widely and become familiar with the work of others. As part of your programme of studies you will learn how to reference sources appropriately in order to avoid plagiarism. This is an essential skill that you will need throughout your University career and beyond. You should follow departmental guidance on the preparation of assessed work (see p.31 and our departmental webpages).

If you have any concerns about appropriate academic practices or if you are experiencing any personal difficulties which are affecting your work, you should consult your module leader; supervisor; or another member of academic staff.

The following websites provide additional information on referencing appropriately and avoiding unfair means:

The Library provides online information literacy skills tutorials

www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/infoskills.html

The Library also has information on reference management software

www.shef.ac.uk/library/refmant/refmant.html

The English Language Teaching Centre operates a Writing Advisory Service through which students can make individual appointments to discuss a piece of writing. This is available for all students, both native and non-native speakers of English.

www.shef.ac.uk/eltc/services/writingadvisory

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/infoskills.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/refmant/refmant.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/eltc/services/writingadvisory

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Graduate Facilities

Student Computing Facilities

Corporate Information and Computing Services (CiCS) provides computing facilities, including word-processing, electronic mail and access to the Internet, for all postgraduates. Everyone is given a login name and password when they join the University along with an essential information pack. You can change your password whenever you wish. If you forget your password, or it doesn't seem to work, ask for help at an IT centre or the Computing Centre on Hounsfield Road. For any other problems, speak to our departmental Information Officer, Mr. James Pearson on 0114 222 2590 or alternatively you can contact the CiCS Help Desk on 0114 222 1111. Students use Managed XP across the campus. This is a centrally managed service controlled by CiCS. The system saves information about your own preferences in your workspace and software is downloaded, as you need it from the server. Over 150 items of software are available. The core software includes the Microsoft Office 2007 suite, including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, and the web browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox. CiCS also run a wide range of training courses through the academic session to suit particular requirements and these courses are advertised in the public computing suites.

CICS has installed a large number of networked PCs, and Apple Macs and hundreds of these are in open access areas. The Department also has its own designated Postgraduate workspaces where there are computers for you to use during the course of your studies. Postgraduates who are registered users have full access to these networked computers, as well as a wide range of information sources including the Library Star catalogue.

It is important to become familiar with the Internet as a substantial resource in enabling you to gain access to many services relevant to your studies. Firstly, the University of Sheffield home page gives you access to information about the University and its resources. The University library webpage‘s also give details of other useful academic websites. There are several important websites with which you should become familiar. A particular website to note is that of the Institute of Historical Research (www.history.ac.uk) which not only provides information about its resources but gives you easy access to web-sites throughout the world (for example, European and American library and archival sources). There are other websites for the National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/) and the British Library (www.bl.uk), as examples.

Pre-pay Printing System

All members of the University are issued with a Pre-pay Account when they register. This account is used to pay for CiCS printing and Library photocopying. The university initially credits all accounts with £2; after that, users must credit their accounts using Value Loading machines located in Libraries and IT Centres.

Your UCard and the Pre-pay System

Your UCard is required for adding credit and for printing/photocopying. If your UCard is lost or stolen, you should report it to the UCard Office (0114 22 23050) or CiCS reception (0114 22 23055) immediately. When replacement UCards are issued, the

http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

http://www.bl.uk/

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central records aren't immediately updated. The updates occur twice a day, at 1pm and 5.15pm, Mon. - Fri. New UCards will become active after these times. If you need to print or photocopy before the next update, please go to the Computer Centre on Hounsfield Road, where the records can be updated manually.

It is not possible to use your UCard to release printing sent from any computer account other than your own. This means that if anyone gets hold of your UCard, they cannot use your funds to print their own work. They can, however, use it to photocopy, so it is important that lost or stolen UCards are reported immediately.

IT Centres

The nearest IT centre is the Information Commons

Opening Hours

The Information Commons is open 24/7 and is staffed as follows:-

Mon – Thu: 09:00 – 21:00 (term time) Fri: 10:00 – 21:00 (term time) Sat – Sun: Sat-Sun:

14:00 – 18:00 12:00 – 18:00

(Semester 1) (Semester 2)

Mon – Thu: 09:00 – 19:00 (summer vacation) Fri: 10:00 – 19:00 (summer vacation) Sat – Sun: Self Service (summer vacation) Bank Holidays: 09:00 – 17:00 24th December: 09:00 – 17:00 (Christmas eve)

Nearest photocopier - The Union has a CopyCentre, but if you wish to use your pre-pay account, then the copiers in the Information Commons and the Western Bank Library are the nearest. The Western Bank Library also has a colour copier that can copy A3 sheets.

Library Facilities

The Information Commons and Western Bank Library

Please note, induction tours are arranged at the beginning of the academic year and you will be introduced to the Library‘s Special Collections in the Research Skills module, if you choose to take this research skills option.

The role of the University Library is to provide access to information resources required by members of the University for learning, teaching and research. There is a wealth of material available – over 1,500,000 printed volumes and 23,000 electronic journals – and staff to help you find what you need. The University Library delivers its services electronically so that they are available whenever you need them, anytime of day or night, on or off campus.

The University Library provides services at four sites: the Information Commons; Western Bank Library; St George‘s Library; and the Health Sciences Library. In addition, the Library delivers its services electronically to wherever you are, on or off campus.

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The Information Commons holds the majority of core texts found on reading lists. This extremely popular 24-hour facility has 1,300 seats, 550 PCs, complete wireless networking, flexible spaces to enable group study, a café and access to all the Library‘s electronic resources. While studying and researching at Sheffield you will also need to use the other Library sites to gain access to more specialised books, monographs and journals with the Western Bank Library being the main secondary facility for the History Department. In both libraries, the majority of History books are classified in the 900 to 999 area, although you will often find that some books on your reading list are kept in other classification areas (e.g. 300-399 for economic and social history).

The Library works in partnership with academic departments to fully support the information needs of students. This is achieved by co-ordinating all the print and electronic information resources required for individual modules and by providing training in the use of resources through the Library‘s extensive information literacy programme.

You can use the Library‘s on-line catalogue (known as STAR) to find books by author, title or subject. STAR is also used to locate electronic titles, including periodicals, such as Past and Present or the Journal of Modern History. Most periodical literature is now available electronically and may be accessed via the Library webpages. The majority of bound periodicals are kept on Stack 4 at the Western Bank Library, although some of the lesser-used titles are on Stack 3, a further floor down. Most History periodicals are at class number PER 905.

Library staff are on hand at each site to offer advice and assistance. If you have problems, for example, locating material in the Library, accessing electronic resources, or need help with your Library account library staff are on hand at each site to offer advice and assistance. Alternatively, please email [email protected]. Our Faculty Librarians offer subject-specific guidance (see

www.shef.ac.uk/library/libstaff/sllist.html for a full list) and specialist staff can advise with disability and additional support requirements.

The Library web pages at www.sheffield.ac.uk/library offer extensive information about making the best use of resources and services.

The University Library and local archives are especially rich in source material for all historical periods. In addition, there are a number of important papers held in the University and city archives which have been the subjects of recent high-profile and pioneering research projects. There will be an introduction to the Special Collections held at the University Library during the Research Skills module, when you will meet the head of Special Collections, Ms Jacky Hodgson, who can be contacted at [email protected]. You can also email [email protected].

The University of Sheffield Library houses a number of outstanding bodies of research materials, full details of which are given on the Special Collections web pages: www.shef.ac.uk/library/special/. These include materials on Urban History, such as the Fairbank papers and the records of the Cutlers‘ Company at Cutlers‘ Hall, a rich collection on Twentieth-Century British History that includes several microfilm and pamphlet collections, many of them on radical and labour history, together with the George Howell, A.J. Mundella, H.J. Wilson MP and W.A.S. Hewins papers. There is also an important collection of tapes and transcripts on ‗Britain and the Refugee Crisis, 1933-47‘. In US history, the Library has substantial microfilm holdings and the Morgenthau


http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libstaff/sllist.html

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Presidential Diaries. For modern European history, the Library holds a European fascism collection, together with substantial holdings on Jewish history, including the ‗Zaidman‘ collection. There is a collection of British antisemitic writings, and materials from the British Union of Fascists, including the Saunders archive. In terms of pre-modern holdings, the Library holds complete runs of medieval sourcebooks in nineteenth-century editions, such as the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Rolls Series, Calendar of Pipe Rolls, etc. For Early Modern English and Irish History, the Library holds the papers of Samuel Hartlib, while the papers of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), are held in the City Archives, which also has very significant holdings in eighteenth-century British history, including the correspondence of Edmund Burke.

Finally, the Library is the repository for the National Fairground Archive – a unique archive of documentary material relating to British fairs and the amusement industry, including the early years of cinema.

Sheffield University Library also arranges a regular – free – minibus service to the British Library holdings at Boston Spa. Times of departure can be consulted here: www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/illmini.html.

Archive Holdings

There are substantial archive holdings in the region at the local record offices including:

Derbyshire, County Hall, Matlock, DE4 3AG (01629-580000 x 7347)

Lincolnshire, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB (01522-526204)

Nottinghamshire, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG (0115-958-1634)

Sheffield, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SP (0114-273-4756)

West Yorkshire, Newstead Road, Wakefield, WF1 2DE (01924-305980)

Modern Languages Teaching Centre

The Modern Languages Teaching Centre (MLTC) exists to offer language modules to students who wish to add a language capability to their skills. These modules can be taken as unrestricted credits wherever there is provision for these within a student‘s degree programme. The modules are assessed and the marks obtained become part of the student‘s overall degree performance.

The MLTC offers modules for students at a variety of stages of linguistic competence: beginners, GCSE level, A level, A level plus one further year, A level plus two further years. French, German and Spanish are offered from all these starting points; Italian is offered from beginners, GCSE and A-level stages. Apart from ‗conventional‘ language modules, there are also modules based on conversation and on email communication, as well as project modules.

The MLTC also provides self-access resources to a wide range of language materials. For more information contact the MLTC in the Portobello Centre on Pitt Street (telephone 0114 22 20630) or see the MLTC webpages: www.shef.ac.uk/mltc/

http://www.shef.ac.uk/mltc/

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The English Language Teaching Centre

The English Language Teaching (ELT) Centre is one of the central support services of the University. Its staff have experience of teaching international students in a wide range of locations and situations, both in the UK and overseas. Facilities at the Centre include computer and listening laboratories as well as audio-visual equipment and resources, all of which are available for both class and individual use.

Courses and Services

The ELT Centre offers several courses and support services including a writing advisory service. For further information visit the ELTC website: www.shef.ac.uk/eltc/

The Academic Skills Hub

The Academic Skills Hub (TASH) is an online interactive resource which will signpost students to existing skills development resources within and beyond the University of Sheffield. For further information visit the TASH website: www.tash.group.shef.ac.uk/.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/eltc/

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Careers

As a postgraduate already committed to further study, demands on your time can seem overwhelming and it's easy to put off planning your next move. However, whatever stage you have reached within your postgraduate course or research, having clearly identified goals for the future will help you to maintain your focus and motivation so it's never too early to begin exploring the wide range of options open to you.

The University‘s Careers Service can help you understand how to make effective career decisions and prepare for careers which will satisfy your ambitions and use your talents. It offers a high quality integrated guidance, information and vacancy service for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University and all students are strongly encouraged to use its facilities.

Whilst you are at university there is much you can do to develop your employability both inside and outside of your studies. History itself is regarded by many employers as being an excellent subject in which to develop many transferable skills – for example critical and analytical ability, the expertise to write clearly and concisely, the ability to reach an informed judgement from diverse and complex information, skill in giving presentations.

These will be valued together with experiences you will gain in other settings, most likely from work experience and involvement in student activities and events and facilities offered by the Careers Service.

Getting started

Careers Service - Information Resources

Make use of the Careers Service, located at 388 Glossop Road, next to the Students' Union. It contains a wide range of reference and take-away literature, career planning software and DVDs to help you with anything from planning your next move to writing a CV.

Generic Careers Advice

You can explore you options on-line at

www.shef.ac.uk/careers/postgraduates/taught/planning.html or you can book a brief advice session up to one week in advance in person or by phoning the Careers Service on 0114 2220910. Following the brief advice session it may be appropriate to refer you for a longer interview with a Careers Adviser specialising in your subject.

Careers Talks On-line

The Careers Service offer a series of on-line talks including sessions on completing application forms; writing effective CVs & covering letters and interview techniques, which you can find on their website at www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/talks.html#cvs

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/careers/postgraduates

http://www.shef.ac.uk/careers/postgraduates/taught/planning.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/talks.html#cvs

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Sheffield Graduate Award

This certificate recognises learning and development that you undertake in addition to your subject studies, for example, what you have achieved through part time working, or by participating in or leading Union representation activities, by providing mentoring and support to fellow students or by regular volunteering activities. You can find out more about the award, including details of how to register at: www.shef.ac.uk/thesheffieldgraduateaward/ MA Careers Talk

The Department will also be offering a careers talk specifically aimed at MA Students at 1.00pm on Wednesday 1st December 2010 in SR G.03, Jessop West. The talk will be given by Judy Everett of the Careers Service.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/thesheffieldgraduateaward/

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Seeking Help

Academic Matters

Extensions

Students experiencing difficulties and who feel they made need an extension for the submission of written work or the dissertation should contact Dr Karen Harvey in the first instance and before the relevant deadline (see p.20 for full details).

Appeals and complaints procedure

Details of the University‘s complaints procedures are provided in the Students‘ Charter, available at www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/charter.html. Briefly, students should initially raise any complaints with their supervisor. If they cannot be resolved, or if they would rather approach a third party, they must report the complaint to the Director of Graduate Study, Professor Mary Vincent, or the Acting Head of Department, Professor Bob Moore, and, if appropriate, the Faculty. The Department must ensure that complaints procedures are operational and effective. However, it is the responsibility of students to ensure that any problems are raised at the appropriate level and at the earliest opportunity.

If you are unhappy with the mark awarded for any individual piece of work you should discuss this in the first instance with your tutor, bearing in mind that it will already have been double-marked. If you still feel you have been unjustly treated, you should talk to the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey or the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Mary Vincent, who may seek an independent judgement from the external examiner. Before you take this course of action, you should be aware that involvement of the external examiner might result in a piece of work being awarded a lower mark than that given by the internal examiners. Appeals that cannot be resolved to the student‘s satisfaction internally may be referred to the Faculty.

Personal Problems

Any student experiencing difficulties of any nature is welcome to consult the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey, or the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Mary Vincent, in confidence. You are also more than welcome to approach other members of academic staff, if you would feel more comfortable talking to a particular staff member. You will also find helpful information available via the Student Services Information Desk webpages at www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/

Illness

Illness leading to absence should be notified. You should let your tutor(s) and Dr Karen Harvey know if you are unable to attend classes due to illness. For any period of illness you should complete a Special Circumstances form (available from the departmental reception or on-line at www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/forms/special.html) and return it to the Postgraduate Secretary, Miss Beky Hasnip. If the period of illness is under one week you will be able to self-certify or for any period longer than seven days you must also produce medical evidence. If you are registered with the University Health Service the doctor you consult can fill in the relevant part of section 4 or in some cases may send a separate note direct to Student Services who will then forward it on to your department. If you are not registered with the University Health Service you should consult your own doctor to obtain a medical note.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/charter.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/forms/special.html

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The Special Circumstances form can also be used to report other personal circumstances which have resulted in a period of absence and/or which have affected performance and assessment, such as personal/family problems, difficult events (e.g. bereavement), serious incidents (e.g. being affected by crime).

Leave of absence

A few students encounter difficulties during the course of a degree programme which necessitate their taking a period of leave of absence from the course. On a taught modular programme such as ours, it is difficult to take a few weeks away from full-time study during the teaching year and then pick up the threads again because of the number of classes that you will have missed. Depending on your circumstances, you may find that you need to take an extended period of absence in order to be able to resume the course full-time without suffering any disadvantage. Such a decision would need to be discussed at some length with your supervisor and with the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey. There will also be serious financial implications that you will need to take into consideration and you will find the staff in Student Services particularly helpful here. If it is agreed that leave of absence is the best course of action, you will need to obtain a Change of Status form from the Postgraduate Secretary, Miss Beky Hasnip, complete it to the best of your ability and take it to Dr Karen Harvey for signing. Applications are submitted to the Faculty by Departments and students are notified of the outcome of their application in due course.

Disabilities

If you have a disability, or become aware of an issue during the course of your studies (for example, the identification of dyslexia), please talk to the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey. The departmental Tutor for Disabled Students, Dr Miles Larmer, is also available to help make any special arrangements that may be required. The University is committed to providing services for students with disabilities. For a statement of policy on this issue see the University website at: www.shef.ac.uk/disability/links/policy.html

The University is committed to responding effectively and appropriately to the additional support requirements of disabled students, and the University‘s equal opportunities policy indicates that all candidates should be treated equally, irrespective of any disability. Wherever possible, reasonable adjustments will be made to enable disabled students to undertake academic assessment on a fair and equal basis.

Harassment

The University considers all forms of harassment to be extremely serious and is committed to eliminating harassment experienced by students or staff and will take steps to investigate complaints thoroughly. Please feel free to consult your supervisor; the Director of MA Programmes, Dr Karen Harvey; the Department‘s Harassment Officers, Dr Caroline Pennock and Dr Charles West; or any other member of the History Department, if you have concerns. Further details of University policy and sources of help may be accessed on the HR website at

www.shef.ac.uk/hr/guidance/eamp/harassment where you can also download a copy of the Harassment Code of Practise and Harassment Guidelines. If you require further advice you can also contact the Student Advise Centre (Tel: 222 8660) or SSiD Desk (Tel: 222 1268).

http://www.shef.ac.uk/disability/links/policy.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/hr/guidance/eamp/harassment

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Counselling

Sometimes you may prefer to talk to somebody outside the Department. The University offers confidential counselling services, free of charge to any student requiring the service. The Counselling Service can be contacted at 36 Wilkinson Street, Sheffield, Tel:0114 222 4134, email: [email protected]. The website address is:

www.shef.ac.uk/counselling/index.html

The Sheffield University Nightline is also available between 8pm and 8am every night during term time. The Nightline is a telephone listening service run by trained student volunteers. It is also a good source of information, whether you want to know a taxi number or where the nearest supermarket is.

Listening Line: 0114 222 8787 Information Line: 0114 222 8788 Email : [email protected] Website: www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare/nightline.html

Contact details for other useful services, including the Student Advice Centre; University Health Service; Samaritans and Victim Support can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/counselling/links/index.html

Tel:0114


http://www.shef.ac.uk/counselling/index.html


http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare/nightline.html

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Contact with the Department

How we will contact you

You will receive regular emails containing important University and Departmental notices. These will be sent to your University of Sheffield email address so please make sure you check this regularly. You should also check the postgraduate post trays (located in the PGR workspace on the first floor) for items sent by post. There are postgraduate noticeboards on the first and third floors of the department which will give information about forthcoming events and conferences that you might be interested in.

The Department also has its own Twitter page with which you can keep up-to-date with the latest news and events. You can follow us on Twitter at the following address, http://twitter.com/unishefhistory or simply do a Twitter search for unishefhistory.

uSpace is an academic social networking utility that the Department also uses. Some taught modules will use uSpace to share seminar materials and questions. There is also a general History space with links to historical resources as well as useful documentation and suggested groups to follow.

Change of address

It is important that your University record always includes your most up-to-date address, as this record will be used by both the department and University central services when we need to contact you. You can change your University record online via the Student Services Information Desk [SSiD] Web pages at www.shef.ac.uk/ssid. If you click on Check your University Record you will be able to view your personal details and update address details on the screen yourself. In order to access this service you will need your Registration Number and your username and password for the University computer network.

Your first point of contact in the Department of History is Beky Hasnip, the Postgraduate Secretary, located in the Departmental Reception Office. The office is open every day from 9.00 -12.30pm and from 1.30-5.00pm. Beky Hasnip may also be telephoned on 0114 22 22552. The general departmental telephone number is 0114 222 2555 and fax number is 0114 222 2576.

More information about the department is available on our website

www.shef.ac.uk/history

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid

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Taught Programmes Office

During your time as a student most of your daily contact with the university will be through staff in the Department of History and other academic departments. However for certain administrative matters you will need to deal directly with Taught Programmes Office.

Formally, this central department in responsible for two broad areas related to student administration:

Student Records Management

Maintenance of CIS student record system

Changes in student status

Individual or "special" cases

Liaison with sponsors (LEA, SLC, NHS)

Verification of qualifications

Transcripts and replacement degree certificates

Student Progress and Progression Monitoring

Processing of assessment/examination results

Progression between levels

Award of degrees and prizes

Student unsatisfactory progress

Academic appeals

Student complaints

Student fitness to practise

The Taught Programmes Office is part of the Student Administration Service within the Student Services Department and is located on Level 6 of University House.

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How You Can Influence Things

The Department Meeting

The Department has a number of committees, which are responsible for all aspects of the activities of the Department. Each of these committees reports to the Department Meeting. Department Meetings are held three times each semester and student representatives from all levels (including both MA and PGR) attend the unreserved section of these meetings.

Postgraduate students are also represented on all the following committees, which are of particular relevance to students and teaching:

Committee for Postgraduate Affairs

The Postgraduate Committee is responsible for all aspects of postgraduate learning and teaching. It reports to the Departmental Meeting and meets at least twice a semester. Postgraduate Committee is the principal forum for the discussion of academic, pastoral, and research matters (including resources) as they affect both PGR and PGT students in the Department. It is responsible for all aspects of postgraduate learning and teaching and has four student representatives (two for the MA and two for PGR). Meetings have a formal agenda and minuted proceedings, which are made available to all students via email. Postgraduate Committee is responsible for the curriculum, teaching and assessment arrangements for the MA and has oversight of the progress of all MPhil and PhD students (including applications to upgrade). The Committee will be chaired by Professor Mary Vincent as Graduate Director. Other members are Dr Karen Harvey, MA Director, Dr Clare Griffiths, Professor Martial Staub, Dr Dan Scroop (semester 1), Dr Caroline Pennock (semester 2), Professor Bob Moore (Acting Head of Department) and Professor Bob Shoemaker members.

Postgraduate Student Meetings

The History Postgraduates hold their own meetings approximately once a month to discuss items such as social events, departmental committee feedback, issues for student representatives to raise, postgraduate conference and research group proposals, and finance. They are a key way to influence postgraduate life at the university and to keep in touch with events. You will be sent details about how to get involved via email.

Information about further opportunities is available on our website at www.shef.ac.uk/history/current_students/postgraduate

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Health and Safety

Out of Hours and Fire Training

Postgraduate students registered with the Department will be able to access the departmental buildings out of normal working hours (these being 8.00am-6.00pm, Monday to Friday) via their UCard. In order for your UCard to be activated you must first have undertaken Heath & Safety and Fire training. This training will then need to be kept up-to-date as appropriate or your card will be deactivated.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety training is taken on-line at www.sheffieldooh.com/ and you should log in using the details below:

Login – sheffieldooh Password – ooh

This training is renewable after three years.

Fire Training

New students must attend a fire training lecture. Details of available dates can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/firetraining/ using the 'training dates' tab.

Continuing students will need to renew their fire training annually. This can be done on-line at www.sheffieldfiretraining.co.uk/ and you should log in using the details below:

Username - sheffieldun Password - fire

Activation

Once you have completed both forms of training please email Beky Hasnip ([email protected]) providing your Ucard number (NB/ this is your library number not your registration number) and we will arrange for your Ucard to be activated for swipe access, as soon as we receive formal confirmation from Safety Services that you have passed the training.

NOTE: All students are advised that no one is permitted to work in the department on their own outside office hours or at weekends. If you are in the department out of hours you will need to sign in using the out of hours working record book on the Information Desk on the ground floor and sign out again when you leave. If you are already in the building at 6.00pm you must still sign in at this time. Please ensure when you leave the Department you do not leave a solitary student working alone. Access during these times will be via swipe card (Ucard) and you should carry it with you at all times to avoid being locked out of the Departmental corridors.

Safety and First Aid

The Department‘s Safety Representative is Nicola Donohoe (Room 1.03, Tel: 222 2557). The Department has first-aid boxes in the kitchens on the first and second floors and in the photocopy room on the third floor. The appointed first aiders are James Pearson (Room 1.01, Tel: 222 2590) and Rebecca Phipps (Room 1.75b, Tel: 222 2555).

The University Safety Services booklet Health and Safety – Code of Practice is made available to all students and must be taken seriously in the light of recent legislation. The code involves both rights and duties. Everyone has responsibilities for safety.

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There is NO SMOKING in university buildings.

Fire Procedures

On hearing a fire alarm all staff and students must leave the building immediately and assemble in the designated area,. The assembly point for the Jessop West building is the St George‘s Churchyard. Fire exits are clearly marked and in the case of a fire all occupants should use the stairs at the end of each wing unless otherwise instructed by a Fire Marshall, do not use the lifts in cases of fire. History Department Fire Marshalls are appointed by floor as follows:

First floor: James Pearson (Room 1.01, Tel: 222 2590) Second floor: Andrew Heath (Room 2.08, Tel: 222 2575) Third floor: Charles West (Room 3.10, Tel: 222 2608)

In the event of a fire alarm, ensure that someone in the Building alerts the Control Room by ringing 4444 giving full details.

Please note that Fire Alarm testing will take place on Mondays at 12 noon.

Accidents and injuries

In an emergency, telephone 4444 on a University internal phone and give details clearly and concisely. Any accident resulting in injury must be entered in the Accident Report Book, located in the first floor kitchen. The incident should then be reported (including submitting the accident report) to the History Departmental Safety Officer (Nicola Donohoe: Room 1.03, Tel: 222 2557).

Security

Please do not leave personal possessions around. You should note that the University will accept no responsibility for damage to, or loss of, any personal property.

Safety in the Hub Space

Please ensure that you do not place items, books, bags, cups etc on the wooden ledges in the central hub area of the Jessop West building, in case they should fall causing injury or damage.

Use of Display Screen Equipment

No matter how good your typing skills (or lack of them), you can suffer serious ill effects if you use display screen equipment without a few sensible precautions.

1. Make sure that your equipment is properly adjusted

ensure that your lower back is well-supported by adjusting the seat back height

adjust your chair seat height so that your forearms are level when using the keyboard

make sure that the leading edge of the keyboard is at least 8-10 cm away from the edge of then desk

if you use a mouse, have it far enough away from the edge of the desk so that your wrist is supported whilst you use it. If you can learn to use the mouse with either hand, so much the better.

2. Do not have your screen positioned in such a way that there is glare from the windows or room lights.

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3. Maintain good posture - do not lean to one side or the other.

4. Take regular breaks away from display screen work. The experts recommend that you should take at least 10 minutes off every hour.

The appointed Display Screen Assessor in History is James Pearson (Room 1.01, Tel: 222 2590) and James will ask you to complete an online DSE Training and Self-assessment exercise that will help to determine what problems you are having. You can access the online assessment at http://sheffield.posturemindertraining.com

Computer security

The technical team strongly advise that users keep confidential data on the shared drives or their own U: drives.

The CiCS Managed Desktop automatically stores the contents of 'My Documents' and the 'Desktop' to the U: drive. Therefore you will not need to manually backup files in these locations to the U: drive; this is done for you. The exception to this are the files contained in 'Myfolder' which are stored on the local hard drive (C: drive).

Managed machines: manual lock

Users can manually lock a workstation by pressing ctrl-alt-delete and selecting lock workstation. You will need to re-enter your Novell password to unlock the workstation.

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Data Protection: Personal Information

Personal information about you is held by the University and carried across University systems

The University needs to have and use this information to perform its usual business. You can be assured that access to this information is restricted, in part or in whole. Your rights of access are protected under the English law of Data Protection, and the University adheres to strict policy on this subject.

The University takes the confidentiality of all personal information particularly seriously and consequently takes all reasonable steps to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. The University aims to collect personal information only in order to meet specific legitimate purposes, and to retain that information only for as long as those purposes remain valid. Ordinarily, the University will not pass individualised personal information to any third party, save where required by law, statutory obligations or legitimate purposes balanced against the rights and interests of the data subject.

Student records are governed by the Data Protection Act of 1998. For information on how the University implements this, see www.shef.ac.uk/cics/dataprotection/. If you wish to see your file in the History Department you may do so by written request to the Head of Department. You may then view the file, in the presence of a member of staff.

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Academic Staff

The following section lists the academic staff in the Department, highlights their research interests and gives you their phone number and email address.

Dr Timothy Baycroft (Senior Lecturer in History - 19th-20th c. France; Modern French history; nationalism) Room: 3.13 Tel: 22 22568 Email: [email protected]

Dr Adrian Bingham (Senior Lecturer in History - 20th c. British social & cultural history; popular press; gender; sexuality) Room: 2.03 Tel: 22 22582 Email: [email protected]

Professor Mike Braddick [Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities] (Professor of History - Early Modern England; State in Early Modern England, 1550-1700) Room: Faculty Office Tel: 22 22561 Email: [email protected]

Dr Rosalind Carr (Temporary Lecturer in Early Modern History - 18th century masculinities, gender and Enlightenment, women in Scottish political history) Room: 3.07 Tel: 22 22610 Email: [email protected]

Dr Miriam Dobson (Lecturer in Modern History - 20th c. Russia) Room: 2.09 Tel: 22 22567 Email: [email protected]

Dr Michael Foley [On research 2010/11] (Lecturer in the History of America and the Wider World - History of the United States since 1945, Vietnam) Room: 1.07 Tel: 22 22559 Email: [email protected]

Dr Julie Gottlieb (Lecturer in History - 20th Century British Political history; Women's history, British fascism, history of race & ethnicity) Room: 3.04 Tel: 22 22606 Email: [email protected]

Dr Clare Griffiths (Senior Lecturer in History - 19th & 20th c. British, political and cultural history; agriculture and rural history; history of the British Left) Room: 2.14 Tel: 22 22573 Email: [email protected]

Dr Karen Harvey (Senior Lecturer in Cultural History - Cultural History of the long 18th century; gender, the body & the domestic interior) Room: 2.13 Tel: 22 22605 Email: [email protected]

Dr Andrew Heath [On research leave semester 1, 2010/11] (Lecturer in American History - 19th century US history; urban history) Room: 2.08 Tel: 22 22575 Email: [email protected]

Dr Julia Hillner (Lecturer in Medieval History - The Early Medieval Family) Room: 3.09 Tel: 22 22564 Email: [email protected]

Dr Gerold Krozewski (Lecturer in International History) Room: 3.08 Tel: 22 22601 Email: [email protected]

Dr Miles Larmer (Lecturer in International History - Post 1945 Global History, nineteenth and twentieth century African history) Room: 3.16 Tel: 22 22571 Email: [email protected]














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Dr Tom Leng (Lecturer in History - intellectual history, commercial discourse and policy in 17th c. England) Room: 3.12 Tel: 22 22583 Email: [email protected]

Dr Simon Loseby [On research leave semester 2, 2010/11] (Lecturer in History - late antique and early medieval history and archaeology, especially cities; exchange-systems; Gaul/Francia; the Mediterranean; Gregory of Tours) Room: 3.05 Tel: 22 22562 Email: [email protected]

Dr Simon Middleton (Senior Lecturer in History - Colonial American social and cultural history) Room: 3.02 Tel: 22 22596 Email: [email protected]

Professor Anthony Milton [On research leave 2010/11] (Professor of History - Early Modern England, 17th c. Anglo-Dutch relations; royalism; Church of England 1603-1700) Room: 2.06 Tel: 22 22570 Email: [email protected]

Professor Bob Moore (Acting Head of Department) (Professor of 20th Century European History - Netherlands; prisoner of war history; Holocaust) Room: 1.04 Tel: 22 22565 Email: [email protected]

Dr Holger Nehring (Lecturer in Contemporary European History - post-1945 British and German history, history of violence, historical peace research) Room: 3.15 Tel: 22 22588 Email: [email protected]

Dr Caroline Pennock (Lecturer in International History - Aztec, Spanish American and Atlantic history, cultural encounters) Room: 2.05 Tel: 22 22579 Email: [email protected]

Professor Ian Phimister (Professor of International History - Commonwealth History, The City of London and British overseas investment, 1890-1940) Room: 3.01 Tel: 22 22581 Email: [email protected]

Dr Amanda Power [On research leave semester 2, 2010/11] (Lecturer in Medieval History - Medieval religious and intellectual history; the history of the Mediterranean) Room: 2.12 Tel: 22 22560 Email: [email protected]

Dr Daniel Scroop [On research leave semester 2, 2010/11] (Lecturer in American History) Room; 1.05 Tel: 22 22598 Email: [email protected]

Dr Caroline Sharples (Lectureship in Modern European History) Room: 1.11 Tel: 22 222592 Email: [email protected]

Dr James Shaw [On research leave semester 2, 2010/11] (Lecturer in History - Early Modern Italy; the history of medicine) Room: 3.06 Tel: 22 22591 Email: [email protected]

Professor Robert Shoemaker (Professor of Eighteenth-Century British History - 17th-19th c. British Social History; defamation, protest, crime & gender in 17th-18th c. London) Room: 1.08 Tel: 22 22584 Email: [email protected]

Professor Martial Staub (Professor of Medieval History - European History 1200-1600) Room: 2.10 Tel: 22 22572 Email: [email protected]















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Mr Richard Thurlow (Senior Lecturer in History - Fascism; Political extremism & the British state security service; British fascism) Room: 2.07 Tel: 22 22580 Email: [email protected]

Professor Mary Vincent (Professor of Modern European History - 20th Century Spain; Spanish Republic & Civil War; history of gender) Room: 3.11 Tel: 22 22566 Email: [email protected]

Dr Charles West [On research leave semester 1, 2010/11] (Lecturer in Medieval History - Early Medieval Europe; social, cultural and economic transformation) Room: 3.10 Tel: 22 22608 Email: [email protected]

Dr Ben Zachariah [On research leave 2010/11] (Reader in South Asian History - Modern South Asia; Imperialism) Room: 2.04 Tel: 22 22578 Email: [email protected]

Dr Benjamin Ziemann [On research leave 2010/11] (Reader in Modern History - 19th & 20th c. German social, cultural & political history; peace research) Room: 3.14 Tel: 22 22585 Email: [email protected]

Dr Jürgen Zimmerer [On research leave 2010/11] (Reader in History - (post-) colonial history; comparative genocide; African history) Room: 2.11 Tel: 22 22603 Email: [email protected]

Administrative Staff

Miss Beky Hasnip (Postgraduate Secretary – Postgraduate student support, Undergraduate Admissions Secretary) Room: 1.75b Tel: 22 22552 Email: [email protected]

Miss Laura Concannon (Undergraduate Student Support Secretary) Room: 1.02 Tel: 22 22563 Email: [email protected]

Ms Nicola Donohoe (Departmental Administrator) Room: 1.03 Tel: 22 22557 Email: [email protected]

Miss Nicole Parry (Part-time Secretary) Room: 1.02 Tel: 22 22551 Email: [email protected]

Mr James Pearson (Information Officer/Technician) Room: 1.01 Tel: 22 22590 Email: [email protected]

Miss Rebecca Phipps (Senior Undergraduate Student Support Secretary) Room: 1.75b Tel: 22 22555 Email: [email protected]

Mr Adam Ross (Part-time Secretary) Room: 1.02 Tel: 22 22577 Email: [email protected]

Mrs Hayley Smith (Part-time Undergraduate Examinations Secretary) Room: 1.02 Tel: 22 22551 Email: [email protected]

Communicating with Staff

Please take care to be polite and respectful when you email academic and administrative staff. If you want to make a complaint or raise an urgent matter, you are most likely to be effective if you communicate in a calm and courteous fashion.















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Useful Web Pages

Department of History information www.shef.ac.uk/history/

The Students’ Charter www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/ourcommitment/ (statement of policies, rights, responsibilities and expectations) /charter.html

The University of Sheffield Calendar www.shef.ac.uk/govern/ (sets out the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University)

Student Services Information Desk www.shef.ac.uk/ssid (general information for all students)

Your University Record www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/record (your registration information, update your contact Details, add/drop information, list of modules available)

On-Line Forms www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/forms (student status forms, add/drop forms, module correction forms, change of address forms, change of status forms, medical certificates, council tax exemption certificates)

Frequently Asked Questions www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/faq

Financial Information www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/finance (including fees, financial help and student loans)

Student Welfare www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare (help and support for students)

Disability & Dyslexia Support Service www.shef.ac.uk/disability

Essential Guide for Mature Students www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare/mature

Information for International Students www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/international

University Health Service www.shef.ac.uk/health

Counselling Service www.shef.ac.uk/counselling

University Administration www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/admin

University Print Service www.shef.ac.uk/cics/uniprint/

http://www.shef.ac.uk/history/



http://www.shef.ac.uk/govern/

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/record

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/forms

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/faq

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/finance

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare

http://www.shef.ac.uk/disability

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/welfare/mature

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/international

http://www.shef.ac.uk/health

http://www.shef.ac.uk/counselling

http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/admin

http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/uniprint/

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