Research Seminar A. Foundations of Europe (2025/2026: Period 3)

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Course aim

Learning objectives for RS-A
After completing the course, students will have acquired/be able to:
  • substantive knowledge of the subject area within the specialisation (learning trajectory 1: knowledge acquisition);
  • formulate a question (learning trajectory 4: research methods);
  • embed a question in historiographical and theoretical terms (learning trajectory 2: historiographical context and positioning);
  • apply the correct research methods and techniques on the basis of primary source material (learning trajectory 4: research methods);
  • conduct research autonomously on the basis of (mostly) in-depth, secondary literature (learning trajectory 4: research methods);
  • give and process peer and other feedback (learning trajectory 7: orientation on further education and the labour market).

Course content

In this course, you will develop as a researcher. You learn to formulate a central claim within a specific historical theme. You learn to embed that claim in a broader historiographical debate and you experiment extensively with the use of source corpuses to support that claim. Research is rarely a linear process. Moreover, it is a matter of trial and error. This course is therefore not just about the final product, namely a 2,000-word research paper, but is just as much about your reflection on the process towards it. As the Irish writer James Joyce once stated, 'Mistakes are the portals of discovery'.


Additional information

This course has priority rules and a waiting list. Your enrolment is guaranteed if you:

  • Are a student in the BA History and this course is part of your specialisation (verdiepingspakket)
  • Are a student in the BA Liberal Arts and Sciences or Taal- en Cultuurstudies and this course is part of your specialisation (kernpakket)

In all other situations, you will be placed on a waiting list if you enrol in this course. For any remaining slots in the course, lots are drawn among the BA Geschiedenis and History students on the waiting list. Students from other programmes will be unenrolled from the course.

This is the third course of Specialisation 1: Foundations of Europe (Track History)

Please note: the time slot shown here is not yet final and may still be modified until the 3rd Wednesday in September.

Instructional formats

Lecture/seminar

Examination

Assignment

Required | Weight 40% | ECTS 3

Paper

Required | Weight 60% | ECTS 4.5

Entry requirements and preknowledge

Entry Requirements

You must have at least 45 credits for the category 1 (Bachelor Introduction)

Preknowledge

GE1V14004 Oudheid, GE1V14002 Middeleeuwen, GE1V21005 Onderzoekslab I, GE2V21001 Onderzoekslab II. Cursussen Verdiepingspakket 1: GE3V2009 Macht, religie en identiteit GE3V20011 Steden en burgers

Languages

  • English
  • Dutch

Course Iterations

Related studies

Exams

There is no timetable available of the exams

Required Materials

No information available on the required literature


Recommended Materials

  • WNB

Remarks

This course has priority rules and a waiting list.

Coördinator

dr. A.S. Bosanquet a.s.bosanquet@uu.nl

Lecturers

dr. I. Bavuso i.bavuso@uu.nl
prof. dr. L.V. Rutgers L.V.Rutgers@uu.nl

Enrolment

Attention: this course is not open to students from other faculties, so subsidiary students can't enroll for this course.

Enrollment
From Monday 3 November 2025 up to and including Friday 21 November 2025

Late enrollment
From Monday 19 January 2026 up to and including Tuesday 20 January 2026

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