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urn:uuid:6e40674a-36fb-45dc-a0f6-e94f603e8a4f 03 15 9781914477164 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Becoming a Historian An Informal Guide 1 A01 Penelope J. Corfield Penelope J. Corfield is Professor Emeritus of History at Royal Holloway, University of London; Visiting Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Member of the Academia Europaea/ Academy of Europe; and President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2019- the present). Her publications address British social, cultural and urban history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as general theories of time and history. She gained her own research experience at the Universities of Oxford and London (LSE); she has enjoyed supervising many MA and PhD students; and she welcomes the internationalization of scholarship. 2 A01 Tim Hitchcock Tim Hitchcock is Professor of Digital History at the University of Sussex and until 2021 was Director of the Sussex Humanities Lab. Prior to this he held posts at the University of North London, and the University of Hertfordshire. He has published a dozen books on the histories of poverty, sexuality, gender and crime focusing on eighteenth-century London. With Robert Shoemaker, and others, he has also been responsible for creating a series of web resources, including the Old Bailey Online, London Lives and Locating London’s Past. His first degree was awarded by the University of California at Berkeley, and he received his doctorate from the University of Oxford. 01 eng 00 216 03 12 HB 10 HIS000000 23 History 23 scholarly community 12 HBA 23 historians 23 methods 23 advice 23 research projects 01 06 03 00 Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community of scholars. It outlines techniques to help design large-scale research projects, demonstrates the difference between quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and provides advice on bringing projects to a positive conclusion. This friendly guide is frank about the pains and pleasures of sticking with a long-term project, and explains how to present original research to wider audiences, including the appropriate use of social media, the art of public lecturing and strategies for publication.Written by esteemed historians Penelope J. Corfield and Tim Hitchcock, Becoming a Historian</italic> debunks the myths and demystifies the systems that can make the world of research feel intimidating, and offers step-by-step advice on participating in the historical community. 04 00 Part 1 Starting, Assessing, Organising 1.1 Joining the Through-Time Community of Historians 1.2 Launching the Research Project 1.3 Shared Monitoring of the Timetable 1.4 Finding Well-Attested Evidence 1.5 Probing Sources & Methodologies 1.6 Managing Masses of Data Part 2 Writing, Analysing, Interpreting 2.1 Writing as a Historian 2.2 Doing It in Public: Historians & Social Media 2.3 Unblocking Writer’s Block, or Better Still, Non-Blocking in the First Place 2.4 Using Technology Creatively: Digital History 2.5 Assessing Some Key Research Approaches 2.6 Troubleshooting Part 3 Presenting, Completing & Moving Onwards 3.1 Public Lecturing 3.2 Asking & Answering Seminar Questions 3.3 Chairing Seminars 3.4 Taking the Last Steps to Completion 3.5 Experiencing the Viva including Appendix: Note on Range of Viva Outcomes & Appropriate Responses 3.6 Moving Onwards to Publication & Civic Engagement Part 4 Taking the Long View – Career Outcomes 4.1 Academic Trackways 4.2 Parallel Trackways 4.3 Summary: Trained Historians’ Knowledge and Skills Part 5 Reflecting 5.1.1 & 5.1.2 Retrospective Thoughts Select Booklist University of London Press 01 University of London Press 04 01 20220518 02 WORLD 06 15 9781914477157 06 15 9781914477164 06 15 9781913002107 06 15 9781914477171 WORLD 09 University of London Press 20 01