CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Second ESTER-GLOBALEURONET Research Design Course (RDC), or HOW TO
DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND FORMULATE YOUR DOCTORAL THESIS
University of Barcelona, Spain, 28-31 July 2009
Keynote lecture: Professor Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard University,
Department of Economics)
ESTER and GLOBALEURONET announce their second jointly-organized
Research Design Course for economic and social historians. The RDC
course assists students in setting up a high quality and well-designed
plan for their dissertation under the guidance of a team of leading
senior researchers whose task is to provide comments and lead
discussions. The course consists of a 3- to 4-day workshop. Prior to
the workshop students will be asked to prepare some extensive reading
material and they will be asked to write a paper (25 pages) according
to a set
of guidelines. Work during the workshop consists of discussions of
student papers. Each paper will be examined in separate one-hour
sessions. Each session will begin with comments prepared by one of the
participating students, followed by comments by one of the
instructors, after which a general discussion among all participants
will take place. All papers must be circulated in advance; all
students need to read and prepare all papers to be discussed in their
group. A team of senior scholars will be formed around Professor
Alfonso Herranz Loncán
(Barcelona) and Dr. Ben Gales (Groningen). A European Advanced
Postgraduate Certificate will be awarded to participants who have
successfully completed the course.
The RDC programme is intended for PhD students in economic and social
history regardless of the subject of their dissertation. Students need
to be at the very least in the end of their first year of study at the
time of the course, and at the most in the course of their second
year. For a fruitful participation it is absolutely vital that
students have been actually working on their own research for at least
6 months by the time they begin to write their paper so that they are
able to put together a first extensive design of their research plans
(aims,
objectives, sources and methods). The working language for papers,
presentations and discussion is English. Participants of the course
should be aware of the fact that sufficient command of English is a
necessity for a useful and satisfying participation.
The RDC will take place at the University of Barcelona, Spain, from
28-31 July, 2009. Costs for accommodation, catering and course
material will be fully covered by the organizers. However, the
student’s home institution should cover travel costs.
Students wishing to participate are requested to send in their
application form, together with an 800 word abstract of the content of
their dissertation project, no later than 13 March 2009. It is
important to note that application and abstract must be approved of
and signed by the student’s supervisor. The selection of students will
be completed by the beginning of May. Deadline for submission of
papers by accepted students is 29 May 2009.
For the application form and more information about the course please
visit the RDC website at:
http://www.rug.nl/posthumus/esterinternationalprogram/RDC2009
Alfonso Herranz Loncán
University of Barcelona
alfonso.herranz@ub.edu
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