Friday 8 November 2013

Workshop on ‘Sources and Evidence’

Seminar Room 2.20, Research Beehive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University, Friday 29th November

12.30 Introduction and welcome

12.45-13.15 Emma Nicholson (Newcastle University): ‘Bias in Polybius’ Histories and the Nature of Ancient Greek Historiography’.

13.15-13.45 Ali Chapman (Newcastle University): ‘Assessing the Bellum Hispaniense: Complications, difficulties, and language’.

13.45-14.00 Coffee break

14.00-14.30 Katherine Krick (Durham University): ‘From the Middle Ages to the Digital Age: Finding and Using Sources’.

14.30-15.00 Michael Robinson (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool):  ‘Forgotten Men; Forgotten Sources: A discussion of utilising asylum reports researching the post-war psychiatric care of Irish veterans of the Great War’.

15.00-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-15.45 Fiona Howarth (Newcastle University): ‘The Value of Correspondence as a Historical Source: A Case Study on “The California Oath Controversy”’.

15.45-16.45 Training Session Lucy Keating (Liason Librarian, Newcastle University):  ‘Using social media for history research: trivia or treasure trove?’

16:45-17.30 Discussion, ideas for the next event, and close.

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