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John Martin and Dennis Romano, Eds. Venice Reconsidered: The HIST 3990 Honours Seminar Topic for 2012/13: Venice Instructor: Roisin Cossar (you can call me Roisin (Ro-sheen) or Prof. Cossar, whichever you prefer) Office: 454 Fletcher Argue Office Hours: Wednesday after class or by appointment Office Telephone: 474-8885 Email: [email protected] Class meetingsmeetings: Wednesdays, 8:30-11:30 Course description: In this introduction to seminars and higher level learning for Honours students in History we will work on a variety of academic skills you'll need to complete the Honours degree. We'll do this through an exploration of scholarship on the history of Venice and Venetian sources and archives spanning the long period from the origins of Venice in the early Middle Ages to the fall of the Republic in 1797. Required Texts: John Julius Norwich, A History of Venice, Vintage, 1989. ISBN-13: 978-0679721970 David Chambers and Brian Pullan, eds. Venice: a Documentary History. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, ISBN-13: 978-0802084248 John Martin and Dennis Romano, eds. Venice Reconsidered: The History and Civilization of an Italian City-State, 1297-1797 Baltimore: the Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002, ISBN-13: 978-0801873089 Course readings are available through JSTOR and other databases (articles), the required texts, and the reserve desk in Dafoe (books). I will also have consultation copies of most articles and books available for those who need them. We will discuss access to readings further on the first day of class. Dropbox If you do not already have a Dropbox account (free) please sign up for one at www.Dropbox.com The class DropBox folder contains the course syllabus and essay and assignment guidelines. I may also ask you to upload your journal entries to a folder within the Dropbox each week; barring that, we will use Google Docs (to be determined together in September). Course AssignmentAssignmentssss 1. A1. AttendaA ttendattendance,nce, weekly journal entriesentries,, participation in discussiodiscussions,ns, groupgroup----work,work, workshopsworkshops,, and final paper presentationpresentation:: 15: 15%15 %%% Weekly Journal EEntryntryntry: for each course reading (i.e. each article, essay or chapter you read), you will write a brief reflection (100-200 words), using the following questions as a guide: Can you summarize the author's argument in a sentence or two? What did you find surprising about the piece? What do you want to know more about? You will upload your journal entry to the class DropboxDropbox/Google/Google Doc by NOON every TuesdayTuesday. I will comment on the entries but will not give them individual grades. A late/missing entry will result in a 222-2---pointpoint deduction from the participation mark. NB: In the first 2 or 3 weeks of September I will be asking everyone to make an appointment with me to come to my office hours and talk about their scholarly interests, any challenges they foresee, and plans for the year and beyond. We'll create a schedule for these meetings in the first week of class. 2. IIInInnn----classclass footfootnotenote reading assignmentassignment:: 5: 5%5 % OctobOctoberer 1010,, 2012 I will hand out a footnote taken from a scholarly article on Venice and give you one hour to use the library and the Internet to write a thorough explanation of its content, identifying: - primary (archival and published) sources, scholarly articles from journals, essays in edited collections, and monographs. - language of the sources - sources available in the Bison system and those which could be ordered through Document Delivery (and those you would have to travel to Venice to see!) 3. RRReaReaeaeadingding for argumeargumentnt assignment: 7.57.5%% October 31, 2012 A critical analysis of one article in our reading list, identifying the author's thesis and commenting on the evidence used to support that thesis. 750-1000 words. 4.4.4. PPPrimaPrimarimaryry source reading assignment, 7.57.5%% November 21, 2012 Choose one primary source from the collection Venice: a Documentary History and perform an analysis of its structure and content. 750-1000 words. 5.5.5. RRResearchResearch proposalproposal,, 7.57.5%% January 9, 2013 A proposal for the paper you will write in term 2, including a 250-word abstract of the paper and an annotated bibliography including at least 8 scholarly sources (journal articles, essays, and monographs should all be represented; primary sources may be used, but historiographical essays are also acceptable). I will discuss essay proposal guidelines in class. 6. RResearchesearch paper, draft 1, 1515%% February 2727,, 2013 This should be a complete draft of an essay on some aspect of the history/historiography of Venice, including notes and clear prose. We will edit these drafts in a workshop on March 6. Length: 3000-4000 words excluding notes. 7. Editing workshop/workshop/PPPPaperaper critiquecritique, 7.57.57.5%7.5 %%% March 1313,, 2013 You will read another student's draft paper and comment on it in a workshop on March 6. You will then submit a critique of 250-500 words to the student designed to help them improve their draft, and you will also hand in a copy of the critique to me. Successful critiques will target written expression, organization and argument. We will discuss guidelines for the critiques in class. Late essay critiquescritiques will result in the loss of 5 points from the participation mark. 8. RResearchesearch paper, final draftdraft,, 15, 15%15 %%% March 27, 2013 A complete final paper, taking comments and critiques offered by the class into account. You will present the final paper in a brief presentation to the class on April 3 (I will not grade the presentation, but non-attendance at the presentations will result in a 5-point penalty on your participation mark). 3000-4000 words. 9. Final ExamExam, 20% A take-home home exam covering the readings we have done during the year; due during the examination period in April. Evaluation of term work will be provided by the VW date, March 20, 2013 Late assignments policypolicy: unless you contact me first, journal entries submitted after Tuesday at noon will count as unsubmitted and your participation mark will be docked accordingly. A late essay critique will also result in a penalty of 5 marks taken from the participation mark. Other written assignments will be accepted without a penalty, but I will provide only minimal comments. NumNumericalerical range of lletteretter grades: A+: 90-100 A: 80-90 B+: 75-79 B: 70-74 C+: 65-69 C: 60-64 D: 50-59 F 49 and below Plagiarism The common penalty in Arts for plagiarism on a written assignment is a grade of F on the paper and a final grade of F (DISC)) (for Disciplinary Action)) for the course. For the most serious acts of plagiarism, such as purchase of an essay and repeat violations, this penalty can also include suspension for a period of up to five (5) years from registration in courses taught in a particular department/program in Arts or from all courses taught in this Faculty. The Faculty also reserves the right to submit student work that is suspected of being plagiarized to Internet sites designed to detect plagiarism or to other experts for authentication. The common penalty in Arts for academic dishonesty on a test or examination is F for the paper, F (DISC) for the course, and a one-year suspension from courses acceptable for credit in the Faculty. For more serious acts of academic dishonesty on a test or examination, such as repeat violations, this penalty can also include suspension for a period of up to five years from registration in courses taught in a particular department or program in Arts or from all courses taught in or accepted for credit by this Faculty. Grade Appeals Students who wish to appeal a grade given for term work must do so within 10 working days after the grade for the term work has been made available to them. Please do not wait until the end of the year to make an appeal. Uncollected term work I will hand graded work back to you during class. Uncollected term work will become the property of the Faculty of Arts and will be subject to confidential destruction. Class visitors If you'd like to invite another student to attend class as a guest (perhaps someone wondering how the Honours program works, or someone with a particular interest in one of the topics we'll be discussing), please let me know in advance and as long as we have space in the room, I'll be happy to have them join us. ParticipationParticipation:: Speaking and Listening Everyone needs to find a good balance between speaking and listening in a seminar. Some have to find a way to listen as much as they talk, and others need to push themselves to share their thoughts out loud with the group. If you find it difficult to achieve this balance on your own, or if I notice an issue with participation, we will work together on some strategies that can help. Class Meetings During class meetings we are going to read and discuss scholarly work on Venice and talk about the process of working in a seminar. Skills to discuss and practise will include critical readingreading, writingwriting, and speakinspeakingggg. In the first half of each term we'll study specific learning issues, ranging from how to read a footnote to how to give a good presentation. The rest of our time will be spent practising those skills through critical discussions of articles and books on the history of Venice from the early Middle Ages until the modern period. Class will run for a 3-hour period beginning at 8:30 and finishing at 11:30 every Wednesday.
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