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University of Nottingham - Learning from the Past: A Guide for the Curious Researcher 

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3 weeks

Total fee

₹2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
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  • The language of history determines how we view our world and understand urgent issues, such as the environment, conflict and human rights. This language is shaped by documents held in libraries and archives, and the ways in which researchers interpret these is constantly developing. This course will provide you with skills to discover and critically analyse the records of the past, including hidden treasures from the British Library's collections. Researchers at the University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham will show how these collections influence the way we view our world today.

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Curriculum

How to "read" history, and why it matters

Why history?

History and political language

Cracking the Code: Linguistics and the analysis of large bodies of text

Skills: Reading your sources critically

History as images and artefacts

Picturing territory: Maps and topography

Images of modern slavery: Political mobilisation or historical stereotyping?

Images of victims: Empathy or stolen agency?

Skills: Locating sources

Thinking outside the box

Our Place in the World

The Sounds of the Past

Skills: Digital collections and "good" research questions

Summary and Ways Forward

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