Overview
For this upcoming seminar you are invited to submit parts of a chapter or a draft of an article for your PhD thesis.
The papers will be circulated in advance to make sure that everyone gets a chance to read them. Please also see the guidelines for a monograph or article-based thesis.
The duration of each seminar will depend on the number of presenters/commentators. Those presenting a paper will also comment on someone else’s paper.
- Present and comment: 2 ECTS
The sessions run as follows:
- Brief introduction
- Introduction by the PhD fellow presenting a paper (about 10 minutes)
- Commentary (5-10 minutes)
- General discussion (15-20 minutes)
- Recapitulation (5 minutes)
- Pause (10-15 minutes)
Each seminar has the following maximum number:
- 6 Presenters/commentators
Please send your texts to Professor Tina Skouen tina.skouen@ilos.uio.no
The papers should be about 10 pages. If the announced seminar is going to address texts for the PhD thesis, this should be texts that are still in the making, not finished chapters or articles. If the seminar deals with conference papers, this, too, must be a draft and not a paper that has already been presented at a conference. You may use a Power-Point-presentation or similar.
If you like, you can give some instructions on how to read the material presented, suggesting which aspects to focus on.
The commentator does not have to be in the same field as the presenter. Often, someone from the "outside" will be more able to see the text presented as a text and to give valuable feedback on structure and argumentation. For example: are the aims and claims clearly stated at the outset? Does the writer indicate where he/she stands in relation to previous research or criticism and what his/her contribution consists of? Does the argument progress logically from one point to the next? The texts presented in these seminars are typically works in progress and commentary on how to improve the quality of the writing and the argumentation may therefore be especially welcome. We will discuss in English and/or Norwegian all depending. Remember: you can learn a lot about thesis writing from commenting on someone else's paper.
Questions? Feel free to contact Tina Skouen
How to register
Deadline for registration: 15 April
The deadline for submitting texts is 15 April. Please send your texts to Professor Tina Skouen tina.skouen@ilos.uio.no
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