It offers the opportunity to develop skills in digital analysis and reflect on the possibilities of emerging digital humanities techniques and e-humanities approaches.
You receive advanced training in selecting and critically reviewing scholarly literature. You learn how to find primary sources in paper and digital archives and how to process them. You learn how to write a research report with a strong argument that meets high scholarly standards and is accessible to an educated readership. Many students in this track write their first academic publication during or as a result of course work. But you also learn how to write for a non-academic public. The track teaches oral skills like discussing and presenting research results. You learn to debate with scholarly arguments and sensitivity to other people’s opinions. The research skills you learn are applicable both within and outside an academic context.