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Muse E-101 Proseminar: Graduate Research Methods & Scholarly Writing in Museum Studies Fall 2012 Thursdays 5:30–7:30PM Sever Hall 201. Diana Loren, PhD dloren @fas.harvard.edu Office hours by appointment Peabody Museum, Room 20. Introductions. Museum studies Scholarly writing
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Muse E-101 Proseminar: Graduate Research Methods & Scholarly Writing in Museum StudiesFall 2012 Thursdays 5:30–7:30PMSever Hall 201 Diana Loren, PhD dloren@fas.harvard.eduOffice hours by appointment Peabody Museum, Room 20
Introductions • Museum studies • Scholarly writing • Object biographies • Course & goals • Syllabus • Picking a theme • In-class writing evaluation: What’s a précis? • A summary written in the writer’s own words about a text source. • Accurate, brief map of original • Do not make conclusions about the original text