From Concept to Completion: A Dissertation-Writing Guide for History Students

by Elise Lipkowitz (Editor)

Overview

Filled with helpful tips, sage advice, and practical steps from outstanding historians, this pamphlet is a must-have resource for all graduate students about to begin the long and daunting road towards completing the PhD.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872291621
Publisher:	American Historical Association
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Students and Professional Concerns
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	97
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Elise Lipkowitz is chair of the AHA's Graduate and Early Career Committee, and is a doctoral candidate in history at Northwestern University

Table of Contents

Preface by Elise Lipkowitz

Chapter 1: Defining a History Dissertation and Its Role in Your Future Scholarship by Jack P. Greene

Chapter 2: The Genesis of a Dissertation: From Choosing a Topic and Developing a Proposal by Leora Auslander

Chapter 3: Managing Your Dissertation Committee by the AHA Graduate and Early Career Committee

Chapter 4: Managing the Committee: A Faculty Member's Perspective by W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Chapter 5: Bowling for Dollars: The Art of Writing the Grant Proposal by Vanessa R. Schwartz

Chapter 6: Organizing Materials from Archives to Dissertaion by Anthony Grafton

Chapter 7: Delving into the Dissertation by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Chapter 8: Approaching the Archives by Jana Bouck Remy

Chapter 9: Thinking about Sources: Primary and Secondary Documents by Mary Lindemann

Chapter 10: From Notes to Narrative: Finding the Story by Deborah E. Harkness

Chapter 11: When Words Don't Come . . . by James J. Sheehan

Chapter 12: Towards a Unified Document: The Big Picture in Dissertation Writing by Lary May

Chapter 13: The Final Rites of Passage: Submitting and Defending the Dissertation by Thomas S. Mullaney

About the Authors