Third-Year Researchers

Third-year researchers have no formal requirement for seminar attendance. They are however strongly encouraged to attend and to give at least one presentation.

Residence requirements are in force for both terms.

 

Monitoring Sessions

As the third year is the most demanding in quality and quantity of work, the department organises a monitoring session in which each researcher discusses his/her work in progress with the Supervisor, the Second Reader and a third member of the faculty (or a Marie Curie / Fernand Braudel / Max Weber Fellow). These monitoring sessions take place on 27-30 January 2012.

For this discussion researchers are asked to hand in two weeks before the monitoring session a draft (approximately 2500/3000 words) of the structure of their thesis, the analytical focus, state of the art, sources, hypothesis, the table of content and the contribution they intend to make. It is also interesting to discuss the problems they are encountering.

 

Passage to the Fourth Year: Two-Thirds of the Thesis

By the end of their third year of study, researchers must complete two thirds of their thesis in order to become eligible for the fourth-year grant.  The two thirds of the thesis must be submitted in two printed copies to the Departmental Assistant by 28 May 2012 (an electronic file of the paper should also be sent by email).

The official decisions on payment of the fourth year grant is usually made by the Admissions Committee at its meeting of the end of June.  

General formatting of Two-Thirds of the thesis:

• It is necessary to include a cover page stating the title of the paper, the name of the author and the name of the supervisor and second reader. Please use this cover page template . 
• It is essential to insert a proper table of contents
• Pages should be numbered throughout the paper
• Graphs, maps and tables should be clear and easy to read
• The printed copies of the Two-Thirds of the thesis should be bound and printed two sided. If needed, spiral binders can be found at the Library or in the department secretariat offices.

 

For further information please check the Researchers' Guide 2011-2012 .