Writing Your IP Paper

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Writing Your IP Paper
European Heritages and Collective Memories

• June-July 2008

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Overview
This presentation on writing your IP Paper
contains the following parts

• Intensive Programme topic subtopics
• IP Paper length
• Required elements in your IP Paper
• Optional elements in your IP Paper
• Citation
• Formatting
• Timetable for your IP Paper
• Peer response

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The theme of the IP

• The Intensive Programme for 2008 will focus on
• European Heritages and Collective Memories
• Your IP Paper should be clearly related to this
  general topic.

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4 sub-themes

• There are four sub-themes within the main theme
• Transmission of values, beliefs, rules and
  patterns as part of the process of building civil
  society
• Construction and reconstruction of memory and
  identity (local, regional, national and European)
• Conservation of European artifacts heritage
  planning and management
• Invention of tradition, heritage and identity in
  modern/post-modern communication and
  intercultural co-existence.
• You should be able to place your paper in one of
  these sub-themes.

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IP Paper length

• Your paper must be between 4,500 and 6,000 words
  long.
• In most cases, you will have 350 to 400 words
  per page.
• Therefore, the final paper will probably be
  12-15 pages long.
• Paper length includes citations and footnotes.

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Required IP paper elements

• In addition to the body text, your IP Paper must
  include
• a cover page
• an abstract
• a bibliography
• These DO NOT count into the word length of your
  paper.

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Cover page

• Your cover page must include
• Title of paper
• Authors name
• 1st semester University
• 2nd semester University
• sub-theme
• (Cover page template will be provided in a
  separate attachment)

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Abstract

• Your abstract should be between 100 and 200 words
  long.
• Your abstract must include
• Your hypothesis or thesis statement
• A concise description of the purpose, methods,
  scope, contents
• Do not include citations or long quotations.

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Bibliography

• Your bibliography should include no less than 10
  works cited in the body of your text.
• Avoid padding your bibliography with books that
  you did not use in writing this paper.
• Use a variety of sources, including books and
  articles from academic journals.
• Please use MLA format for your bibliography
• Author surname, given name. Title. Place of
  publication publisher, year.

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Optional IP Paper elements

• In addition to the required elements, your IP
  Paper may include
• Labelled sub-sections
• Annexes
• A glossary
• Do not count these in the word length of your
  paper.

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Labelled subsections

• Your paper should be subdivided into labelled
  subsections.
• For example
• Introduction
• Definitions
• etc, etc.
• Analysis
• Conclusion

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Annexes

• If you decide that it is necessary, you may
  include annexes to your paper. Please number
  them separately.
• For example
• Annex 1 Sample Questionaire
• Annex 2 Charts
• etc.
• These annexes are not counted in the total word
  count.

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Glossary

• You may include a glossary if you believe that
  some readers may not be familiar with a number of
  terms, such as
• Acronyms
• Foreign terms
• Specialist jargon

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Citation

• The focus of this IP is on the Humanities.
• Therefore, all students are kindly requested to
  use standard MLA citations and bibliography
  (commonly used in the Humanities)
• MLA uses in-line citation in the following basic
  format (author, page)
• For example, (Durkheim, 123) to reference page
  123 of a book by Durkheim which can be found in
  the bibliography.

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Internet references

• All internet references must include the URL
  (website address)
• All internet references must include the date
  downloaded
• PDF sources are preferable to HTML sources

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Footnotes

• Use footnotes for digressions and other notes on
  the body text
• Do not use footnotes for citations

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Formatting

• For your IP Paper please use the following
  formatting
• Times New Roman font
• 12 point font size
• full justified text (evenly touching both left
  and right margins)
• 1.5 spacing

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21 April 2008

• You must send your IP abstract to your 2nd
  semester coordinator by April 21st, 2008. (Please
  DO NOT send your IP abstract directly to the
  coordinators in Krakow, this will be done by your
  coordinators).
• FILE NAME Your file name should be structured in
  the following way
• subtheme number - last name - first name - 1st
  university country - 2nd university country
  example 2 - Czerska - Karolina - PL - IT
• Sweden SW Netherlands NL Germany D Italy IT
  France FR Spain SP Czech CZ Poland PL

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19 May 2008

• You must submit the final draft of your IP paper
  to your 2nd semester university by 19 May.
  (Again, please DO NOT send the IP paper directly
  to the Euroculture Coordinators at the
  Jagiellonian University in Kraków).
• Please make sure your paper is in pdf file, only.
• The same file name structure applies to the IP
  paper.

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30 May 2008

• By 30 May, you will receive a copy of the paper
  which you will comment on as a referee. You must
  read it carefully and critically and prepare a
  peer response.
• You will also receive other group papers and are
  expected to read these papers so that you may
  discuss them actively.

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Oral presentation structure

• There will be 10 -15 students in each group.
• All group members will have read the other papers
  beforehand.
• Each student will present his or her own paper
  (15 min).
• You are encouraged to use PowerPoint in your
  presentation.

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Oral presentation response

• Student presentations will be followed by
• A peer response (7 min)
• Group discussion (5 min)
• Tutors response and conclusion (3 min)
• Therefore, each presentation will last a total of
  roughly 30 minutes.

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Peer response (7 min)

• In addition to presenting their own work, all
  students must prepare a response to one of the
  papers presented in their group.
• Peer responses will be assigned by the IP
  organisers.
• Before the start of the IP, you will receive a
  copy of the paper which you must respond to.
• Peers must provide critical commentary on the
  paper which is assigned to them. Please prepare
  for your response carefully.