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Humanities Research Class Three: From Sources to Argument Online
Presenter: Scott Kenneth McLaren
A good literature review does more than summarize what other scholars have said — it shows where you stand in an ongoing scholarly conversation. This class teaches you how to map a body of scholarship, identify its major debates and tensions, and write a synthesis that puts sources into conversation rather than discussing them one at a time. You’ll learn practical strategies for following citations, organising sources, and deciding whose work matters to your argument, while considering citation as a question of intellectual credit as well as academic convention. We’ll also explore how AI tools can — and cannot — help with humanities research, including the biases and exclusions they can reproduce. By the end of the class, you’ll be better equipped to explain not only what other scholars have said, but what remains to be said and where your own argument belongs.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Undergraduate Students
- Categories:
- RES - HUMA
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
A great literature review doesn’t just summarize what other scholars have said — it shows where your own argument belongs. Learn how to map scholarly debates, put sources into conversation, use AI critically, and turn a pile of readings into a clear intellectual position.