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EE Reflection 3

During my Viva Voce, I reflected upon how my thinking towards the process of historical writing has developed my understanding of history as a discipline. Self-conducting the historical research made me increasingly aware of the obstacles in the historian’s endeavor, such as the biases of primary sources and the historian’s personal agendas, revealing the subjectivity and malleability of the discipline. Whilst reading Jay Taylor’s “The Generalissimo,” a biography of Chiang which…

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EE Reflective Conversation 2

While writing the first draft of my EE, I have learned that not only is it important to have quotes from historians in this essay, but to evaluate the reliability of their opinions. My supervisor suggested I cross-check historian quotes with additional secondary sources to build a more convincing argument, as well as to negate any outstanding biases the historians may have. During my research process, I was careful to…

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EE Reflective Conversation 1

I am genuinely interested in my EE topic, as learning more about my Chinese heritage and history has always peaked my curiosity. In our first meeting, my supervisor and I discussed the initial research I had done, agreeing on the two possible ways of structuring the causes of the war – grouping it by military position of the two parties vs degree of popularity of the two parties by 1945, or…

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