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LERMA: a multitude of horizons

Taking one’s first steps in research is a great feeling. On entering my first year in M1, I felt exhilarated to finally be able to write and read about a topic I loved. Of course, during the week, I still had to take classes that did not directly correspond with my field but, as the weeks passed, my time was more and more spent reading about American literature. It was only during my second year, as I took Professor Anne Page’s course on Rhétorique de la Recherche, that I was able to take a step back and consider the environment surrounding my degree and truly understand what it means that the ECMA Master’s is affiliated with the research centre LERMA (Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone). 

During this course, we tackled the numerous possibilities to inscribe our research into an academic environment. One point developed in class was the importance of attending events organised by the research centre. It is an effervescence you just cannot miss out on. One obstacle to avoid at all costs is to restrain yourself and remain in the field you chose for your research. The calendar of the LERMA is accessible on their recently redesigned website (https://lerma.univamu.fr) and is very easy to find. It presents the different events to be found throughout the year. You are just a click away from a multitude of conferences and seminars that might not seem to be of interest for you but represent a way for you to diversify what you read and learn but also your own approach to research. Those events are free for the major part and solely require a registration very easily done by email. 

Furthermore, isn’t cross-disciplinarity what research is all about? If in his article “The Classification of the Science and Cross-Disciplinarity”, Jaime Nubiola first evokes the growing specialization in academic research, seemingly secluding the different fields but then underlines that science can be “a collective and cooperative activity of all those whose lives are animated by the desire to know the truth.” (271) If the idea of truth finds more resonance in hard sciences, I feel that being able to take this step towards cross-disciplinarity is highly salutary for a researcher in humanities and social sciences. And even if you walk out of a seminar or a conference without any new potential leads for your own research, you walk out your head full of someone else’s which is a great way for a young researcher to put his.her nascent work into the perspective of a thesis, as vivas are also open to the public. 

The key word here is cross-disciplinarity and it reminds us that it is great to broaden one’s horizons. So, as a Master’s student, if you don’t want to miss out, you should consider including this routine when scheduling your week. 

SOURCES

Nubiola, Jaime. “The Classification of the Sciences and Cross-Disciplinarity.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, vol. 41, no. 2, Indiana University Press, 2005, pp. 271–82.

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ecantinelli (25 mai 2022). LERMA: a multitude of horizons. EN-globe. Consulté le 10 novembre 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oe7h


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