Target group:
PhD students of the GGG and GFA, other PhD students if free places are available


Schedule: 08./09.06. & 15./16.06.2017 (09:00-17:00)


Place:
Historische Sternwarte (Tagungszentrum) / Historical Observatory (Conference Centre), Geismar Landstraße 11
Seminarraum 2 / Großer Seminarraum

Available seats: 16
Course language: English
Teacher: Frank Lauterbach


Seminars objectives:
Successful researchers need not only compelling data and ideas but also skills to communicate their research most effectively through writing in English. Yet, many academics are unsure about how they can best express themselves, what criteria a well-written English paper needs to fulfill, and how the writing and publication process can be managed most productively.
In this workshop, we will address such fundamental questions. We will, on the one hand, discuss important requirements for developing powerful English sentences, paragraphs, and texts that meet the expectations of readers, reviewers, and editors alike. On the other hand, we are going to work closely with your own work in progress in order to practice how to effectively organize the writing process and how to successfully prepare your papers for publication.
In the practical phases of the workshop, you will get the opportunity to discuss and receive both peer and expert feedback on one of your own pieces of academic writing. This can be a draft of a paper or a part of it (such as an introduction, abstract, etc.). You do not need to have a finished version yet; drafts at any stage of the writing process are perfectly fine.


Credits: 2 Credits
Demands: To be eligible, you need to email the instructor:
[1] before the workshop, a piece of your academic writing as explained above (by May 30, 2017) and
[2] after the workshop, a written reflection of how the course in general and the discussion of your work in particular have helped you rethink and improve your writing (by June 30, 2017).


Application:
Application starts 13.02.2017.
Application only via: ggg.kursanmeldung@uni-goettingen.de
Contact for more information: Britta Korkowsky, Phone: +551 39-20904

This course is organized by the Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) and the Graduate School Forest and Agricultural Sciences (GFA).
This course is sponsered by the "Stipendien- und Betreuungsprogramm (Stibet)" of the German Exchange Service DAAD.