BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news783@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200811T102144 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190426 SUMMARY:Creative Nonfiction Writing DESCRIPTION:Academic writing and reasoning are commonly understood as the m ost important skills developed in successful higher education. Writing j ournal articles\, public lectures\, research proposals and books are part of the daily routine of students and faculty who share knowledge amongst themselves. In addition\, scholars from all disciplines contribute to th e public understanding of science and scholarship through regular contrib utions of essays to newspaper feuilletons\, trade journals and\, increasi ngly\, online media. Given that writing is one of our key concerns and ce rtainly remains our main form of conducting and communicating research \, advancing and refining academic writing skills among students on various levels and across  academic disciplines is paramount. This course will be taught in collaboration with the New York based writer and journalist Gaiutra Bahadur. Together\, we will explore the ways in which we ground k nowledge about the subjects\, societies and histories we wish to represen t in academic scholarship and writing. We explore imaginative ways in whi ch creative nonfiction writing can respond to the biases\, silences and s hortcomings in the representation of women\, the poor\, the enslaved\, th e indentured\, the criminalised\, or the disenfranchised. We’ll draw in spiration from nonfiction writing such as Saidiya Hartman’s Lose Your M other\, Stephen Greenblatt’s speculative Shakespeare biography Will in the World\, Amitav Ghosh’s In an Antique Land\, Natalie Zemon Davis’ Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth Century Muslim Between Worlds and Jill Lep ore’s Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin.  \\r\\nFo r MA students\, the seminar is a regular course\, taking place each week t hroughout the semester. Doctoral students\, who wish to subscribe to the course as part of their graduate school programme (Graduate School of Soc ial Sciences\; Graduate School of History)\, will join the course on the occasion of a block seminar (2 days-workshop). Experiences in writing in English are a requirement for attending. \\r\\nWhere and when?\\r\\n26 and 27 April 2019\\r\\nRheinsprung 21\, Room 00.002 (Friday) and Room 00.004 (Saturday)We might swap rooms depending on the number of graduates attendi ng.\\r\\nRegistration\\r\\nAll participants are invited to register no lat er than 20 April 2019 via email to gaiutra.bahadur@unibas.ch [mailto:gaiut ra.bahadur@unibas.ch]. X-ALT-DESC:Academic writing and reasoning are commonly understood as the mo st important skills developed in successful higher education. Writing jo urnal articles\, public lectures\, research proposals and books are part of the daily routine of students and faculty who share knowledge amongst themselves. In addition\, scholars from all disciplines contribute to the public understanding of science and scholarship through regular contribu tions of essays to newspaper feuilletons\, trade journals and\, increasin gly\, online media. Given that writing is one of our key concerns and cer tainly remains our main form of conducting and communicating research \, advancing and refining academic writing skills among students on various levels and across \; academic disciplines is paramount. This course w ill be taught in collaboration with the New York based writer and journal ist Gaiutra Bahadur. Together\, we will explore the ways in which we grou nd knowledge about the subjects\, societies and histories we wish to repr esent in academic scholarship and writing. We explore imaginative ways in which creative nonfiction writing can respond to the biases\, silences a nd shortcomings in the representation of women\, the poor\, the enslaved\ , the indentured\, the criminalised\, or the disenfranchised. We’ll dra w inspiration from nonfiction writing such as Saidiya Hartman’s Lose Yo ur Mother\, Stephen Greenblatt’s speculative Shakespeare biography Will in the World\, Amitav Ghosh’s In an Antique Land\, Natalie Zemon Davis ’ Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth Century Muslim Between Worlds and Jill Lepore’s Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. \; \nFor MA students\, the seminar is a regular course\, taking place each w eek throughout the semester. Doctoral students\, who wish to subscribe to the course as part of their graduate school programme (Graduate Schoo l of Social Sciences\; Graduate School of History)\, will join the course on the occasion of a block seminar (2 days-workshop). Experiences in writing in English are a requirement for attending. \n

Where and when?

\n26 and 27 April 2019\nRheinsprung 21\, Room 00.002 (Friday) and Roo m 00.004 (Saturday)
We might swap rooms depending on the number of gr aduates attending.\n

Registration

\nAll participants are invited to register no later than 20 April 2019 via email to gaiutra.bahadur@unibas.ch. DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190427 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR