Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities (GSAH)

HS 2013
Überfachliche akademische Kompetenzen | Soft Skills - Seductive Sentences

Seductive Sentences: A Practical Workshop

Montag, 11.11.2013, 10:00 Uhr

Dr. Kali Tal, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Dr. Kali Tal, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Elegant English sentences are not easy to craft and writing persuasively in English is a challenge to native and non-native speakers alike. This course is designed to assist academics who wish to master the skills of writing precisely and accurately, and who would like to convey complex ideas in the form of readable prose. The idea that underpins this course is that the language of a good academic article is shaped to support the ideas it carries, without either oversimplifying or indulging in the unnecessarily ornate.

Veranstaltende: Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies | Graduate School of the Humanities | Walter Benjamin Kolleg
Redner, Rednerin: Dr. Kali Tal, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
Datum: 11.11.2013
Uhrzeit: 10:00 - 16:45 Uhr
Ort: Raum B-105
Kurszentrum
Schanzeneckstrasse 1
3012 Bern
Merkmale: Öffentlich
kostenlos

Seductive Sentences: A Practical Workshop

Dr. Kali Tal, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Datum: 11.11.2013
Zeit: 10:00 - 16:45 Uhr
Ort: Universität Bern, Kurszentrum, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Raum B-105

Professional Writing for the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop

Dr. Kali Tal, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Datum: 15.11.2013
Zeit: 10:00 - 16:45 Uhr
Ort: Universität Bern, Kurszentrum, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Raum A027

Datum: 22.11.2013
Zeit: 10:00 - 16:45 Uhr
Ort: Universität Bern, Hauptgebäude, Hochschulstrasse 4, Raum 208

This course is designed to assist academics who want to publish their articles in scholarly journals. It takes students through the writing process, from ideas and sketches to the finished work and the submission letter.  We will also cover requests for revisions, and resubmission to other journals after a paper is rejected. The course presumes proficiency in English to level C1+, and is aimed at those who are about to write, or are at work on a paper (the research has been done). It is not suitable for students who have not yet chosen a topic of research.  The format alternates between short lectures and discussions, and includes several exercises. The participants should bring their laptops since some exercises require access to a word processing program.  The course will cover the following topics: 

  1. Before your research is finished:
  2. The importance of “the message”
  3. Choosing your journal
  4. Brainstorming and mindmapping
  5. Assembling your argument
  6. Writing the body
  7. Writing the introduction
  8. The editing process
  9. The cover letter
  10. The response
  11. The brain is a percolator

Kali Tal is Senior Editor at the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern, where she edits scientific and medical papers. As a freelancer, she edits academic articles and books in the social sciences and humanities, as well as the sciences, and has worked in fields ranging from legal studies, to political science, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies and literature. As a scholar, she has published in the field of Trauma Studies (Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literatures of Trauma, 1995, Cambridge University Press).