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ONLINE & PARTICIPATIVE: Jumpstart writing your journal article, based on your thesis research (Humanities and Social sciences) Part Two

About this workshop

This second workshop welcomes any student or staff or emerging researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences, who would like to start writing a journal article, and gives time to assisting those wanting feedback on their work from the first workshop.

For first timers, the workshop space gives participants the chance to do searches online for information that will help them plan their journal article content, and then start searches for appropriate journals.

Participants will also get a chance to start writing a draft abstract, story an argument and do any other related writing, with personalised feedback from the facilitator and peers in the workshop itself.  You will leave feeling confident about tackling the start of your journal writing process.

Input covered:

  • First steps: The process of Journal publishing
  • Defining what you want to say (from your thesis or other academic work);
  • How to tell an academic story using argument in a journal article;
  • How to find a journal to publish your work;
  • Finding samples of excellent journal writing.
  • Interactive part: Writing what you want to say/telling the story
  • Feedback to previous participants;
  • Searching for a journal (with assistance from facilitator, online);
  • Drafting the story line and argument;
  • Drafting a messy abstract.

* Due to UCT being a contact university and with Covid restrictions easing, the first part of this workshop series is now only being offered in person in semester 2.

 

About the presenter

Ms. Bastienne Klein, Academic Mentor and PhD Candidate

Has mentored students to write thesis arguments on this programme since 2012, and privately ongoing, through her mentoring consultancy.

 

Format

In Person

 

What level of study is the workshop aimed at?

Postgraduate Diploma

Yes

Honours

Yes

Masters

Yes

PhD

Yes

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yes

Junior Research Fellow

Yes

 

Which faculty/faculties is the workshop aimed at?

Humanities

Yes

Commerce (including GSB)

No

Law

No

EBE

Yes

Science

No

Health Sciences

No

* Although this workshop is for Humanities students, anyone in a prose writing discipline, who wants to work on a journal article writing process, is most welcome.  This workshop cannot assist those students wanting to write a collection of journal articles as the submission of a thesis.

 

Requirements

Preparation for the workshop

Please bring the following to the workshop:

  • Your laptop;

Useful to have with you for this workshop, where possible:

  • Your thesis chapters, ideas, questions;
  • Topic/direction/keywords/argument.

Level of participation at the workshop

This is a face-to-face, interactive workshop.  A PDF of the presentation will be shared with those who have attended and participated for the entire workshop time.

Date:
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Presenter:
Ms. Bastienne Klein
Categories:
OPGS workshops
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Event Organizer

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Fazeela Felton
 

 

Contact:

Room 2.04  Level 2 Otto Beit Building

University Avenue, Upper Campus

University of Cape Town

Rondebosch 7700

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