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Writing Retreat for Doctoral Candidates

03/31/2025 9:00 AM Clock - 5:00 PM Clock
04/01/2025 9:00 AM Clock - 5:00 PM Clock
04/02/2025 9:00 AM Clock - 5:00 PM Clock
04/03/2025 9:00 AM Clock - 5:00 PM Clock
04/04/2025 9:00 AM Clock - 5:00 PM Clock
Attendance:
Presence event 
Event location:
  • Bootshaus Universität Kassel
Event Organizer:
  • Graduate Academy
Category:
  • Workshop
Target group:
  • Doctoral candidates

Language: English.

In order to help doctoral candidates focus on their academic writing projects, we have organized a writing retreat at the university's beautiful Bootshaus. Surrounded by nature and at a distance from everyday distractions, doctoral candidates have the opportunity to focus solely on improving their writing skills and progress their writing projects. 

The morning sessions of the Writing Week consist of short workshops covering important aspects of academic writing: writing phases and writing strategies, text planning, self-organisation in academi­c writing, the introduction and conclusion academic writing, and the role of AI in academic writing. The workshops consist of trainer input and various writing and reflection exercises that are related to your current writing project (e.g. your dissertation).

After the lunch break, you will have time to work on your text (e.g. your dissertation or an article), by yourself or in a group or a tandem. You will also have the opportunity to have a one-to-one consultation (45 minutes) with the workshop instructor on issues related to your current writing project.

Contents

  • Writing Phases and Writing Strategies
  • Techniques of Text Planning
  • Self-Organization in Academic Writing
  • Introduction and Conclusion in Academic Writing
  • AI in Academic Writing

Methods

  • Trainer input
  • plenary discussions
  • various writing and reflection exercises
  • exchange in small groups
  • individual work
  • individual counselling

Prerequisites

Participants need a writing project that they are currently working on (e.g. a dissertation or a journal article). It does not matter where they are in the project: at the very beginning, somewhere in the middle, or somewhere towards the end. Participants will also need pen and paper and a laptop (or similar) to write on.

Schedule

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thrusday Friday

9 am - 12:30 pm

Writing Phases and Writing Techniques Techniques of Text Planning Self-Organization in Academic Writing Introduction and Conclusion in Academic Writing AI in Academic Writing
12:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Short Exercise Short Exercise Short Exercise Short Exercise Short Exercise
1:45 pm - 4:45 pm Writing Time & Coaching Sessions Writing Time & Coaching Sessions Writing Time & Coaching Sessions Writing Time & Coaching Sessions Writing Time & Coaching Sessions
4:45 pm - 5 pm Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up

 

More information about this event

Event location:

Bootshaus Universität Kassel
Auedamm 27a
34121 Kassel
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Event Organizer:

Graduate Academy

Contact:

Gianna Dalfuß
University of Kassel
Graduate Academy
Coordination of interdisciplinary doctoral training | Kassel Graduate Programme
0561 804 2427
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Coach:

Dr. Anselm Spindler

Dr. Anselm Spindler has a doctorate in philosophy and is a Transactional Analysis coach. He lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany, where he founded train of thought_, a workshop for academic writing. He offers transdisciplinary workshops and individual coaching on academic writing and on topics related to life and work in the academic world.

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Fee: 125,00 €
Available until: 03/16/2025
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