Writing Workshop | SchreibNight 2021
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In addition to the special highlight of guest appearances by professors from the university, you can expect a night where you can work on your own writing projects, sign up for writing consultations or take part in workshops. The library's research professionals will also be offering two hours of advice if you have trouble finding suitable literature for your project. The full programme and times can be found at the bottom of this page.
At this first Online-SchreibNight there are two areas of participation:
- You can access many of the offerings - workshops, guest appearances by professors and research advice - directly via our website. accesswhere we have provided the links for the respective Webex events.
- Other offers - registration for writing consultations, moving and creative breaks, hanging out together, information and announcements during SchreibNight - take place on Microsoft Teams. You can also be present here while attending Webex events.
Important: In order to be invited to our space on MS Teams, you need to register with your email address. We only store the addresses as long as we need them for the SchreibNight - afterwards they will be deleted again. More information about MS Teams and the free download under Info & Access! And how does MS Teams work? Download our quick guide download!
Programme
| What's up? WritingNight Programme 2021 | |
|---|---|
| 16.00-16.30 | Set goals! |
| Welcome and joint start for all who want! | |
| 16.30-00.00 | Writing consultations |
| You are unsure whether your language level fits or your argument works? Are citation rules a mystery to you? You just want to discuss your topic? Get feedback! Registration during the SchreibNIght is only possible in our SchreibNight room on MS Teams - please register! | |
| 17.00-17.30 | Between title and blurb |
| How do I read a book to decide whether to read it? | Guest appearance by Prof. Uwe Hunger, FB SK | |
| 17.15 | Moving break |
| 17.30-ca. 18.30 | Workshop | Are you a squirrel, or ...? Clear the ring for the writing type carnival! |
| Do you just write boldly? Or do you prefer to plan everything in detail? Do you revise your text while you're still writing? Or do you only start revising when you have finished writing the entire raw text? Or do you do it differently? In this workshop, you can discuss how you go about writing and perhaps expand your own repertoire in the process. | Frederike Behrens and Thea Otte | |
| 18.00-21.00 | Advice on literature research and Citavi |
| With the library's research professionals Anke Lawerenz and Kai Deutschländer, who will give advice in two parallel Webex rooms. | |
| 18.30-19.00 | How to Read a Paper |
| How do I read a scientific paper? How do I quickly recognise whether it is important for me, how do I effectively understand the contents and how do I relate it to other papers? Tips and tricks from a computer science perspective. | Guest appearance by Prof. Martin Kumm, FB AI | |
| 19.00-19.30 | Creative break |
| 19.30-approx. 20.30 | Workshop | Crash Course: Table of Contents & Co. with Word |
| Word is smart - to our advantage! This workshop is about how the programme can make writing scientific papers easier for us. Together we will create an automatic table of contents and share our favourite Word lifehacks. | Klara Heckeroth and Franziska Rozicki | |
| 20.30-21.00 | Courage for your own position |
| Scientific writing includes the reference to literature as well as one's own positioning. Developing a position on the basis of academic discourse, presenting it and asserting it argumentatively is not easy and requires courage - above all the courage to trust oneself. That is what I would like to talk to you about! | Guest appearance by Prof. Stefan Weidmann, FB SW | |
| 20.45 | Moving break |
| 21.00-21.30 | May I say "I"? |
| The use of the first person when arguing and presenting findings in one's own academic work. | Guest appearance by Prof. Rixta Wundrak, FB SK | |
| 21.30-ca. 22.30 | Workshop | Is this plagiarism? |
| What works and what doesn't when quoting? This workshop is about raising awareness of incorrect citation and exchanging ideas on how to avoid it. | Amata Schneider-Ludorff | |
| 22.30-23.00 | Creative break |
| 00.00-00.30 | Joint conclusion |
| What do I take with me? What have I achieved? What is the next step? | |