Academic Writing: the art of the essay and the invention of style
MASTERCLASS
24th March, 2021, 10.00 GMT
Online event.
Free all welcome.
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Academic Writing: the art of the essay and the invention of style
By Professor Shahidha Bari
How do academics express their ideas in writing? What makes for an effective prose style? And what are the different mediums by which researchers can share their work?
In this workshop, we’ll be looking at writing and considering the effects of different styles and forms. We’ll be considering what constitutes scholarly academic writing, reflecting on how to adapt research for knowledge exchange and public engagement, and exploring the art of the essay.
Online event.
Please register on Eventbrite.
Suggested readings and a zoom link will be sent to you before the event.
Professor Shahidha Bari is an academic, critic and broadcaster. She studied English at Cambridge and Cornell and taught philosophy and literary theory before turning to fashion studies. She is Professor of Fashion Cultures and Histories at London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London), the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s nightly Free Thinking programme, also known as the Arts and Ideas podcast, and the occasional host of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. She’s the author of “Dressed: The Secret Life of Clothes” (2019), the winner of The Observer Anthony Burgess Arts Journalism Prize 2016 and has been a judge for the Forward Poetry Prizes and the Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction Prize. She writes for The Guardian, Times Literary Supplement and Frieze magazine.
