Intellectual History Group – Alex Star

“Scholars As Writers: The Fundamentals”

Writing workshop with Alex Star – website Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux Co-sponsored by the English Department and the History Department. If you would like to participate in the workshop, please RSVP to Jennifer Stitt (stitt2@wisc.edu).

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  The IHG is an informal, interdisciplinary working group for faculty, staff, and graduate students interested in intellectual history and the history of ideas. Our aim is to investigate the various methods, themes, and theories connected to these fields as well as their relevance to different disciplines. Participants in the group come from a wide variety of disciplines, including history and history of science, philosophy, literature, political science, anthropology, and educational policy studies. Upcoming IHG Meeting

• Thursday, May 3rd – “Free-range Research: Revisions, Venues, and Next Steps” – Informal presentation of IHGers’ writing projects and progress

NOTE: All events are open to the public, but if you would like to participate in the writing workshop, we kindly ask that you RSVP. We will request that you submit a paragraph-length abstract of the project you plan to work on over the course of the semester (such as a book or dissertation chapter, magazine article, review essay, creative nonfiction, etc.) as well as a three-page-long excerpt identifying a particular problem or question you would like to discuss with our guest and the group. Please submit all materials at least one week before the event.