300118 Publishing and Writing in English (S) (WiSe 2015/2016)

This seminar addresses the challenges faced by native speakers of German when writing and publishing in English and in the Anglo-American publishing market.
It will deal with three thematic issues:
1) Different cognitive and writing styles: differences between English and German (journal articles and books)
2) Getting published (the emphasis here will be on turning PhD dissertations into books, preparing proposals etc., but time permitting we will also be dealing with article submissions and edited volumes)
3) Writing and style (the challenges of writing in English as a native speaker of German; issues of copyediting; how to polish a manuscript and where to seek help; in this part the seminar will have an accomplished copy-editor and author as a guest).
The seminar will be held in two sessions. The first session will be on Monday, 16 November 2015, 12-7:30pm, the second on Monday, 25 January 2016, 12-7:30pm.

Requirements for participation, required level

This seminar is primarily for PhD students, but open to interested graduate students, space permitting. Please note it is not an English language class! If you do not feel confident and do not practice academic writing in English for the purpose of publishing it in the end, this class is not for you!

Bibliography

The Penguin Writer’s Manual, by Martin Manser and Stephen Curtis. London: Penguin 2002.