Academic journals are one of the most important means for scholars and researchers to share their research with the academic community. Being able to publish your research requires skills for the craft.
The aim of this workshop is to provide hands on training in writing good articles for archaeological journals. The workshop will also familiarize the students with the important peer review process and provide training in how to review a paper for a journal and how to handle the review process as an author. Three international journal editors: Rob Witcher from Antiquity, Robin Skeates from Antiquity and formerly at the European Journal of Archaeology, and Liv Nilsson Stutz formerly from Archaeological Dialogues, and currently an associate editor of Bioarchaeology International and the Yearbook of the American Association of Biological Anthropology, will provide comments and present lectures on international publishing.
Course work
Before the course starts, each PhD student is to prepare and pre-circulate a draft text for a supposed journal. Each student will also prepare a formal peer review of one other text before the workshop starts. During the workshop, each participant will present their text in a smaller group setting, and the assigned peer reviewer, lecturer, and participants will provide constructive critique and comments for improving the text. The participants will individually rewrite parts of their drafts on the second day of the workshop. On the last day there will be a discussion and feedback on their new/revised text, followed by a round table discussion on the rewriting process.
Lecturers
Prof. Robin Skeates (Durham University)
Prof. Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University)
Dr Rob Witcher (Durham University)
Credits
3 ECTS.
Location, travel and costs
The Graduate School will finance and arrange accommodation, a welcome dinner, and supply lunch during the seminar week for all participating PhD candidates who are part of the Dialogues with the Past Network.
Two and two PhD students will be accommodated in twin rooms according to gender.
The PhD candidates will have to arrange and finance travel to and within Paris as well as dinners during the course week (except for the welcome dinner). If you are in the DIALPAST network and do not have travel funding to cover these costs, please get in touch with oliver.reiersen@iakh.uio.no.
Registration
The Graduate school invites all registered PhD students in the DIALPAST network to apply for participation.
Please follow this link to apply for the course (in English only). From these applications, 9 PhD students will be admitted to the workshop.
For more information please contact: oliver.reiersen@iakh.uio.no
Important dates
Application for participation: 12th January, 2024. Confirmation on your participation will be sent out shortly after this date.
Submission of draft text for a supposed journal (5 - 10 pages, Times New Roman 12, Spacing 1,5): 23rd March, 2024.