Events
Upcoming events
An introduction on how to strategically approach editors with pitches, how to orient your own work within the variety of sites that are publishing today, and the major differences between scholarly and public writing. This is the first workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty […]
A discussion on how your scholarship can be used to illuminate current political and cultural events as well as how those same events can be used in the process of strategic pitching. This is the second workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the […]
Websites such as Aeon, Lapham’s Quarterly, and JSTOR Daily, as well as more traditional journalistic publications from The Atlantic to The New Yorker, often publish narrative pieces that translate scholarship into long-form journalism. This workshop will focus on both the process of pitching and writing such articles. This is the third workshop in the Secrets […]
A practical look at the world of trade publishing—agents, advances, royalties, contracts, marketing, and publicity. This is the fourth workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department of Carnegie Mellon University and the founding editor of The Pittsburgh Review of Books. In […]
An overview of how trade book proposals differ from academic ones, with a focus on projects that balance scholarly depth with public appeal. This is the fifth workshop in the Secrets of publishing series by Ed Simon. Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department of Carnegie Mellon University and the founding […]
Past events
To protect attendees’ privacy, we do not record panel discussions or Q&A segments where personal information is discussed.
This hands-on workshop offered tips on identifying and articulating one’s accomplishments and impact in the organizations for which one has worked or volunteered. Attendees learned how to build and sequence the presentation of their accomplishments tailored for each specific opportunity. They also discussed the use and misuse of AI and how to format a resume […]
This informal meetup on October 10, 2024 featued Dieu-Nalio Chery, a freelance photojournalist from Haiti who is now a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. He was a Visual Artist in Residence with NYC Artist Safe Haven Residency Program in 2021-2022 and recently completed a fellowship with City of Asylum Detroit. Chery’s work has been published […]
Guided by an interactive worksheet and a customized slide deck, sociologist and university professor Alfred Babo and “joy coach” Kimberly Kenyon helped participants begin to develop a personal statement that captured their strengths, experiences, and aspirations. Dr. Alfred Babo is an alumnus of both the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund and Scholars at Risk and sits […]
In our first informal meetup among displaced scholars, writers, artists, and rights defenders on September 12, 2024, Turkish theater scholar, playwright, director, writer, actor, and author Burcu Yasemin Şeyben shared her experiences leaving Turkey and eventually finding a rewarding situation at a small college in Idaho. Learn more about her at www.burcuseyben.com.
In this interactive workshop, participants learned to decode and analyze job postings, identify key requirements, evaluate fit, anticipate interview questions, and tailor their applications. The session was not recorded to protect attendees’ privacy, but the facilitator has kindly provided her slides. “Joy coach” Kimberly Kenyon has more than three decades of experience as a career […]