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Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) AIHR

Advanced academic writing: follow-up | NEW DATES

Follow-up workshop

The goal of these follow-up workshops is to provide individualized and in-depth writing assistance to PhD candidates in the final year of their PhD programme. We will focus on the challenges that you face in the writing-up stage of your PhD, such as developing your self-editing skills and writing effective and coherent paragraphs, sections and chapters. In these workshops we will further develop and reinforce your advanced academic writing skills.
Course dates
  • Course registration general information

    Registration for this course will open at the end of August 2026. You will be informed of this through the PhD Skills Newsletter which you'll receive through your local research school.

    Please be aware that this course requires a minimum of 8 participants. If there are not enough participants, the course may be canceled.

    N.B. Please register for the waiting list if the course is full. This also signals the demand for the course.

  • Course dates - on campus | start 22 September

    Tuesdays 10:00-12:30

    22 September in UB A0.02 Vondelzaal
    6 October in UB A0.02 Vondelzaal
    27 October in OIH D2.04
    10 November in OIH D2.04
    24 November in OIH D2.04

    N.B.: A minimum of 8 participants is required for this course. If there are not enough participants, the course may be canceled.

    University Library

    Room A0.02 Vondelzaal
    Vendelstraat 2-8
    1012 XX Amsterdam

    Oost-Indisch Huis

    Room D2.04
    Oude Hoogstraat 24
    1012 CE Amsterdam

Course description

  • Refresher class: reviewing main themes of Advanced Academic Writing course, e.g. word choice, sentence structure, punctuation and paragraph structure on the basis of an analysis of your own texts.
  • Text organisation: paragraphs and sections: coherence, transitions, structure/content of particular sections (e.g. introductions/conclusions)
  • Text organisation: chapters and/or academic articles: overall structure, coherence, transitions between paragraphs/sections
  • Self-editing skills: reviewing different approaches to self-editing, writing concisely, reviewing grammar, word choice and punctuation, checking tone and style.

The instructor will hold intake meetings with all participants before the first workshop to gain insight into your learning needs and goals.

Participants

  • The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Academic Writing (AAW), a mandatory writing course for all PhD students. In order to join to workshops, participants need to have successfully completed the AAW course.
  • These workshops are open to PhD students who are in the final year of their programme.