Long Night of Writing

Long Night of Writing

The Long Night of Writing is a traditional event at Leuphana. The 16th Long Night of Writing takes place on February 24, 2022, 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. in a digital format via Zoom.

We offer:

  • Space to write to push your writing project forward
  • Brief workshops and impulses to enhance your writing strategies
  • Consultations in German and English: topics may be literary research and management, linguistic development, German as a second language or multilingualism

The Long Night is held under the direction of the Schreibzentrum / Writing Center in cooperation with the Language Center and the Center of Methods.

Interested? Please register via myStudy in order to receive the Zoom login data for the event.
Registration for people without access to myStudy and externals: Please register via this link.

Program

February 24, 2022, 4 p.m.–12 a.m.

Kickoff

At 4 p.m. the Long Night of Writing will start with a joint kickoff in the main room – our welcome hall. From there you can get to all the other activities (breakout sessions): workshops, writing room, consultations.

Breakout Session – Consultation

Consultations with the writing tutors from the Schreibzentrum / Writing Center are available from 4.15 p.m. The team will be supported by Sandra Dahlhoff and Erik Senst from the library as well as Andrej Swidsinski from the Professional School, who will offer consultation on literature research and Citavi.

Breakout Session – Writing

From 4.15 p.m. onwards you'll have the opportunity to write in a structured sequence of 25 minutes of writing and a 5-minute break. The working time starts every full and half hour.

Breakout Session – Workshops

You can find abstracts for all workshops here.

16.15 UhrGedächtniskapazitäten beim Lesen und ihr Einfluss auf das Schreiben: Was nichts kostet ist nichts wert?! (Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wallot, Institut für Psychologie)
5.00 p.m.Reading Like a Writer (Prof. Dr. Michael Bunn, University of Southern California)
6.00 p.m.Easy on the eyes: text design and readability (Paul Lauer, Language Center)
18.30 UhrDie relevante Literatur vor lauter Titeldaten nicht mehr sehen (Sandra Dahlhoff, IK-Team Bibliothek)
19.00 UhrLiteratur sammeln und zitieren mit Citavi (Erik Senst, IK-Team Bibliothek)
19.30 UhrWissenschaftliches Schreiben mit mehr Selbstbewusstsein (Timm Brümmendorf, Schreibzentrum / Writing Center)
20.00 UhrMit Punkt und Komma – Sätze gestalten in wissenschaftlichen Texten (Luisa Halstenbach, Schreibzentrum / Writing Center)
20.30 Uhr10 Finger sind besser als zwei! (Dagmar Knorr, Schreibzentrum / Writing Center)
21.00 UhrWiki Schreiben im Studium – Ressourcen zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben (Jule Ubben, Schreibzentrum / Writing Center)
21.30 UhrLiterarische Impulse für wissenschaftlich Schreibende (Nicola Tams, Schreibzentrum / Writing Center)
22.00 UhrDie drei Zutaten für eine gute wissenschaftliche Arbeit: Sanduhren, Märchen und schludrige Leser (Andrej Swidsinski, Professional School)

 

Institutions involved

The Nights of Writing are sponsored by different institutions of Leuphana University. The following support the events:

Impressions

Impressions of the Long Nights of Writing…