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The Public Scholar Workshop

“What is the role of the scholar in this fraught moment in human history? Shouldn’t academic institutions try to orient themselves, at least in part, around expanding access to expertise?”

Invite David Perry to your campus to teach faculty and graduate students the nuts and bolts of writing for the general public. His hands-on workshops teach participants how to build on their academic expertise and translate what they already know in order to reach new audiences while maintaining one’s integrity as a scholar. He covers pragmatic topics: the art of the pitch, finding the right venue, managing social media profiles, getting paid, making it count for tenure and promotion, and protecting yourself from trolls and harassment. He will also talk about strategies to simultaneously maintain academic authority and be accessible to the broader public. His workshops focus on the how.

His keynote lectures talk about the why. In this age of new media, new threats, new opportunities, academics and—critically—our institutions can and must do so much more in order to support public scholarship across all disciplines. And it can even be pretty fun!

“Out of all the workshops I’ve organized for graduate students at CUNY in the past fifteen years, the public writing workshop led by David Perry remains the standout winner.”

— Sara McDougall, Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Journalism

Perry’s work has appeared in: CNN, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and many others.

About

David M. Perry is an author, journalist, and historian. He is the author of The Public Scholar and the co-author of Oathbreakers and The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.

Contact

Connect with David to talk about writing projects, talks, and workshops