RPG Writing Retreat & Academic Mentoring Session by Professor Liping Wang (May 2025)
6 May 2025 at 4:00:00 am
Writing Retreat:The aim of a structured writing retreat is to use dedicated writing time to progress our writing projects in a supportive, non-surveillance environment. Example projects include book/thesis chapters, journal articles, research proposals and reports.We use most of the time for writing, all of us in the same room. Brief scheduled discussions between writing slots often generate solutions to writing problems, develop drafts, lead to research-orientated conversations and provide feedback on writing in-progress.
Academic Mentoring:The aim of academic mentoring is to guide RPg students and early career scholars through the challenges and opportunities of academic life, from choosing a research topic to publishing their work. Our distinguished visiting professor will give guidance to the registrants during the writing retreat.
About the Mentor:
Liping Wang is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Peking University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Sociology at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include comparative historical sociology, sociology of education and social theory. She has published articles in American Journal of Sociology, Theory and Society, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Journal of World History, among others. Her book The Imperial Creation of Ethnicity: Chinese Politics and the Ethnic Turn in Inner Mongolian Politics, 1900-1930 was published by Brill in 2022.
RPG Writing Retreat & Academic Mentoring Session by Professor Liping Wang (May 2025)
Date: 6 May 2025
Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: CJT-9.29
Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=100193
Retreat Schedule:
12:00nn – 12:05pm | Discussion on setting writing goals |
12:05pm – 1:00pm | Writing session 1 *Remark: 55 minutes = 2 pomo-focus + 5 minutes short break (optional) |
1:00pm – 1:05pm | Break |
1:05 pm – 2:00 pm | Writing session 2 |
2:00 pm – 2:05 pm | Break |
2:05 pm – 3:00 pm | Writing session 3 |
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Break |
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Academic mentoring session by Prof. Liping Wang* |
4:15 pm – 5:10 pm | Writing session 4 |
5:10 pm – 5:20 pm | Break |
5:20 pm – 6:00 pm | Discussion + questions |
(*Open to non-retreat participants)
Reminder: Please bring along your own laptop for writing
Max. participant no.: 16 (first come first served by registration)
This event is exclusively open to fellow early career scholars and research postgraduate (RPg) students under the Faculty of Social Sciences. Pre-registration is required.