Workshop: An editors’ guide to publication and presentation
Instructors: Professor Andrew Jorn and Dr. Torgeir Fjeld
Live module
Register for this course on the 2026 Ereignis Institute module page.
First seminar: 7 February, 2026
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This workshop focuses on a key process in the everyday life of academics: shaping an essay from proposal, via draft and submission to presentation. The elements in this process we bring up in this workshop are often overlooked in academic graduate programmes, as they are often considered (wrongly) as self-evident and easy, yet routinely determine whether a submission is accepted or rejected by a publication, and the success of a presentation. Drawing on the instructors’ experience as professors, authors, reviewers, and journal editors, the workshop demystifies the submission process and offers practical strategies for increasing your chances of publication and proficient presentation of your paper at a conference. We will work together on crafting a paper from idea to submission-ready manuscript, and then prepare a presentation. Among the topics in this rich workshop are: how to easily adhere to a single regional (English) style; blind copy effectively; and ensure consistency with journal house rules. We will discuss selecting the right journal; responsibly and effectively using citation managers and other digital tools. As students will work on a sample paper, we encourage participants to bring in a few ideas for a paper that want to write to the first session.
This workshop will be run as a dialogue between the instructors and the students, who are encouraged to bring in ideas and papers they are working on. All students are invited to present their paper at the 2026 Ereignis Conference in August, at a special student session. Admission to the conference is free of charge for registered students.
Schedule:
This workshop takes place over the course of four sessions: February 7-8 (online), April 11-12 (online), June 6-7 (online), and August 6-7 (hybrid), 2025. At each session we meet for 90 minutes for two days, a total of 8 meetings. This workshop leads directly into the Ereignis Conference, at which students have free access and are encouraged to present their paper at a dedicated student session. Read more about the schedule on the Ereignis Institute 2026 module page.
Seminars
- contexts: conferences, journals, edited volumes (readers); how to select a journal
- reading the brief (CfP, CfA)
- sources: generating ideas (from research, from the news or pop culture)
- structuring the proposal: title, structure, keywords
- overview: the process from draft to finished copy
- handling sources (working towards a bibliography)
- outlining your paper/essay/article
- structuring paragraphs
- subtitles
- style manuals (Chicago notes and bibliography)
- spelling and punctuation
- quotes
- notes and placement of notemarkers
- journal policies and stylesheets
- word count: is it all-inclusive?
- single-file submissions
- images: working with rights holders
- images: captions, alt-texts, originals
- blind copy: metadata and references in the text
- working with editors: the submission message
- revisions and resubmissions
- presenting a paper (article/essay): what’s the difference?
- reading and listening
- structuring your conference paper
- visuals or not?
- practicing oral presentation: timing
- managing the moderator
- managing the audience: Q&A