Nagoya University Writing Center

Past Workshops

This page provides the past workshops information.

"Teaching Creative Writing to L2 Learners"

Speaker
Iain Maloney
Date
January 15th (Wednesday), 2025
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Room #109/ Humanities Common Facility Building
Open the Poster

"Moving beyond the gaps: Expanding our mental models for research problems"

Speaker
Nathan Hamlitsch
Date
November 14th(Thursday), 2024
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Room #109/ Humanities Common Facility Building
Open the Poster

"Understanding Cinema: How we interpret what we see on screen"

Speaker
Adam Miller
Date
December 5th (Monday), 2022
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Room #109/ Humanities Common Facility Building
Open the Poster

"Historical Thinking: Can you learn to think like historians?"

Speaker
Eric Gondree
Date
July 20th (Wednesday), 2022
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Room #109/ Humanities Common Facility Building
Open the Poster

1. "APICHAPONG WEERASETHAKUL & THE DOCUMENTARY SENSIBILITIES OF FILM"

2. "WRITING, PUBLISHING, AND EDITING DURING GRADUATE STUDIES"

Facilitator
1. Noah Viernes, Associate Professor, Akita International University, Global Studies Program
2. Chad Nilep, Nagoya University Writing Center
Date
December 10th (Friday), 2021
Time
16:30 – 17:30
Place
ZOOM
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"THE DISPARITY BETWEEN PERCEIVED LEARNING AND GRADES IN CLASSROOM-BASED VS. ONLINE EDUCATION: A CASE-STUDY OF NAGOYA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS"

Facilitator
Adam Smith, Ph.D. Graduate School of International Development
Date
July 2nd, 2021 (Friday)
Time
15:00 – 15:30
Place
ZOOM
Open the Poster

"Online Presentations in the Age of Covid-19 and Beyond"

Facilitator
David Toohey
Date
December 11th, 2020 (Friday)
Time
16:30 – 17:30
Place
ZOOM
Open the Poster

"Write a great thesis or dissertation ... with less stress"

Facilitator
Mark Weeks
Date
November 7th, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time
16:30 – 17:45
Place
S2X, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Tools to Ease Your Research ... and Life"

Facilitator
Masashi Kasaki
Date
June 11th, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time
17:00 – 18:00
Place
S1X, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Can you explain your research?"

Facilitator
Markus Rude
Date
July 11th, 2018 (Wednesday)
Time
16:30 – 17:30
Place
406, North Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Fallacies and Critical Thinking"

Facilitator
Masashi Kasaki
Date
June 8th, 2018 (Friday)
Time
16:30 – 17:30
Place
Conference Hall, Administrative Office, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Using the Cooperative Principle to Evaluate Your Introduction"

Facilitator
Robert Deacon
Date
December 15th, 2017 (Friday)
Time
16:30 – 17:30
Place
Conference Hall, Administrative Office, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"What's missing in your report?"

Facilitator
Masashi Kasaki
Date
November 9th, 2017 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
ACE Lab S, North Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"What Do Students Find Difficult about Academic Writing?"

Facilitator
Masashi Kasaki
Date
July 6th, 2017 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
ACE Lab, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster Abstract in English

"Choosing the Right Academic Conference and Getting your Proposal Accepted"

Speaker
Kyle Nuske
Date
June 1st, 2017 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Discovery Square (2F), Central Library of Nagoya University
Open the Poster Abstract in Japanese

"Differences between writing in different fields: How to figure out what styles to follow"

Speaker
Robert Deacon
Date
November 30th, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Discovery Square (2F), Central Library of Nagoya University
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"Differences between writing in different fields: How to figure out what styles to follow"

Speaker
Chad Musick
Date
October 26th, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
Discovery Square (2F), Central Library of Nagoya University
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"What the heck is wrong with Plagiarism?"

Speakers
Chad Nilep
Date
June 17th, 2016 (Friday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C15, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Present your Research with Confidence!"

Speakers
Mark Weeks, David Toohey
Date
November 26th, 2015 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C15, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
Open the Poster

"Clear and Transparent Academic Writing: Characteristics and Examples"

Speaker
Markus Rude
Date
July 14th, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C15, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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"The Necessities for Building a Thesis Statement"

Speaker
Nathan Hamlitsch
Date
June 26th, 2015 (Friday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C15, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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"Never trust any statistics you didn't forge yourself! (German Proverb)"

Speaker
Miriam Seel
Date
December 11th, 2014 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C13, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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"Plagiarism and Logical Thinking Education"

Speakers
Paul Wai Ling Lai, Kazuhisa Todayama
Date
July 1st, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C13, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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"What is plagiarism, and why is it a problem?"

Speaker
Chad Nilep
Date
May 8th, 2014 (Thursday)
Time
16:30 – 18:00
Place
C13, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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"The Language and Structure of Academic Abstracts"

Speaker
Kevin Teo
Date
July 17th, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time
13:00 – 14:45
Place
S10, Central Building for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
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