Description: Discussing the pleasures and challenges of writing history for a wider public.
Please note that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the New York City Writing History Seminar will be on hiatus for the 2020-2021 academic year. We are planning our return for Fall 2021 or whenever it is safe to meet again in person.
Wear a mask, be safe, and find some time for writing! We hope to see you again soon.
Writing History is a seminar for faculty, graduate students, and exceptional undergraduate students, focused on the pleasures and challenges of writing history for a wider public. We put aside a history essay’s content, context, or historiography in order to hone our approach to the writing process—from style, pacing, and word choices to questions of audience, publishers, and of the changes wrought by digital media.