The Writing Center conducts seminars and workshops each year.
Videos of these events can be accessed from this website.
Beware of predatory journals! Submission guidelines for open access journals
Online seminar ”Beware of predatory journals! Submission guidelines for open access journals”
[Date] February 9th, 2023
[Instructor] Yosuke Tomita Editage seminar instructor (Lecturer, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare )
*As of February 10th, 2024, this video is no longer available.
The Online Seminar "Three-Part Series on Writing English Research Article for Young Researchers
[Date] June 9th, 2022, July 7th, 2022, August 4th, 2022, Thursdays, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
[Instructor] Hiromasa Maeda (Customer Consultant, Elsevier Japan)
- The 1st Seminar: How to Get Your Paper Published(Japanese・English)
Materials:Presentation slides(Japanese・English),Q&A (Japanese・English) - The 2nd Seminar: Selection of Appropriate Journals and Publication Ethics(Japanese・English)
Materials:Presentation slides(Japanese・English),Q&A (Japanese・English) - The 3rd Seminar: Research of Previous Studies and Effective Management of Literature(Japanese・English)
Materials:Presentation slides(Japanese・English),Q&A (Japanese・English)
*for HU member only
Research article titles matter
The 1st Online workshop in 2021 ”Research article titles matter”
[Date] August 6th, 2021
[Instructor] Adele Pitkeathly(Senior Writing Advisor Fellow, Writing Center)
Visualising Patterns of Cohesion in Academic Writing: A Reading-to-learn Approach
The 6th Online workshop in 2020 ”Visualising Patterns of Cohesion in Academic Writing: A Reading-to-learn Approach”
[Date] February 19th, 2021
[Instructor] Tingjia Wang, PhD(Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University Writing Center)
Journal Editors' Virtual Roundtable
Roundtable discussions "Journal Editors' Virtual Roundtable"
[Date] November 13th, 2020
- Physical Sciences
[Invited journal editors]
Claudia-Elisabeth Wulz, New Journal of Physics
Katja Loos, Polymer
Keith Fox, Nucleic Acids Research
Lei Zhu, Emergent Materials
[Videos]
Part 1:Introduction
Part 2:Preparing the Manuscript
Part 3-1:First Screening
Part 3-2:Academic Integrity
Part 3-3:Cover letter
Part 4:Peer review
Part 5:Wrap-up
- Social Sciences
[Invited journal editors]
Maia Hallward, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
Edna Tan, Journal of the Learning Sciences
Hannah Bradby, Frontiers in Sociology
Martin Obschonka, International Journal of Psychology
[Videos]
Part 1:Introduction
Part 2:Preparing the Manuscript
Part 3:Pre-submission
Part 4-1:Peer review
Part 4-2:Review Comments
Part 5:Wrap-up
Introduction Writing:Mapping the Landscape of Your Research
The 5th Online workshop in 2020 ”Introduction Writing:Mapping the Landscape of Your Research”
[Date] September 18th, 2020
[Instructor] Gavin Furukawa, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of English Studies, Sophia University)
Literature Reviews and Journal Selection
The 4th Online workshop in 2020 ”Literature Reviews and Journal Selection”
[Date] August 21st, 2020
[Instructor] Roehl Sybing (Writing Advisor Fellow, Hiroshima University Writing Center)
Writing Abstracts
The 3rd Online workshop in 2020 ”Writing Abstracts”
[Date] July 30th, 2020
[Instructor] Adina Staicov, PhD (Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University Writing Center)
Understanding peer review criteria
The 2nd Online workshop in 2020 ”Understanding peer review criteria”
[Date] June 19th, 2020
[Instructor] Roehl Sybing (Writing Advisor Fellow, Hiroshima University Writing Center)
Writing for Academic Publication
The 1st Online workshop in 2020 ”Writing for Academic Publication”
[Date] May 22nd, 2020
[Instructor] Roehl Sybing (Writing Advisor Fellow, Hiroshima University Writing Center)
"English Academic Writing for Publication" Logical Thinking (1)
Writing Center Intensive Lecture "English Academic Writing for Publication"
[Date] September 13th, 2017
[Instructor] Paul Wai Ling Lai, PhD (Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University)
"English Academic Writing for Publication" Logical Thinking (2)
Writing Center Intensive Lecture "English Academic Writing for Publication"
[Date] September 13th, 2017
[Instructor] Paul Wai Ling Lai, PhD (Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University)
"English Academic Writing for Publication" Major Components of Paper
Writing Center Intensive Lecture "English Academic Writing for Publication"
[Date] September 13th, 2017
[Instructor] Paul Wai Ling Lai, PhD (Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University)