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Pitch Workshop with LARB Founding Editor Tom Lutz

February 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

When: Wednesday Feb 28th, 2024,  12-1:30pm, lunch will be served. Office Hours 1:30-2:30pm to follow with chance for individual consultation.

Deadline to apply: February 22nd, 2024

In conjunction with The Editor-in-Residence (Public Scholarship) panel, we have a unique opportunity that gives members of the UCLA community to take part in a Pitch Workshop and get direct project feedback on projects from an editor.

Application Eligibility: The program is available for ladder faculty, adjuncts and lecturers, postdocs, and advanced graduate students (ATC). 2023-24 applicants must be a member of the Center for the Study of Women | Streisand Center, Divisions of Humanities & Social Sciences, Herb Alpert School of Music, or the Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health, the co-sponsoring units.

To apply and further information: https://humanities.ucla.edu/events/editor-in-residence/apply

Any questions, email Barbara Van Nostrand: bvannost@humnet.ucla.edu

Details

Date:
February 28
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Details

Date:
February 28
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Racializing Reproduction: Maternal Mortality, Asian American Women and COVID-19 Racializing Reproduction: Maternal Mortality, Asian American Women and COVID-19 Please join us for a panel on public scholarship, specifically on how to write for non-academic audiences. The 2023-24 UCLA Editor in Residence, Public Scholarship Fellow, Tom Lutz (Los Angeles Review of Books, Founding Editor) will be joined by Josh Kun (USC Vice Provost for the Arts), Leigh-Michil George and Summer Kim Lee to talk about their experiences as editors and authors. This event is co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center, the divisions of Humanities, Social Sciences, the Herb Alpert School of Music, The Center for Musical Humanities, and the UCLA Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health. In addition, if you are interested in an individual consultation with Tom Lutz on your own pitching and writing for non-academic outlets, see further information here. Panel: How to Translate Your Work for a General Audience