Annual Conference

Summer School

Each summer the CWC offers Summer School writing courses on research, academic and creative writing. They are paid programs and are open to participants outside Ashoka University.

Combining both academic and creative themes and topics, these workshops were held with the objective of imparting practical skills and tenets of critical thinking that could be used by the participants in achieving their writing goals.

To apply for next year’s summer school, check this space from May-June 2023.

Winter School

To address research writing needs of Ashoka students  pursuing research projects and dissertations, the Winter School was started in 2021. The winter School is a five day long program organized during the winter break and has series of workshops, lectures and individual and group writing sessions on various aspects of research writing, including methodology writing, and science writing and communication.

[Applications Closed] The CWC is pleased to invite applications for its Winter School 2022-23 on research writing. This is for Ashoka students at different stages of writing their dissertations. The course will cover various aspects of writing your dissertation including, but not limited to: Introduction to Research Writing, Literature Review, Writing a Research Proposal/ Synopsis, Writing an Abstract and Research Ethics.

The classes were held on campus from February 4 to February 6, 2023 (3 days). Applications are now closed, and the deadline for submission was December 4, 2022. Ashoka students in ASP, postgraduate courses (including MLS) and PhD participated. There were three sections of this course: a) Research Writing for ASP, Master’s and MLS students (Humanities & Social Sciences), b) Research Writing for PhD students (Humanities & Social Sciences) and c) Research Writing in the Sciences. Keep an eye on this page for future Winter Schools conducted by the CWC.

A selection of modules from the Winter School 2023 conducted by the CWC

Research Forum

In 2017, CWC introduced its Research Forum, a platform for the academic staff of the university (teaching fellows, YIF preceptors, postdoctoral fellows, writing tutors) to share their research. The discussions saw participation from scholars of anthropology, history, performance studies, creative writing, sociology, law and politics. On the Permissible in Literature; Citizen Insurgencies: Fictions and Politics in North-East India; Sense of Place: Writing in Fiction and Memoir; Law, Governance and Religion: Constituting the Citizen; Of Circuses and Comedians: Public Cultures of Amusement in India; Visualising Gond Histories; Querying the Indian Parliament: What can the Question Hour tell us about Muslim Representation in India.