Writing Class UK

Thursday 13 October 2022

Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University

  • 2:00pm Opening Remarks

  • 2:10pm – 3:30pm Writing on Class, Pt. I

    Chair: Jess Clark

    Katie Hindmarch-Watson, Johns Hopkins University, History

    Kennetta Hammond Perry, Northwestern University, African American Studies and History

  • 3:30pm – 4:15pm Break

  • 4:15pm – 5:35pm Writing on Class, Pt. II

    Chair: Amanda Herbert

    Urvashi Chakravarty, University of Toronto, English

    Mark Hailwood, Bristol University, History

Writing Class UK

Friday 14 October 2022

Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

  • 10:00am Welcome

  • 10:05am – 11:35pm Publishing Class

    Joanna Godfrey, Senior Commissioning Editor, Yale University Press UK

    Moderator: Jess Clark

  • 11:35pm – 1:00pm Lunch

    Drop in at Cafedral, Durham University

    1 First floor, Owengate, Durham DH1 3HB

  • 1:15pm - 4:00pm Coffee Hour

    Joanna Godfrey will be available for coffee and informal conversation with Writing Class participants, as well as Durham History staff members who would like to chat about individual projects.

  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm The Power of Poetry

    Malik Al Nasir, Author and PhD Candidate, Cambridge University

    Moderator: Jonathan Saha

  • 5:30pm Book Signing

    Malik Al Nasir, Letters to Gil

Special Thanks To


Elizabeth Alpass

Alex Barber

Joanna Cant

Anna Disley

Heather McCallum

Len Scales

Stephen Taylor

Rebecca Wilkie

Brock University

Brock Department of History

Brock University Office of the Vice-President of Research

Brock University Humanities Research Institute

Durham University

Durham Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network

Durham Department of History

Durham Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

University of California Berkeley

York University