L’école doctorale propose annuellement des formations aux doctorantes et doctorants inscrit·es à l’ED540. Toutes sont validables dans le plan de formation doctorale.
À l’issue de la formation, il est obligatoire de remplir le formulaire d’évaluation sur ADUM.
Formation « Écrire une thèse/Academic Writing »
Responsable : Léa Sgier Lea.Sgier@unige.ch (Université de Genève).
Alors que la rédaction et l’écriture sont des aspects clés du travail académique, elles restent peu ou pas thématisées dans le cadre de la formation doctorale en Europe continentale. Pourtant, des difficultés avec l’écriture sont assez courantes chez les doctorant·es, et occasionnent parfois du retard, voire un blocage, de la thèse.
- Thesis Writing Workshop (English description below) : 19 et 20 mai 2025
- Atelier pour les 1ères et 2e années : 22 et 23 mai 2025
- Atelier pour les 3e année et plus : 26 et 27 mai 2025
Horaire : 09h30-17h30
Lieu : ENS, Pôle recherche Lettres, salle Lettre 1, 45 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris
Inscription sur ADUM.
Si vous hésitez sur l’atelier qui vous convient le mieux, n’hésitez pas à contacter la responsable.
Il n’y a pas de lectures obligatoires préparatoires en vue de ces ateliers. Cependant, quelques textes pourront être mis à disposition des participant·es à la suite des ateliers, en fonction de leurs besoins. Les participant·es qui souhaiteraient néanmoins faire quelques lectures en amont pourraient utilement consulter les ouvrages suivants :
Becker, Howard S. (2004). Ecrire les sciences sociales. Commencer et terminer son article, sa thèse ou son livre. Paris : Economica. (Orig. : Writing for Social Scientists, Chicago University Press).
Herzlich, Claudine (2005). Réussir sa thèse en sciences sociales. Paris : Armand Colin.
Hunsman, Moritz et Kapp, Sébastien (sous la direction de) (2013). Devenir chercheur : écrire une thèse en sciences sociales. Paris : Editions de l’EHESS.
Reid, Natalie (2010). Getting Published in International Journals. Writing Strategies for European Social Scientists. Oslo: NOVA – Norvegian Social Research.(Si vous rédigez en anglais ou si vous avez l’intention de publier des articles en anglais).
Thesis Writing Workshop :
Thesis writing is a challenging and occasionally painstaking process that sometimes gets doctoral candidates into difficulties : because they do not know how to deal with such a bulky and long-term writing process ; because they do not give themselves the best possible conditions to be able to write productively and smoothly ; or because they may not fully understand that nature of thesis writing, or (as foreign students in particular) the codes and norms that govern a particular academic context and culture.
This Thesis Writing Workshop is intended as a two-day « kick-off » meeting meant to equip the participants with a series of practical tools to make their thesis writing smoother and better organised. We will look into various issues involved in writing a doctoral thesis: getting started, structure and argumentation, time management and self-motivation, getting and handling feedback; navigating French academia ; managing multi-lingual life and work environments.
This workshop is open to all interested doctoral candidates of the EN540 (including SACRe) ; however it is more specificially intended for foreign students who do not speak French or/and feel the need to get a better sense of the expectations and codes of French academic writing (if their thesis is in French).
Workshop language : English (participants are welcome to express themselves in other languages).
By the end of the workshop, each participant will have:
- Understood the key components of thesis writing (the writing process itself; surrounding conditions such as time-management and supervision; emotional issues; publication)
- Acquired a set of practical tools to deal with each of these components (for example: a concrete writing agenda; competencies in argumentative discourse; text revision and proof-reading; techniques for supportive and productive feedback)
- Produced concrete outcomes that they can take with them and work with (short texts; a thesis outline for the advanced students; a table of contents; etc.)
Preparatory task : Each participant should please bring along 5 hard copies of a 3-5 page text written by her/himself (ideally as part of their thesis). The degree of sophistication or advancement of this text is irrelevant, it can be a very eary draft.
Registered participants who change their mind and will not attend after all should please de-register from the course at least 48h ahead.
For any questions regarding the workshop, please contact the instructor : Lea.Sgier@unige.ch +41 22 379 89 51.
