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Ready, Set, Write: Intersectional Writing Retreat
We warmly invite you to join Ready. Set. Write!, a four-day writing staytreat (a retreat where you sleep in your own bed) taking place 22–25 October 2026 at the University of Bayreuth.
Designed primarily for PhD researchers, the retreat combines professionally facilitated writing sessions, workshops, and peer exchange to support sustainable writing practices and foster long-term academic support networks. Combining input and facilitation from writing coach Dr* Joh Sarre (Academic Writing Coach) and PD Dr. Elena Köstner (project head of Go Forschung, Equal Opportunities, UBT), the retreat approaches academic writing as a collective and structural practice rather than as a purely individual challenge.
The working language is spoken English – when working on your current writing project during the hands-on workshop, you are welcome to write in any language.
Who can apply?
The retreat is aimed specifically at early-career researchers working on gender, intersectionality, and power — particularly PhD students, and especially women*/FLINTA* or researchers with care responsibilities. Beyond that, it remains open to all doctoral candidates as well as postdocs with the above-mentioned research.
Format:
The retreat starts in the early afternoon of 22. October and ends around midday on 25. October (see schedule for details). On the following days, we start early in the morning and finish around 6 pm, with a lunch break in between. Meals are at participants' own expense.
Since the retreat is designed to give participants the opportunity to focus entirely on their writing projects for several consecutive days, it is not possible to participate on individual days or in individual workshops. Please note that once your application is successful and you confirm your participation, attendance is binding for the entire duration of the retreat.
Where:
University of Bayreuth (UBT) campus. The seminar room will be announced with confirmation of participation.
Participation & Registration:
Participation is free of charge. The group size is limited; applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Registration deadline: 20/09/26.
Link to register: Ready, set, write! Intersectional Writing Retreat – Formular ausfüllen
Facilitators:
Dr.* Joh Sarre - academic writing coach - guides us from Thursday to Saturday
PD Dr. Elena Köster - project head of GO Forschung @Servicestelle Chancengleichheit - gives a workshop on research questions & intersectionality on Saturday
Organizers: Jasmin Goldhausen & Mira Reichenbach, PhD candidates at the doctoral college for Intersectionality Studies. Contact us if you have any questions: events.pkis@uni-bayreuth.de
Funded by the University's Innovation Fund for Gender Equality
Programme Schedule:
(please note that full participation is expected from registered participants)
Thu., 22/10/2026 Ready. Set. Write! 13:00 – 18:00h (incl. short breaks in between)
Fri., 23/10/2026 Write! Write! Write! 8:30 – 12:30h and 14:00 – 18:00h (incl. short breaks)
Sat., 24/10/2026 Write & Connect 8:30 – 13:00h and 14:30 – 18:00h (incl. short breaks)
Sun., 25/10/2026 Move on & keep writing 9:00 – 13:00h (incl. short breaks)