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Register for the Brass Tacks Social Media Workshop!

Flashback Friday with the Brass Tacks team on Friday, November 5 12pm-2pm for a one-shot workshop into how to create and post a Twitter thread. Every participant will leave with a 10-15 post thread to post. Will we go viral? We’ll see!

In addition, this is a BYOLunch event. You’ll need a laptop to work on your thread. You *may* want a snack to enjoy the porch and the wonderful fall weather.

Brass Tacks is a new project of HPG and the Southern Futures Initiatives that invites attendees to sharpen their skills in a series of professional development opportunities with special guest teachers. Along with a group of peers, attendees will gain confidence that’ll serve you in the academy and beyond.

::REGISTER HERE::

Pulling Threads: Unraveling #AcademicTwitter and Turning Research into Twitter Threads
Friday, November 5, 12-2pm

This workshop with digital content scholar KC Hysmith looks at the practical intersection of social media and academia and walks you through repackaging and sharing your research for a short-attention-spanned digital audience.

Love House Front Porch*
410 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

About the Instructor:

KC Hysmith is a Texas-bred, North Carolina-based writer, photographer, content creator and strategist, and currently a PhD Candidate in the Department of American Studies at UNC. Her dissertation and larger body of work look at the intersection between food, gender, and the digital landscape. Her writing and work have appeared in numerous print and digital publications including The Boston Globe and Gastronomica and she has a chapter on her work in social media in the forthcoming Food Instagram: Identity, Influence & Negotiation (April 2022, Illinois Press). She has hosted numerous workshops and classes on social media management and strategy for academics and alt-acs alike and believes in making social media work for you and your work.

Sign up for the Thread-In.

*Location may be subject to change. We are monitoring the ongoing COVID situation and will make decisions in the best interest of the health and safety of our students and instructor.

Register for the Brass Tacks Podcasting Workshop!

Hear that? It could be your new audio project. Join the Brass Tacks team on Tuesday, October 12 11am-1pm for a one-shot workshop into how to conceive, execute and share your podcast idea. Full description and instructor bio below.

Brass Tacks is a new project of HPG and the Southern Futures Initiatives that invites attendees to sharpen their skills in a series of professional development opportunities with special guest teachers. Along with a group of peers, attendees will gain confidence that’ll serve you in the academy and beyond.

::REGISTER HERE::

From The Ground Up: Building A Podcast That Works For You From Development To Distribution
Tuesday, October 12, 11-1pm

This workshop with multi-hyphenate audio producers Aurelia Belfield and Tamara Kissane digs into key foundational questions for aspiring podcast producers, and lays the groundwork for developing and producing a podcast in your area of choice.

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

About the Instructors:

Aurelia Belfield is a professional multi-hyphenate drawn to storytelling in all mediums. She’s proud to have worked as: a performer in several regional productions and world premieres, a director of theatrical works, a produced playwright, an executive producer of audio works, and a member of The Guild Of Music Supervisors. Her film and television credits include: Netflix, National Geographic, Discovery Networks, and more.

Tamara Kissane is a Durham-based playwright, theatre-maker, parent, and podcaster for Artist Soapbox (www.artistsoapbox.org) currently at 146 episodes. In 2020, Tamara was the Piedmont Laureate and received Outstanding Contribution to the Arts from Chatham Life & Style. She has produced, written, and directed audio dramas including the Declaration of Love Anthology (2020), The New Colossus (2020), Master Builder (2019), Creekside with Winona (2021), and several in development.

Sign up for the Podcast workshop.

Register for Brass Tacks Publishing Workshop!

Brass Tacks is proud to present our second professional development opportunity for students. Led by writer/editor Duncan Murrell, this two-part workshop will focus on how scholars can join the public conversation through harnessing their unique perspective when pitching publications. The course runs on Wednesday, September 22 and 29th. Full description and instructor bio below.

Brass Tacks is a new project of HPG and the Southern Futures Initiatives that invites attendees to sharpen their skills in a series of professional development opportunities with special guest teachers. Along with a group of peers, attendees will gain confidence that’ll serve you in the academy and beyond.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

The Public Scholar: How to Get Your Thoughts and Your Work Into the Public Conversation
Wednesday, 9/22, 7:30-8:30 pm & Wednesday, 9/29, 7:30-8:30 pm

The public discussion of the issues that are changing our lives needs your expertise. But how do you join that conversation? This workshop with Duncan Murrell will take you through the stages of reframing your research for the general audience, finding places to publish your op-eds and essays, coming up with ideas for those op-eds and essays, and developing confidence that what you have to say is of vital interest to the rest of us.

Love House Front Porch
410 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

About the Instructor:
Duncan Murrell is a writer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is currently a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, The Oxford American magazine, and The Normal School. He has also written for The Highline @ The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, Our State Magazine, and Southwest Magazine. His work has been recognized in Best American Essays and he’s been a resident at Yaddo. A graduate of Cornell University, he also has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing (fiction) from Bennington College.

Murrell is also a freelance editor of novels, popular histories, academic books, monographs, articles, and other projects. As an acquisitions editor at Algonquin Books, he acquired and published dozens of books, including several bestsellers. He’s edited three New York Times bestselling novels, consulted with the University of Georgia Press on a natural history series, and has worked on technical books on everything from sailing to parasitic zoonoses.

 

 

Register for Inaugural Brass Tacks Workshop!

In this workshop with Dr. Andrew Ali Aghapour, we will learn the basics of storytelling and practice communicating our research to a broad public audience. Join us to explore how storytelling and personal narrative can make you a better public scholar.

Love House Front Porch*
410 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

About the Instructor:
Dr. Andrew Ali Aghapour is a comedian and scholar of religion. His one-person show Zara is about growing up Muslim in the American South. Andrew holds a Ph.D in Religious Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill and is consulting scholar of religion and science at the National Museum of American History. He is the co-author (with Peter Manseau) of the forthcoming Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things. More at https://andrewaliaghapour.com.

Sign up here.

 

*Location may be subject to change. We are monitoring the ongoing COVID situation and will make decisions in the best interest of the health and safety of our students and instructor.

Announcing Brass Tacks: A New Workshop Series

Humanities for the Public Good and Southern Futures are proud to announce a new collaboration aimed at helping students gain confidence and expand their skillset beyond the academy. The Brass Tacks workshops series will feature rotating themed drop-ins and  special guest instructors who have on the ground experience in their fields and, where able, live and work locally.  The series kicks off with three courses this September and October.

Workshop dates, descriptions and instructor bios are below. Check back for links to register or sign up up for the HPG or Southern Futures newsletters for the latest news updates.

::Sign up for our next workshop HERE::


Brass Tacks Fall 2021

Humanities Storytelling: Conveying Big Ideas Through Compelling Narratives
Friday, September 10th 2:00pm-4:00pm

In this workshop with Dr. Andrew Ali Aghapour, we will learn the basics of storytelling and practice communicating our research to a broad public audience. Join us to explore how storytelling and personal narrative can make you a better public scholar.

Love House Front Porch
410 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

About the Instructor:
Dr. Andrew Ali Aghapour is a comedian and scholar of religion. His one-person show Zara is about growing up Muslim in the American South. Andrew holds a Ph.D in Religious Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill and is consulting scholar of religion and science at the National Museum of American History. He is the co-author (with Peter Manseau) of the forthcoming Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things. More at https://andrewaliaghapour.com.

 

The Public Scholar: How to Get Your Thoughts and Your Work Into the Public Conversation
Wednesday, 9/22, 7:30-8:30 pm & Wednesday, 9/29, 7:30-8:30 pm

The public discussion of the issues that are changing our lives needs your expertise. But how do you join that conversation? This workshop with Duncan Murrell will take you through the stages of reframing your research for the general audience, finding places to publish your op-eds and essays, coming up with ideas for those op-eds and essays, and developing confidence that what you have to say is of vital interest to the rest of us.

Love House Front Porch
410 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

About the Instructor:
Duncan Murrell is a writer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is currently a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, The Oxford American magazine, and The Normal School. He has also written for The Highline @ The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, Our State Magazine, and Southwest Magazine. His work has been recognized in Best American Essays and he’s been a resident at Yaddo. A graduate of Cornell University, he also has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing (fiction) from Bennington College.

Murrell is also a freelance editor of novels, popular histories, academic books, monographs, articles, and other projects. As an acquisitions editor at Algonquin Books, he acquired and published dozens of books, including several bestsellers. He’s edited three New York Times bestselling novels, consulted with the University of Georgia Press on a natural history series, and has worked on technical books on everything from sailing to parasitic zoonoses.

 

From The Ground Up: Building A Podcast That Works For You From Development To Distribution
Tuesday, October 12, 11-1pm

This workshop with multi-hyphenate audio producers Aurelia Belfield and Tamara Kissane digs into key foundational questions for aspiring podcast producers, and lays the groundwork for developing and producing a podcast in your area of choice.

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

About the Instructors:

Aurelia Belfield is a professional multi-hyphenate drawn to storytelling in all mediums. She’s proud to have worked as: a performer in several regional productions and world premieres, a director of theatrical works, a produced playwright, an executive producer of audio works, and a member of The Guild Of Music Supervisors. Her film and television credits include: Netflix, National Geographic, Discovery Networks, and more.

Tamara Kissane is a Durham-based playwright, theatre-maker, parent, and podcaster for Artist Soapbox (www.artistsoapbox.org) currently at 146 episodes. In 2020, Tamara was the Piedmont Laureate and received Outstanding Contribution to the Arts from Chatham Life & Style. She has produced, written, and directed audio dramas including the Declaration of Love Anthology (2020), The New Colossus (2020), Master Builder (2019), Creekside with Winona (2021), and several in development.

Sign up for the Podcast workshop.


Are you a student or faculty member who feels like they’re missing a certain skill? Do you have a great idea for a future Brass Tacks workshop? Be in touch!