ASFS Postgraduate / ECR Writing and Peer Support Group

The postgraduate and early career researcher Writing and Peer Support Group is a writing group and discussion space for postgraduate and early career members of the ASFS.

The group will be running quarterly throughout 2025. Each ‘cycle’ consists of one writing day (all day), a writing exchange (via email), and a feedback session (1-hour or thereabouts).

The group will run online, via Zoom. It is open to ASFS members who are either research students (from honours to PhD levels) or early career scholars (in the broad sense of the term).

Attendance across all sessions is not mandatory. This is an informal support group, and we welcome casual drop-ins as much as regular attendance.

The initiative does not just facilitate a writing exchange process; it is also designed to offer a space to discuss challenges associated with the research and writing process, and to create connections between French studies scholars across the ASFS community.

If you would like to participate in one, some, or all of the sessions, please write to the Postgraduate Officer, Beth Kearney (b.kearney@uq.edu.au), who can answer any questions that you may have about the initiative.

The next session is scheduled across two mornings:

• 9am-12pm Wednesday 23 April
• 9am-12pm Thursday 24 April
• Feedback session: TBC

If you can’t make one of these sessions, feel free to write to the Postgraduate Officer so that she can factor in your availability for future sessions.