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<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">To: MA and PhD students who want to write but need a community to do so</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/SnaWCvl1rKiEwW8OMuQsFHe?domain=uj.ac.za">ACEPS</a>) at the University of Johannesburg has been running a regular writing retreat for its
PhD students all of this year. The retreat has been such an awesome success that we think it’s time to open it to the world!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">So we invite Masters and PhD students to join us online.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">When</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">:
<b>Friday, 29<sup>th</sup> September 2023</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">9:00—17:00</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> (SAST/ Central Africa Time/ Central European Time)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">12:30—20:30 (India Standard Time)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">2:00—10:00 (Central Time)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You are welcome to just join us for as many hours as you can. If this experimental session works, we will provide ways of accommodating different time zones.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Where</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">: online:
<span style="color:#033A7D;letter-spacing:.3pt;background:white"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-ivrjwoE9RqELM8xcanju_2sMSFrlrk"><span style="color:#033A7D">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-ivrjwoE9RqELM8xcanju_2sMSFrlrk</span></a></span>;</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">ACEPS PhDs: 11<sup>th</sup> floor UJ on Empire, Johannesburg, South Africa. website: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5gqVCwV1vMfvlLx0Yuqo_16?domain=uj.ac.za">uj.ac.za/aceps</a>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">How it works online</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You jot down your aim for the day in the chat (e.g., ‘3 000 words of Chapter 3 on…’)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You write</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">At the end of the session, you jot down in the chat whether you have achieved your aim.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Looking forward to welcoming you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Veli Mitova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Professor of Philosophy and Director of ACEPS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">University of Johannesburg</span></p>
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