The 2018 Essay conference

The essay, for many, exists as a form of writing associated with assessment and examination – a formulaic procedure that bears little or no resemblance to its original literary expression of risk- taking - as the word essayer suggests – to attempt, have a go, try something out. What happens when we think of essays less as objects or nouns… and more of “essaying” as an activity, a kind of writing adventure?

The 2018 Essay Conference: Taking Ideas for a Walk

In this one-and-a-half-day international conference, hosted by the University of Dundee’s Centre for Critical and Creative Cultures, writers and teachers, academics, publishers and journalists will come together in a concentrated forum of panel discussions, readings and question-and-answer sessions that will explore the meaning and usefulness of this most supple, porous and open-ended literary form. Held Read More