The "Writing Night for Deferred Academic Papers" was first organised by the European University Viadrina in 2010. Nowadays, it has become a regular offer by Writing Centres all over the world.

Our next Writing Night will take place on the 6th of March 2025, 3 pm -11 pm!

Registration will be possible here from the beginning of February. Further information will be published in due course. In the meantime, we are there for you with other support services throughout the year.

We are looking forward to welcoming you :)!

Get to know our range of workshops. During the lecture period, you also have the opportunity to take part in the writing workshop and you can make use of our individual consultations at any time.

Please inform yourself here about our programme in German and English language.

Finally, the Writing Night could take place on 26 September after it had to be postponed in March 2024 due to the precarious train situation!

The first of the 78 participants arrived at 3 pm at Zessko on Campus Neues Palais - prepared to keep writing until 11pm. People joined Writing Night from all different faculties, such as the Faculty of Human Sciences, the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Science. Responding to the high number of participants, the team of the Writing Assistance had prepared two silent writing rooms, as well as a room to relax and a large social writing room. There were also several other rooms with a varied offer of workshops. According to the motto “Everything can but nothing has to”, the participants had the freedom to focus on their individual writing projects or attend workshops with input about time management, citation and writing techniques or motivation and revisiting. The workshops were led not only by the team of the Writing Assistance but also by representatives from the University Library, ZIM and ZfQ. There was an especially high demand for the AI-workshop which was given by Dr. Anja Swidsinski. In addition to that, people could join a tour of the Media Center (Mediothek). All of that contributed to a feeling of productivity and an atmosphere that invited everyone to keep on  writing.

During the breaks, the team of the Feel Good Campus offered a moving and relaxing session but there was also the possibility to go for a relaxing night walk around campus with one member of the Writing Assistance. For those who preferred to stay indoors, the relaxation room provided a space to socialize with participants from other faculties, exchanging ideas about term papers, bachelor’s or master’s theses, and even dissertations. The team of the Writing Assistance was always available in case anyone needed advice and, if there was a more extensive question, also offered individual  writing assistance. Alongside inspiring conversations, of course there had to be good food which is why the participants prepared a buffet with all kinds of snacks for everyone.

As the team of the Writing Assistance we can say that we were positively surprised by the productive and open working atmosphere which contributed to everyone progressing with their projects and some even finishing them. It also was a good chance to make people aware of the varied programme of the Writing Assistance as we could read in the feedback.

We look forward to organizing more Writing Nights for you which will take place on the first Thursday in March and at the end of September.