PANAAWTM partnered with Asian Theological Summer Institute and offered workshops

PANAAWTM partnered with Asian Theological Summer Institute and offered a series of workshops on "Nuts and Bolts of Grant and Fellowship Application," "Choosing a Career Path," and "Publishing a Book: Conversation with Editors." We are very grateful to the speakers for sharing their wisdom.  The following two workshops have been recorded.

Nuts and Bolts of Grant and Fellowship Application

January 23, 2021 

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In this workshop, we learned about the ins and outs of grant and fellowship opportunities and applications from leaders from the Louisville Institute and the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE).  What opportunities are there? What are the eligibilities of some of the available grants? How to make your applications stronger? etc.

Moderator: Dr. Boyung Lee

Panelists: Dr. Edwin David Aponte and Dr. Patrick B. Reyes

Publishing a Book: Conversation with Editors 

May 22, 2021 

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This workshop invited several Pacific and Asian North American editors of book series to talk about issues and challenges in publishing. Some of the topics included turning a dissertation into a book, finding a suitable publisher, university press and trade press, writing a successful book proposal, when to approach an editor, negotiating a contract, networking, dealing with rejection, and what first-time authors need to know about the editing and production processes. Recording will soon be available.

Moderator: Dr. Kwok Pui Lan

Panelists: Dr. Jione Havea, Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Dr. Peter C. Phan, Dr. Jonathan Tran, and Dr. David K. Yoo