Creative writing workshop for researchers and students (Open group)

9th Nordic Trans Studies Conference, December 8-9, 2025, Örebro University

How can creative writing be combined with academic writing? Who are you as an academic writer? Who would you like to be? We search for answers to these questions in a workshop where the participants take part in creative writing exercises that take inspiration from trans studies texts.

Trans studies and creative writing have a history together, and in the workshop, we will play with some ways of combining the two. We will write, reflect, and discuss. Inspiration for the exercises has been taken from different creative writing courses participated in and held by the facilitator.

Facilitator

Kaarna Tuomenvirta is a doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki. They have held creative writing workshops for trans youth, trans artists, and the participants of their PhD research. They are currently writing an article that is partly in poetic form.

The working group is open to walk-in participants. Not open to non-participating audiences.