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James Moran

@jamesjmoran.bsky.social

Community Fellow, SOAS, University of London Academic Writing Consultant

James Moran @jamesjmoran.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had a great chat with Kate Marshall at @ucpress.bsky.social about the importance of choosing the influences on your prose. “Not all academics do the necessary reading that allows you to write beyond a purely academic audience.” academicstorytelling.substack.com/p/choosing-y...

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Choosing Your Influences

Kate Marshall from UC Press on how reading beyond academia improves academic writing

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James Moran @jamesjmoran.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

As her new book Land of Famished Beings comes out, I speak to Sophie Chao about why storytelling matters to ethnography. academicstorytelling.substack.com/p/does-story... @kwissoker.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

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Does Storytelling Matter to Ethnography?

An interview with Sophie Chao about the role of stories in ethnographic writing

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James Moran @jamesjmoran.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This September, I'll be running a short course on creative ethnographic writing at SOAS. We'll learn narrative techniques from HBO dramas, international cinema and Russian literature! Sign up & details: academicstorytelling.substack.com/p/new-short-... @soasanthro.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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