Writing Your Way Off the Island

Speaking of the titular hero of the musical "Hamilton," its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda remarked that "this is a guy who wrote his way out of his circumstances from the get-go." He points out that Hamilton's writings were what got him off of the island, and into the city where he wanted to be. Manuel suggests that Hamilton's story is about "writing your way out of your circumstances, writing the future you want to see for yourself." How can writing be used as a vehicle for professional and intellectual change? How can writing help you to craft a bridge between where you are now and where you would like to be? "Writing Your Way Off the Island" will feature a panel of speakers whose academic and professional lives have been changed by writing and other modes of communication. 

This event is open to the Harvard community and is co-sponsored by the FAS Office of Career Services and the GSAS Center for Writing and Communicating Ideas. Light refreshments will be served.

Dudley House Common Room (map)