Blogging the World of Conferences
In this post, Lilia Mantai reflects on the four key lessons she learned about academic conferences as a doctoral student.
Fergus Cat, an early career researcher and part-time lecturer in Geography, was delighted to have an abstract accepted for a large, prestigious conference a few months ago. Join him as he embarks on his latest conference adventure.
In this post Tai Peseta re-considers the conference keynote, and introduces the cultural history project she is leading on the International Academic Identities Conference.
In this post Metaxia Pavlakou and Helen Walkington introduce the ‘Get Published!’ project and discuss the possible learning gains of participation in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences by capturing the students’ voice.
In this post Genine Hook analyses the conditions of account for sole parent postgraduate students attending academic conferences. While conferences can offer valuable opportunities for networking and advancing careers, Hook reminds us that making them almost compulsory can have exclusionary effects for students who are also full-time parents.
In this post James Burford reflects on the magic and mystery of the academic conference disco.
In this post Ali Black describes her longing for connections with other academics that are based on care and conversation. Grounding her desire within her own story of academic becoming, Ali then outlines her own initiative to create an alternative type of academic gathering.
