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Monthly Archives: May 2009
From Conference Presentation to Journal Article
You’ve just presented a paper at your association meetings at Congress. I hope it went well. Did you meet some interesting people? Get some good feedback? In my earlier post, I suggested that conference presentations make great first drafts of … Continue reading
Managing Your Research Career
The academic life is pretty good. It looks almost decadent to those outside of academe. Your hours are flexible. You have a lot of autonomy over the content of your work. And you are doing work that you love. On … Continue reading
Do Conference Papers Count?
This is a question I get asked a lot. Whether it is for hiring, tenure, or a research grant, researchers seem unsure of the value of conference papers. On the one hand, conference presentations feel like they have more impact … Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, grants, hiring, impact, presentations, promotion, tenure
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Congress of Humanities & Social Sciences, May 24-30
Are you going to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Carleton this year? Are you worried about your conference presentation? Or excited about meeting up with colleagues you don’t see in person very often? Is this your … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, Presenting
Tagged conferences, congress, networking, presentations
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