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Tag Archives: conferences
Communication vs Validation: why are you publishing?
When you come to actually write, the validation narrative is often what gets you stuck. The reason your paper is never good enough to send off is not because you don’t have something to say but because you think of the process as validating your worth. The content is in many ways incidental to the fact of having a publication in a high ranking journal.
Focusing on what you want to say, and to whom, can be a powerful road out of the stuck. It also helps you see that some media are more suited to particular material than others.
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Posted in Academic Culture, Publishing
Tagged audience, authority, blog, Bon Stewart, citations, classroom, communication, conferences, journal articles, Margaret Atwood, monographs, seminar, validation
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Conference presentations: speed dating for academics
Scholarly conferences are a regular part of the academic life. Whether big annual conferences run by scholarly associations, or smaller more focused conferences and workshops hosted in various institutions, academics attend conferences regularly. Or as often as possible given the … Continue reading
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
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
Posted in Presenting
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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