This is a great focal point for thinking about the functions academic conferences serve, and the ways grad students need to learn those functions. There is a lot here I would agree with. Other points need to be added or responded to. (These are my personal views only.) 1/nhttps://twitter.com/emcuebee/status/968251261811380224 …
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1) "spend some time with the conference program the week before you leave." No, spend time with it THE INSTANT IT IS SHARE PUBLICLY! Go through every page, looking not for friends or the high-status institution the speaker is from, but what they're actually talking about. 2/n
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2) This part of advance planning is especially important if it's a big conference with lots of concurrent sessions. Actually, even a small conference with as little as two concurrent sessions forces the same dilemma: how to choose between equally tempting sessions. 3/n
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3) For me, choosing usually comes down to this question: In which session will I get the most out of the *live* presentation? E.g., getting to see all the slides instead of the 1 image that appears w/ the published paper? Getting to here the Q-and-A which will be esp. lively? 4/n
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4) For session(s) that you miss, what's your back-up plan for finding out what you missed? Here's why reading the program ASAP matters. If you can't get to certain sessions, write the author in advance and see if you can meet them for coffee at 1 of the intervals. Most ... 5/n
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... people welcome the chance to have a 2nd opportunity to talk about their work. 5) Think of every conference as a financial investment (which it is, given travel, hotel, etc.). But instead of scrimping and arriving late or leaving early, think of what could be gain by ... 6/n
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... staying that extra night, or taking the 6pm flight home instead of 10am. REALITY CHECK: most conferences in humanities are on weekends. I've learned that most science conferences run thru the week, and people just cancel classes to attend. For us humanists, that often .. 7/n
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This is so interesting isn't it.
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