Category Archives: conference

going to a huge conference

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

I’m at a conference. A huge, utterly ginormous, gobsmackingly giant North American conference. As only the North Americans can do. It takes up a whole downtown conference centre and the meeting rooms of two additional hotels. The five-day conference runs … Continue reading →

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academics behaving badly – calling out the Cleverclogs

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Continuing the occasional series on bad academic behaviour.  The Drs Cleverclog are well known in academic circles. A very large extended family of know-it-alls. At least one of them makes their presence known at every conference, meeting and large academic … Continue reading →

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live blogging academic writing – an un-conference

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

This week I am running an academic writing course at The University of Iceland. Ive been running academic writing courses here for some years but usually I just do a week long programme about writing a journal article. This time … Continue reading →

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a conference paper? it may be five texts, not one…

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

Conference season begins again. Well it certainly seems that way – there are lots of calls around for papers, workshops and posters. A conference paper seems like an easy thing to do. Just write the abstract, then write the actual … Continue reading →

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choosing a conference

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

I’ve recently been asked how new PhDers ought to go about choosing academic conferences. Here goes… Because conferences are discipline specific, you really do need to talk with your supervisor and your peers about which are the best conferences to … Continue reading →

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viva? conference presentation? it’s all about the ‘improv’

Posted on August 24, 2017 by

So it’s one of those academic occasions when you have to present yourself and your work  – to people who are there to judge you. Think the viva. The interview panel. The first encounter with a new class. The conference … Continue reading →

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conferencing your way through doctoral research

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

This is a guest post written by Julia Molinari. Julia teaches English for Academic Purposes at The University of Nottingham. Her PhD examines what is ‘academic’ about academic writing. Julia tweets as @serenissimaj and blogs as Academic Emergence What follows … Continue reading →

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