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« on: November 01, 2008, 12:21:27 PM » |
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Two national conferences in my area (ACLA and CEA--both literature) are having separate meetings over the same weekend -- should I apply to both and presume (nay, hope?) I'll get turned down by at least one?
note -- they're both in my region of the country, so travel issues don't help me decide....
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2008, 12:23:01 PM » |
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Two national conferences in my area (ACLA and CEA--both literature) are having separate meetings over the same weekend -- should I apply to both and presume (nay, hope?) I'll get turned down by at least one?
If you frequently get turned down for conferences, then probably yes. If not, then I would just apply to the one. |
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2008, 12:24:52 PM » |
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doesn't really help -- I've been accepted at both conferences before, but I also haven't applied to any national conferences in the past two years, so I don't have a long enough track record to tell how good I am at applying....
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2008, 07:47:36 PM » |
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I don't see the problem. Apply to both conferences and if you're lucky enough to get accepted to both, *then* decide which one you'd rather present at and turn down the other.
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2008, 04:59:57 PM » |
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Go to ACLA. The people there wear cooler clothes.
But also, what Sundog said. Apply to both; if you get in at both, then choose.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2008, 03:38:21 PM » |
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Just choose the better one.
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2008, 07:03:48 PM » |
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Just choose the better one.
yah, that's the rub -- the paper for one is more in job-search area, but the other conference is more in line with the types of departments I'll be applying to.... |
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2008, 05:04:32 PM » |
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Two national conferences in my area (ACLA and CEA--both literature) are having separate meetings over the same weekend -- should I apply to both and presume (nay, hope?) I'll get turned down by at least one?
note -- they're both in my region of the country, so travel issues don't help me decide....
Why not do both? A few years ago, I presented a paper at an east coast conference on one day and presented another paper at a west coast conference the next afternoon. It really wasn't that big of a deal. If the conferences are both in the same region, it will be even easier. On at least 2 occasions, I have presented papers at two separate conferences/workshops held in the same city. |
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2008, 05:06:41 PM » |
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Just choose the better one.
yah, that's the rub -- the paper for one is more in job-search area, but the other conference is more in line with the types of departments I'll be applying to.... Not sure what the difference between 'job search area' is and "types of depts. I will be applying to". Am I thick? |
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2008, 07:59:34 PM » |
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Not sure what the difference between 'job search area' is and "types of depts. I will be applying to".
My paper for the Comp Lit conference is in multi-culti literature, which is my search area. My other paper, which is not multi-culti, is for an English conference, which is the type of department I tend to be applying for, given my focus on American lit. So, I'm presenting a paper on my topic for a conference that isn't focused on the kinds of departments I'll be applying to, and vice versa. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 05:26:46 AM » |
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well, I got accepted for one, so now I'm in the weird position of hoping I get rejected by the other so that I don't have to decide....
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2008, 12:03:11 PM » |
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It occurred to me yesterday that the panel at the ACLA conference will have between 8 and 12 people, whereas the panel at the CEA will probably only have 3 people. Hence I would be causing less harm if I pull out of the ACLA panel.
Do I go with what's ethical or with which paper I'd rather present?
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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 12:06:58 PM » |
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You might be gaming this too much.
What do you want to do?
Flip a penny in the air. Call it.
While it's on the way down, you'll know what you want.
(There's a poem to that effect, but I don't remember it.)
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 12:36:20 PM » |
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If you get a TT job, you'll need to make similar decisions every day, where someone will be unhappy with you, without agonizing over them. Start now.
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I just hate it that I constantly have to like everyone and everything. -- moonstone
O, what a hateful feminist concoction!
Jews, communists, "lesbians", feminists and marihuana addicts --Pyshnov
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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2008, 09:15:57 PM » |
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It occurred to me yesterday that the panel at the ACLA conference will have between 8 and 12 people, whereas the panel at the CEA will probably only have 3 people. Hence I would be causing less harm if I pull out of the ACLA panel.
Do I go with what's ethical or with which paper I'd rather present?
Pick the city with the better hotel, cheaper airfare, and better restaurants. That's what senior people do all the time. |
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