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[ufo_tofu]

This came up in an earlier thread, but not too many folks posted on this sub-issue, so I was hoping to get a few more responses:

Quote from: bibliothecula on October 19, 2011, 04:29:54 PM
I'm in the humanities, and generally agree with "didn't present=not on cv." However, last winter I was really sick, and the organizers of a conference offered to read my paper for me, take down any comments/questions, and provide the attendees with my contact info (which was also on my slides, which they showed with the paper). I kept this on my cv, since the work had been publicly presented. The same holds true for some colleagues of mine who had papers presented for them when they were unable to attend due to last-minute issues, generally physical--one woman was put on bed rest for her pregnancy, one man missed a connecting flight due to the volcano, etc.

This is interesting - I had a similar situation last year, also in a humanities field.  I had a paper all ready to go, but got sick at the last minute.  I asked the panel organizer to present my paper, which she did.  I took it off my CV because I wasn't sure of the protocol, but I would love to put it back on!  Do other humanities folks do this?

[tuxedo_cat]

I think it's fine to list it, although it depends partly on (a) where you are in your career (b) if the selection process is very competitive, and (c) who's looking at your c.v.

(a) If you've already done a bunch of conferences, and this is just another presentation at Regional Disciplinary Conference, I guess I might leave it off.

(b) However, if you had a paper that got through the competitive selection process for your national annual conference for the discipline (MLA or AHA, e.g.), I would keep it on but indicate in parentheses something like: unable to attend due to severe illness / avalanche / alien-kidapping; paper read by colleague.

(c) If you're applying for jobs, you want to be very scrupulous about presenting the information as accurately as possible -- you just never know who might have been at the missed conference.  If you're submitting your annual review file with a c.v. to your Chair or Dean, I would definitely keep it on (with the details in parens) simply to indicate that you are continuing to be active in the profession.

The only thing I would *not* do is list it like all your other conference presentations with no indication of the irregularity about attendance.

[larryc]

If your paper was read, it would be OK to put it on the CV. Just to be safe, you could add a parenthetical "Paper read on my behalf by panel chair Dr. Smedly Butterspoon."

[bibliothecula]

I agree with Larryc, as usual. Put it on, and note that it was read by someone else. It happens. People understand.