bacardiandlime
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« on: December 05, 2011, 11:40:49 AM » |
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Anyone else going to be there?
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egilson
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2011, 11:44:07 AM » |
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If I have an interview, yes. Or maybe even--dare I hope--several interviews! Possibly none, though.... so, maybe.
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larryc
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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 03:01:20 PM » |
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I never go anymore--it is an awful conference, poisoned by the job search, and the AHA is itself fairly useless. I did see that this year they brought in Dan Cohen and lots of digital history sessions, so things may be looking up. Do tell us how it went. And good luck to all the forumite job seekers who attend.
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2011, 09:35:02 PM » |
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Wish I could meet up with forumites there, but I won't be attending. I agree with Larryc on the futility of the conference/organization. I was a member this past year, but only because I spaced out while trying to join the OAH. Man, was I angry about that one!
Best wishes on the job market, forumites.
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mouseman
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2011, 10:08:28 PM » |
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If anybody needs a drink after their interviews - give me a holler.
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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2011, 10:22:52 PM » |
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Possibly. I love the city and its opportunities for research. But awaiting word on some scheduling conflicts that are possible as well. And I am planning on the OAH nearby later in the semester, amid budget cuts. . . .
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westcoastgirl
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2011, 01:42:52 PM » |
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I may attend some panels. I would also be up for meeting people from here.
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Mountainguy (on rejection letter thread):
This sounds very Foucauldian. "You do not apply to search committee; the search committee applies to you!!"
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2011, 04:18:09 PM » |
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I'll be there!
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« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2011, 06:25:01 PM » |
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I'm going to be at ASSA, which takes place at the same time. Looks like this is a joint effort to take over Chicago! :)
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westcoastgirl
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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2011, 08:22:00 PM » |
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I'm going to message Bacardi. So it seems like a few of us may meet!
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Mountainguy (on rejection letter thread):
This sounds very Foucauldian. "You do not apply to search committee; the search committee applies to you!!"
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2011, 02:29:36 PM » |
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The MLA was held there a few years ago and we all went to Uno's for deep dish pizza --- which takes a very long time to cook, but tasted *so good*! So make sure you have a free evening to go there and chow down.
There was a decent Mexican place near Uno's with good margaritas but I don't remember the name. Someone else should chime in with some good bar suggestions --- because food is the *important* part of the conference, right? And you will need to get a decent drink regardless of whether your interviews go well or not.
Ooh, and bundle up! It's so cold!
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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2011, 07:54:22 PM » |
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I am going solely to visit my mother who lives there. I can't understand why the AHA, always held in the first week of January, meets in a cold weather city. Chicago in January is miserable.
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larryc
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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2011, 08:37:33 PM » |
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Oh yeah...that polar wind whipping of the lake, gaining velocity through the tall buildings, slamming into you and cutting through your clothes like an ice knife... I remember.
Larry (AB University of Chicago)
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bacardiandlime
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« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2011, 02:47:04 AM » |
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I can't understand why the AHA, always held in the first week of January, meets in a cold weather city.
Because like it or not, warm cities are more expensive. The AHA hotel in San Diego was more pricey than the one in New York, the previous year. More pertinently, every time the AHA is somewhere warm or on the West Coast: NOBODY COMES. (Including 90% of the people who are always complaining "Why is it always in the Northeast, where it's cold?" People say they want it somewhere warm, but in fact vote with their feet by showing up in the "cold" cities). So they keep holding it in the cities where they get a high turnout. These are cities like Boston, New York, Chicago. If they got record attendance in San Diego or Seattle, they'd hold it there more often. |
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westcoastgirl
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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2011, 10:22:04 AM » |
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The MLA was held there a few years ago and we all went to Uno's for deep dish pizza --- which takes a very long time to cook, but tasted *so good*! So make sure you have a free evening to go there and chow down.
There was a decent Mexican place near Uno's with good margaritas but I don't remember the name. Someone else should chime in with some good bar suggestions --- because food is the *important* part of the conference, right? And you will need to get a decent drink regardless of whether your interviews go well or not.
Ooh, and bundle up! It's so cold!
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Mountainguy (on rejection letter thread):
This sounds very Foucauldian. "You do not apply to search committee; the search committee applies to you!!"
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