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2008 CONFERENCE PANELS and SOCIAL GATHERINGS43rd International Medieval Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI May 8-11, 2008 Thursday, May 8, 6:00 pm (Room 1055 Fetzer) Graduate Student Reception at Kalamazoo Hosted by Vagantes and the MAA Graduate Student Committee All graduate students are invited to our reception at the Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo. This is an opportunity to meet other graduate students and find out more about the Medieval Academy and the Vagantes Student Conference. We look forward to seeing you in Kalamazoo. Saturday, May 10, 10:00 am (Room 1360 Schneider) From Screen to Print: Early Career Publishing - When, What and How? This panel discussion is designed to give graduate students and junior faculty information about the transition from giving conference papers to getting published. Topics will include: evaluating potential publications, pros and cons of graduate student journals, online publications, finding financial aid to publish, how much to publish and when. The panelists will be Johanna Kramer, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia; Katie L. Walter, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum; and Susanna Fein, Kent State Univ. VAGANTESVagantes, an annual graduate conference affiliated with the MAA Graduate Student Committee, is designed to foster a sense of community among medievalists in the early stages of their careers, provide an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of their scholarship, and showcase the resources of host institutions. Vagantes has held seven successful conferences, at Harvard University (2002), University of Toronto (2003), Cornell University (2004), University of Notre Dame (2005), University of California, Berkeley (2006), Loyola University, Chicago (2007), and The Ohio State University (2008). Vagantes 2009 is scheduled to take place at The Florida State University. With the exception of keynote addresses, delivered by faculty, Vagantes is a student-run conference. For more information on attending and hosting Vagantes, visit . |
