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lily_handmaiden

This Is Not Serious Business: My First Paper at Kalamazoo, Part 2

Dec 24, 2011 01:26

Merry Christmas, Happy Hogswatch, etc. to all!

I want to finish the story of my first paper at Kalamazoo now. To recap: I presented my first paper at the Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo last spring on Merlin.'Yes, the BBC's Merlin. Moving on.

( This is the conclusion of my adventures in presenting my first big academic conference paper on Merlin )

kalmazoo, arthurian legend, bbc merlin, squee, bedob, darth real life, school

Comments 2

anonymous December 30 2011, 00:07:01 UTC

People were interested and people were kind and it was a positive experience overall because you know your shit and you frigging ROCK!!!!!!
AB

inafadinglight January 4 2012, 17:12:08 UTC

This sounds awesome. A handful of congratulations for writing what sounds like an awesome paper, presenting it to an interested audience, and getting compliments on it! That's quite exciting. Having been out of college for a year and a half now, I think I've forgotten how exciting and FUN academics can be, when you're surrounded by people who love similar subjects and contribute to a supportive atmosphere. Kudos.

The paragraph about what goes on when presenters aren't presenting (preparing and revamping, seeing Spamalot, buying irons) was hilarious. Academia is so wonderfully weird.