Call for Presenters: PG & Early Career Scholars Workshop
August 21, 2012 in Conferences and Events
Call for Presenters: Academics wanted to facilitate one-off research training workshops
with postgraduates and early career scholars
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) is organising a day of research training workshops and presentations for postgraduates (MA students and PhDs) and early career scholars, to be held in London during the week beginning 3rd December 2012. The event is targeted primarily although not exclusively at those interested in the Americas, with both an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. We will particularly encourage those just starting out in postgraduate research to attend.
The event will have five elements:
1) Training and development workshops
2) A “drop-in surgery” for advice
3) The chance to present one’s overall research project (verbally or using a poster) and get feedback on it
4) A “marketplace” of stalls for publishers, scholarly organisations and societies, research centres etc
5) Networking and socialising opportunities
We are currently looking for academics, including postgraduates, to develop and run the training sessions. Possible workshop topics include but are not limited to:
Applying for funding
Beyond your department: key organisations and conferences
How to get published
What to do after graduation / how to get a job
Planning your research project
Being a part-time postgrad
Coping with academic stress
Organising a conference
Managing your supervisor
Publishing as a postgrad
How to give a conference papers
Remaining research active after graduation
Impact: what it is and how to do it
How to use social media
Writing your CV
If you would like to be involved or have any further questions, please contact the organisers, Dr Dawn-Marie Gibson, RHUL; Dr Rachel Ritchie, Brunel University; Ms Imaobong Umoren, University of Oxford, via shawsociety@gmail.com.
The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 21st September 2012. Further information about how to register as a delegate for the event will be circulated in the autumn.
