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Postgraduate participation at the ASMCF conference, 2010

The ASMCF works with postgraduates in French and Francophone studies by supporting opportunities for their development. Postgraduates are encouraged to participate in the annual conference. The conference attracts many postgraduates and is a good occasion to meet others working in or around your subject.

You can participate several ways:

  1. Propose a paper
    Postgradutes are encouraged to submit proposals for consideration by the conference organisers. See the call for papers for details.
  2. Propose a panel
    If you can get together three people and a chair, you could propose a panel session, with three twenty minute papers on a connected theme.
  3. PRESENT A POSTER: Contact Lindsey Dodd for more details – l.a.dodd@reading.ac.uk

    Postgraduate poster sessions are increasingly common at large conferences. Although they originate in the world of science, there is no reason why the humanities, arts and social sciences cannot make good use of this method. If not better!

    What happens?

    a. You make a poster that illustrates, with some words, images and diagrams (if necessary) your doctoral research. It does not have to be on the theme of the conference. If you do not work on anything to do with ‘La France et la Crise’ you can still present a poster.

    b. Your poster, usually A1, colour, will be displayed prominently throughout the conference. Wizardy in desk-top publishing is not necessary to make a good poster. You can make a poster in PowerPoint, then send it to a local printer. Contact Lindsey Dodd for any help or ideas.

    c. The posters will be presented in a separate session, to ensure they have the visibility they deserve. You will be asked to give a short presentation on your poster. It is intended that the session should be fairly informal: don’t worry, just keep the presentation concise. Following the presentations, other conference delegates are invited to come and speak to you about what you have said, and to have a closer look at your poster. Your talk should entice the experts among them to come and offer you the benefit of their combined and mighty wisdom.

    Why?

    The poster is an alternative to giving a paper at a conference, and is worth doing for several reasons:

    a) it brings you and your research to the attention of a large number of people
    b) these people are the experts in the field: they can offer you useful feedback
    c) it is a good exercise in condensing and representing your ideas concisely
    d) it should not be as arduous (or as nerve-wracking) as presenting a twenty-minute paper
    e) You could win a prize…!

    If you are interested, contact Lindsey Dodd (l.a.dodd@reading.ac.uk).

A limited number of postgraduate places will be available at the conference. Watch the usual advertising channels for details.

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