A few people have asked me privately, and it's true -- I may not be going to K'zoo in 2010. There are a variety of personal forces causing me to drift in that direction, but perhaps the most important professional reason is that for the first time in forever I have no particular piece of research I want to present. I've got research, I'm just not jonesing to take it to K'zoo.
I'm not saying I won't go for sure, but I haven't sent in any paper proposals to sessions, so it's looking unlikely. Don't worry; I've not entered into a post-tenure sloth period.
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I'm having similar qualms about Leeds, though ironically that is at least in part because it appears that this year I am doing Kalamazoo.
ReplyDeleteI seem to have signed up for K'zoo this year, but I must say it was relaxing to have a year off last year.
ReplyDeleteI am, as always, of two minds. Seeing folks I like v. the time it takes, particularly when it looks like I'll be doing another trip to London with students immediately afterward.
ReplyDeleteThough I ought to mention that I'm still in need of a paper or two for the "Re-Iterating Arthur" panel co-sponsored by the Medieval Popular Culture area of the Popular Culture Association and MEMO [hint, hint, folks -- email laityk (at) strose.edu for details]
Yay!! Jonathan at Kalamazoo! About bloody time!
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