HERB - Fw: [SCA-Caid]Announcing: Universitas (Fwd)

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> From: "Susan Carroll-Clark" <nicolaa at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Mid] Announcing: Universitas
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> (This is being posted to the Middle, Ealdormere, Known World Laurels, and
> Middle Kingdom Laurels lists.  I would appreciate it if it could also be
> forwarded to any other appropriate SCA mailing lists, particularly the
other
> kingdom lists (which I can't post to, as I'm not subscribed to them).
> 
> Announcing:  Universitas
> 
> For a long time now, it’s been a wish of mine to set up an interkingdom
> group for SCA members who are doing or interested in pursuing advanced
> research.  More and more SCA members are interested in or doing the kind
of
> research which brings them into contact with the academic and
professional
> world.  This group will hopefully be a place where SCA researchers can
meet
> each other, trade information, ask questions (How do I order microfilms?
> What do I need to do research at the V&A?  What do I wear to an academic
> conference?) and learn about modern-world opportunities such as
conferences,
> workshops, and journals.   I hope this will also become a good resource
for
> those just beginning to do advanced research and feeling a little bit
> lost—or wanting to know other people who share their obsessions!
> 
> Where did I get this idea?  I’ve just completed graduate school.  Most of
> what I’ve just described are things that those in academia learn as a
matter
> of course as part of their studies.  But I’m also an SCA member, and have
> seen many talented researchers spin their wheels for months, even years
> because they simply didn’t know who to ask or where to go.  In addition,
> many advanced SCA researchers are unaware that the work they’re doing
might
> hold up well outside the SCA, or even be worthy of publication.  Often,
they
> ’re not sure of how to present themselves to academia or the professional
> world.  It’s my belief that if we in the SCA who are interested in or
doing
> advanced research know each other, we can begin to build the type of
support
> network which academia and the professional world takes for granted.
> 
> Right now, several things are planned:  First, I am collecting names to
be
> on the contact list for further information.  Second, I am planning an
> online quarterly newsletter, which will debut in July, and I would
welcome
> submissions, queries, and the like. Finally there will be a meeting at
> Pennsic (Sunday, August 15, 4 pm, site TBA), designed as a roundtable on
> doing advanced research.  All with an interest in this topic are welcome!
> 
> Possible future plans could include an electronic mailing list, a webpage
of
> links to members’ pages, even (at some point in the distant future) a
> peer-reviewed journal (that’s “peer” with a small “P” :-) Everything
depends
> on what folks are interested in and want to do.
> 
> Please pass this along to whomever you think might be interested, and
feel
> free to forward to any appropriate mailing lists.  To get on the list for
> future mailings, e-mail me at the address below.
> 
> Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton
> nicolaa at earthlink.net
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