AAA, AAG, ACLA, AGU, AHA, APA, ICCB, ISSRM, NAES.
The acronyms for professional societies in your own field are already alphabet soup. Add in the professional societies for other fields and it truly boggles the mind. Yet where they pertain, membership in these societies is important and attending their annual meetings is a major event.
If you haven’t been to a conference yet, you may be wondering what they’re like. Or if you’re already familiar with the large conferences in your field, do you have any idea what Berkeley students who attend the American Philological Association’s annual meeting are in for? What’s going on at all these meetings? What are the hot topics within these different disciplines? What are people talking about? And what is the experience like for a graduate student?
We hope to provide the answers in our newest feature: conference dispatches! After attending the big meetings in their field, Berkeley graduate students will report back on what they saw and did. Please let us know what the major professional societies in your field are and when they hold their annual meeting. Then for the courageous among you, blog your next meeting. We are officially seeking information and potential writers. Finally, check back tomorrow for the first installment in this series.