A lively lecture full of insight, wit and passion for a subject can linger long in the memory. So, too, can a truly awful presentation. Having watched her fair share of terrible academic talks, as ...

As I write, I’ve just returned from the annual meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, a vibrant interdisciplinary conference of 900. I’ve attended that meeting for nearly 25 ...

Recently, I dedicated two weekends to that time-honored graduate-student rite of passage, the academic conference. In those intervals between the battery of panel sessions spent wandering hotel ...

In an effort to strengthen African representation in global development scholarship and ensure that African voices are heard in the debates that help to shape the continent’s future, the Office of the ...

A conference consists of a group of academics and other professionals who gather to share their research, discuss topics and trends in their field, and learn from one another. This event may take ...