University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Please note several extra opportunities for participants in the conference:

• Thursday Afternoon/Evening Mock Interviews (7 November)
  

To support graduate student members of the Haskins Society in their career development, the Haskins Conference is again offering mock job interviews with senior scholars on Thursday afternoon and evening. Please contact Nicholas Paul to indicate interest in being interviewed.

• Thursday Afternoon Graduate Seminar
  

Charity Urbanski (University of Washington) will lead a seminar for graduate students on aspects of her recent research into medieval historiographical culture. Graduate students from beyond UNC who are attending the conference are warmly encouraged to participate. Details of the material that will be circulated in advance of the seminar will be supplied in due course. Details of the precise venue and time will also be supplied as soon as possible

• MEMS Dorothy Ford Wiley Crossroads Lecture

Dr Urbanski will also deliver a lecture in UNC’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies'  Dorothy Ford Wiley Crossroads Lecture series. The title of her paper is “Monsters in Anglo-Norman Historiography.”  All those attending the conference are very warmly invited to come to this lecture. The lecture will be held in Hamilton 569 at 5:30.

• New Research Forum (8 November)
  

On Friday morning, the conference hosts a New Research Forum to highlight new research and work in progress. Modeled on “flash sessions,” the presenters explain their projects in five minutes as a prelude to in-depth small group discussions.

Support for Graduate Students

In order to encourage and support rising scholars, graduate student members of the Society are eligible to receive support from the Thomas Keefe memorial fund to cover the costs of registration. In addition, thanks to generous support from Society members, a number of bursaries, in the form of three nights’ paid-for accommodation in the conference hotel, are available.

Bethell Prize

Papers by graduate students, untenured faculty, and independent scholars are eligible for the Denis Bethell Prize. For details, see the "Denis Bethell Prize" link here or under the Journal menu above.