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Event: March 21, INCS 2019 pre-conference professionalization panels

March 21, 2019 3:30-4:45 100 Hyer Hall
Diverse Careers for Humanities Scholars

What else can you do with a humanities Ph.D., in addition to seeking a tenure-track job? Hear five scholars describe their hybrid and alternative career paths: Diana Bellonby, Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt, as well as President and Co-Founder of The Fringe Foundation for Social Justice: Amanda Dotseth, Curator, Meadows Museum, SMU; Alan Itkin, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, SMU; Evelyn Montgomery, Curator, Old Red Museum, Dallas, and public historian; and Michael Widner, SMU alumnus, medievalist, digital humanist, and director of a software startup. Moderated by Crystal Clayton of the SMU Hegi Career Center.

March 21, 2019 4:50-6:20 100 Hyer Hall
What Does a Journal Editor Want?

Editors from six scholarly journals describe what they look for when they read manuscripts submitted for publication: Sharon Aronofsky Weltman,Nineteenth-Century Theater and Film; Nora Gilbert, Studies in the Novel; Daniel Hack, Victorian Literature and Culture; Akiko Tsuchiya, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos; Rajani Sudan, Configurations; and Alexandra Wettlaufer, Nineteenth-Century Contexts.

These panels are pre-conference professionalization panels in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference (INCS), held at the Dallas Marriott City Center Hotel from March 22-24 (Beth Newman, English, lead organizer). A reception will follow at the DeGolyer Library. To RSVP for the reception, please do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44ACA729A3FA7-incs