Re: [h-cost] Kalamazoo conference

[rwfranz]

Robin Netherton wrote:


Kalamazoo is an academic conference, and geared to the academic
researcher. It is not a re-enactment event. However, quite a few
re-enactors who are interested in scholarly research in medieval studies
do go there, with the understanding that they are there as
students/scholars. The conference is hard to get to and expensive, but if
this is up your alley, it is a heady and rewarding experience.
 

The $125 registration fee  is not that expensive. I know I've paid quite 
a bit more than that to go to some conferences in other fields of study. 
It's a bit daunting to pay for the hotel room and travel expenses, but 
really, it's not as bad as all that, especially if you partner with 
someone else for the hotel room.


And if I was in Kalamazoo or within a few hours of there that weekend, 
I'd go. Just looking through the list of sessions, I'd have a hard time 
deciding which sessions to attend, but I'd go. The Old Clothes, New 
Tools sessions are rather enticing, but there are a host of others I'd 
love to attend also.


Roger
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Re: [h-cost] Kalamazoo conference

[Robin Netherton]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, rwfranz wrote:

 The $125 registration fee is not that expensive. I know I've paid
 quite a bit more than that to go to some conferences in other fields
 of study.  It's a bit daunting to pay for the hotel room and travel
 expenses, but really, it's not as bad as all that, especially if you
 partner with someone else for the hotel room.

For those who don't mind spartan accommodations, the dorms are cheap and
have the advantage of being smack in the middle of the action. If you have
very good fortune, you get a dorm room in the same building that houses
the book rooms, a sprawling orgy of medieval delights.

 And if I was in Kalamazoo or within a few hours of there that weekend,
 I'd go. Just looking through the list of sessions, I'd have a hard
 time deciding which sessions to attend, but I'd go. The Old Clothes,
 New Tools sessions are rather enticing, but there are a host of
 others I'd love to attend also.

Beth McMahon, the organizer of the OCNT sessions, is a sometime member of
this list and a DISTAFF member (and past speaker) from way back. We are
both very happy that the Institute granted our request not to
cross-schedule her sessions with the DISTAFF track!

--Robin

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