Starting up the (school) year again

[elirrina]

I've been working on drafts of my dissertation chapters all summer at my parents', since I didn't have anywhere to come back to after London, and now I'm moving back into town with a new flatmate and getting ready for TAing two classes in the fall and teaching one in the spring. I had a three-day drive back from Kansas, and now I'm very nearly

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[shinyopals]

ooh, that hell thing sounds pretty interesting actually, and it's not remotely close to my field of study lol

[elirrina]

Right? The problem I always face at that conference is being torn between the panels I should go to, that are related to my area and will be interesting, and the panels that are not remotely related, but sound particularly good -- like this year I went to a bunch I needed to attend, and then I went to one on revenants in medieval Iceland. As you do...

[darkfrog24]

Sounds like fun.

[elirrina]

:)

[artekka]

i love when academics embrace their nerdiness enough to have sessions on things like hellmouths. it gives me hope for the profession.

[elirrina]

:D It's seeming pretty common amongst my cohort and field!

[artekka]

Medievalists always WERE cooler than the rest of us. Too bad I never learned Latin and French, or I would so be joining you.

[elirrina]

Aw, you can join us after you get your degree! People move around and pick up extra areas. :) My Latin is still in progress, and French is easy if you have Spanish or any other Romance language. Or you could do Middle English!