Wiley-Blackwell Hosts First Virtual Conference

Blackwell Compass Cocktail Parties at Abracadabra in SL:

October 19, 2 to 3 am

October 21, 10 to 11 am

October 26 , 10 to 11 am

October 28, 2 to 3 am

For more information, please contact Kimberly Rufer-Bach at kim@themagicians.us

From the Wiley-Blackwell press release

OXFORD

—September 29, 2009—Wiley-Blackwell is proud to announce its first virtual scholarly conference, to be held 19-30 October 2009, with the theme of “Breaking Down Barriers.” The aim is to facilitate multidisciplinary discussion and debate across the eight Social Science & Humanities disciplines represented by Wiley-Blackwell’s innovative Compass review journal series, for more information please visit http://compassconference.wordpress.com.

There will be presentations and discussions from the fields of History, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Geography, Linguistics, Sociology, and Social Psychology & Personality Studies.  Registration is free, and more than 550 delegates from more than fifty countries have already registered.

            Conference features include keynote podcast addresses from leading scholars including Professor David Crystal ( University of  Wales Bangor), Professor Peter Ludlow ( Northwestern University) and Dr. Eileen Joy (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), as well as delegate discussion on review papers, publishing workshops, a book and journal exhibition, musical entertainment, and even an online cocktail bar where delegates can mingle with the speakers. 

            Vanessa Lafaye, Compass Publisher, says, “This is the first event of its kind at Wiley-Blackwell, and we are very excited about the response from our communities.  We have had great feedback from academics all over the world, who are excited by the opportunity of taking part in a multidisciplinary conference without the costs and hassles of travel.  There is an excellent line-up of speakers and papers.” 

            All of the keynote addresses and scholarly papers cover topics of interest to academics in more than one discipline, from areas as diverse as the relationship between climate change and suicide, and how the war in Chechnya informs readings of Beowulf.  Delegates can tune into publishing workshops on how to write a review paper. There will be discussion on the joys and sorrows of writing an undergraduate textbook, and attendees will also receive a virtual delegates’ pack, which includes a 20% discount in the book exhibition.  New podcasts and papers will appear regularly throughout the conference, and all previous content will remain on the site so that delegates can make use of it at their convenience

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Thanks for the mention!

- By the way, of particular interest to Second Life scholars will be Peter Ludlow's keynote lecture entitled ‘Virtual Communities, Virtual Cultures, Virtual Governance’ on Monday 26th October:
http://compassconference.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/keynote-speaker-profile-peter-ludlow/

...and you can even meet Peter in a 'meet the speaker' session in SL. We'll be circulating the SLURL nearer the time.

Registration is free (at the above site), and we'll update you with all the new content and events.

Cheers,

Liam Cooper
Managing Editor
Philosophy Compass