FREE SPECIAL ISSUE: Papers from the 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference

We are delighted to announce the publication of a Special Issue made up of papers presented at the 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference. The following papers are now AVAILABLE FOR FREE until January 2011!

Communicating about Communication: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educating Educators about Language Variation (pages 245–257)
Christine Mallinson and Anne H. Charity Hudley

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Beyond ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’: Breaking Down Binary Oppositions in Holocaust Representations of ‘Privileged’ Jews (pages 407–418)
Adam Brown

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Language and Communication in the Spanish Conquest of America (pages 491–502)
Daniel Wasserman Soler

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Equal Representation of Time and Space: Arno Peters’ Universal History (pages 718–729)
Stefan Müller

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Recycling Modernity: Waste and Environmental History
Tim Cooper

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A Hybrid Model of Moral Panics: Synthesizing the Theory and Practice of Moral Panic Research (pages 295–309)
Brian V. Klocke and Glenn W. Muschert

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Borderlands Studies and Border Theory: Linking Activism and Scholarship for Social Justice (pages 505–518)
Nancy A. Naples

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Cultural Sociology and Other Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in the Cultural Sciences (pages 169–179)
Diana Crane

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Fertility and Inequality Across Borders: Assisted Reproductive Technology and Globalization (pages 466–475)
Eileen Smith-Cavros

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Battle of the Bands Result

We are pleased to announce that the votes are in and the results are as follows:

Lychesis 7 votes

The Real Roscoes: 9 votes

London James: 12 votes

Housepopes: 25 votes

and our winner

Fracture Pattern: 60 votes

Congratulations to Andy and the guys, and thank you to everyone involved for taking part.

The Conference Ends without Closing…

Now that we’ve come to the end, the Compass team would like to say a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone who has participated and made our first virtual conference an overwhelming success. The authors and presenters have been, without exception, engaging and professional to the last. We’d also like to extend a special note of thanks to our virtual attendees, who have kept the discussions alive with insightful commentary, and their openness to explore issues across disciplines.

There will be no new content uploaded to the site after Friday 30th October, but there is still much to discuss. All of the presentations and comments will remain on the website indefinitely, and we’d encourage you all to keep engaging with the content so long as there are issues to be explored, and interdisciplinary barriers to be broken down! If you sign up to receive email alerts of new comments, you can keep up with any ongoing conversations.

We sincerely hope you have enjoyed the conference – here are some things that you can do to stay in touch:

• Check out the Compass journals and recommend to your librarian. Researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research. Personal subscriptions are now also available.
• Complete the post-conference opinion survey, coming to you next week. Your thoughts will help us make decisions about future conferences.
• If you have suggestions, or even just a short comment, you can pop it in our Suggestion Box or Email us
• Access the Publishing Workshops and Keynotes via iTunes (as from the conference website). The raw feed for the podcasts can be found here.
• Share our keynote video lectures via our Vimeo channel
• Tell others about your experience of the conference!

Final reminder: your 20% book discount token is valid until 15th November, so visit the book exhibit before then.

Until next time…?

Thanks again,

The Compass Team
www.blackwell-compass.com

Winning Comment 29th October

We are pleased to announce that our final winning comment comes from Vicky Nesfield on Adam Brown’s essay Beyond Good and Evil. Congratulations to Vicky, who wins a free Wiley-Blackwell book.

Publishing Workshop: How to Survive the Review Process

By Greg Maney, Associate Professor of Sociology, Hofstra University

In this podcast Greg shares his experiences with the review process and offers practical suggestions to help make your experience a constructive and rewarding one!

Once you have listened to our podcast let us know what you think!

Do you have any questions or comments for our speaker? If so please comment below…and don’t forget to take part in our poll!

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Conference Paper: Constructing an interdisciplinary concept of sustainable urban milieu

Nicole Mathieu
(CNRS, University of Paris)

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Winning Comment 28th October

We are pleased to announce that yesterday’s winning comes from Sharon Chong on Diana Crane’s paper entitled Cultural Sociology and Other Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in the Cultural Sciences. Congratulations to Sharon, who wins a free Wiley-Blackwell book. Today is your final chance to win, so make your views heard!

Conference Paper: Climate–Suicide Relationships: A Research Problem in Need of Geographic Methods and Cross‐Disciplinary Perspectives

P. Grady Dixon
(Mississippi State University)
and
Adam J Kalkstein
(United States Military Academy):

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Keynote Lecture – ‘Reading Beowulf in the Ruins of Grozny’ By Eileen Joy

Speaker: Professor Eileen Joy (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)

Full title: Reading Beowulf in the Ruins of Grozny: Pre/modern, Post/human, and the Question of Being-Together

Discipline: Literature

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Our special thanks go to Eddie Van Wessel for generously allowing us to include his breathtaking photography of Grozny in this video. All of these images belong to ©Eddy van Wessel Photography: any publication only after his explicit permission.

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Presentations for October 29

Keynote: Eileen Joy (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville): Reading Beowulf in the Ruins of Grozny: Pre/modern, Post/human, and the Question of Being‐Together

Paper: P. Grady Dixon (Mississippi State University) & Adam J Kalkstein (United States Military Academy): Climate–Suicide Relationships: A Research Problem in Need of Geographic Methods and Cross‐Disciplinary Perspectives
Commentators:
Scott Greene (University of Oklahoma)
Victoria Likhvar (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Neville Nicholls (Monash University)
Darren Ruddell (Arizona State University)

Paper: Nicole Mathieu (CNRS, University of Paris): Constructing an interdisciplinary concept of sustainable urban milieu

Publishing workshop: Greg Maney (Hofstra University): How to Survive the Review Process

Conference registration closes Friday – last chance to claim delegate benefits!

All the presentations at the Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference will continue to be available after Friday, so do continue to comment!

However, conference registration will close on Friday so this is your last chance to qualify for the following delegate benefits:

• Up to 40% discount on Compass journals for your library
• 20% discount on ALL Wiley books
• Free online access to over 200 journals

* REGISTER FOR FREE *

Winning Comment 27th October

We are pleased to announce that yesterday’s winning comes from Julia on Sheila Hones’ paper, Text as it Happens: Literary Geography. Congratulations to Julia, who wins a free Wiley-Blackwell book. We will choose a winner for each day of the conference, so make your views heard!

Publishing Workshop: The Joys and Sorrows of Writing an Undergraduate Textbook

By Catherine Sanderson, Associate Professor of Psychology at Amherst College

In this podcast Catherine shares with us her knowledge of writing an undergraduate textbook and answers some commonly asked questions about the experience.

Once you have listened to our podcast let us know what you think!

Do you have any questions or comments for our speaker? If so please comment below…and don’t forget to take part in our poll!

 

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Conference Paper: Sociolinguistics and Sociology: Current Directions, Future Partnerships

Christine Mallinson
(University of Maryland)

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Conference Paper: Cultural Sociology and Other Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in the Cultural Sciences

Diana Crane
(University of Pennsylvania)

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Presentations for Wednesday 28th October

Paper: Diane Crane (University of Pennsylvania): Cultural Sociology and Other Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in the Cultural Sciences

Commentators:
Gabriel Ignatow (University of North Texas)
Mark Jacobs (George Mason University)

Paper: Christine Mallinson (University of Maryland): Sociolinguistics and Sociology: Current Directions, Future Partnerships

Commentators:
Richard Cameron (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Robin Dodsworth (North Carolina State University)

Publishing workshop: Catherine Sanderson (Amherst College): The Joys and Sorrows of Writing an Undergraduate Textbook

Meet the Speakers in Second Life

We would like to invite you to join Ms. Vanessa Lafaye, the Compass Team and your fellow conference attendees in our Second Life conference cocktail bar for a meet and greet session. The SLUrl is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Abracadabra/189/67/36 and the session starts at 9.00-10.00am GMT (15 hours from now).

See you there!

Publishing Workshop: Teaching with Compass

By Devonya Havis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Canisius College

In this podcast Devonya talks about the challenges of using online resources in the classroom and how to tackle these barriers.

Once you have listened to our podcast let us know what you think!
Do you have any questions or comments for our speaker? If so please comment below…and don’t forget to take part in our poll!

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Conference Paper: Equal Representation of Time and Space: Arno Peters’ Universal History

Stefan Müller
(University of Duisburg‐Essen)

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Winning Comment 26th October

We are pleased to announce that yesterday’s winning comes from Chris on Adam Brown’s paper entitled Beyond ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’: Breaking Down Binary Oppositions in Holocaust Representations of ‘Privileged’ Jews. Congratulations to Chris, who wins a free Wiley-Blackwell book. We will choose a winner for each day of the conference, so make your views heard!

Conference Paper: Text as It Happens: Literary Geography

Sheila Hones
(University of Tokyo)

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Second Life Event

We would like to thank everyone who attended our Second Life Cocktail event yesterday.  We had a very impressive turnout and hope that everyone enjoyed themselves.

Keynote Lecture – ‘What is the Human Mind Designed for?’ By Roy F. Baumeister

Speaker: Professor Roy F. Baumeister (Florida State University)

Full title: Human Nature and Culture: What is the Human Mind Designed for?

Disciplines: Psychology

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