Description
I was a member of the committee that organised the Women's History Association of Ireland's 2024 conference at Queen's University Belfast. My responsibilities included:• Helping to pick a theme for the conference and a deadline for the submission of abstracts and biographies
• Writing the call for papers
• Sending the call for papers to the Women’s History Association of Ireland’s secretary for circulation
• Setting up and monitoring the conference email
• Responding to queries about the conference
• Reading the abstracts and biographies that were submitted
• Helping to select the conference speakers and keynotes
• Contacting the successful and unsuccessful applicants
• Confirming the titles of the selected papers
• Corresponding with the Women’s History Association of Ireland’s treasurer and some of the conference speakers about travel bursaries
• Sending the programme and Eventbrite links for the conference to the speakers
• Arranging for the Women’s History Association of Ireland’s secretary to send the programme and Eventbrite links to the Women’s History Association of Ireland’s committee and members
• Contacting potential speakers for the clinic for early career researchers
• Sending forms to the keynote speakers to enable the university to book their accommodation
• Helping to select chairs for the panels
• Sending each chair the biographies of those on their panel
• Sending information about the QUB campus to the speakers and attendees
• Printing out an attendance list and QR codes
• Helping speakers to set up their presentations
• Welcoming attendees and speakers to QUB
| Period | 12 Oct 2023 → 27 Apr 2024 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Belfast, United KingdomShow on map |