The Queens faculty who had invited me, Anthony Stanonis, Brian Kelly, and most especially, Catherine Clinton (who must be one of the most supportive historians for junior colleagues in the history of historians), all welcomed me and ensured that I had a packed room, coffee beforehand, and drinks and dinner afterward. They also made this cool poster to publicize the event.:
Great choice of picture! Also, note how they publicized my other two books there at the bottom?
Everyone was friendly and polite. Audiences on this side of the ocean either pay attention very well, or do an impressive, Tony Award winning performance of faking it. I tend to believe the former.
So, my gratitude to all!
Also, thank you to Angela Murphy for passing this along.:
Thank you also to Ann "Historiann" Little, who herself is an incredibly supportive historian. We have met at the Little Berks conference and she is an amazing, funny, smart person. With luck, her influence will drive this humble blog's readership up from an average of 15 readers per week (five of whom are me)!
A good week! And how great is it to have a shot with The Great Man himself? :D
ReplyDeleteOh, heck yeah! I have not, however, gone so far as to lie on his grave and have a photo taken of myself. I jest about it, but have not crossed that line -- yet.
ReplyDeleteThat can be remedied. And you say that like it would be weird.
ReplyDeleteAlso... love the (new?) list of women's history resources over there --->
Don't think I haven't thought about it!
ReplyDeleteThank you!