Research Open House
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hrjI've finally gotten my act together enought to start my long-planned monthly SCA research open houses. Here's the announcement I put out on the SCA-West mailing list:
For some time now I've been wanting to start a regular "research night at Tangwystyl's" and finally have my act together enough to get it started. The idea came from two sources. In the first place, periodically people ask me to teach a collegium class on "how to do research" and I protest that you can't teach something like that as an hour-and-a-half lecture class. In the second place, I have a fairly extensive personal library covering a number of topics of SCA interest, and it seems a bit of a waste that I'm the only one using it.
So here's the idea: every 2nd Wednesday of the month starting on August 8th, I plan to hold a "research open house" at my place (Oakland, near Emeryville) from 7:30 and 10:30 pm. People are invited to use my books and other research materials (e.g., journal offprints) -- sorry, no borrowing! It's possible -- given sufficient advance notice and as my schedule allows -- that books borrowed from the U.C. libraries may be available as well on future occasions.
Each month we'll also have a topic for discussion (a sort of mini-class on some aspect of research) -- starting off with the general "how do you start a research project?" then moving on to what people are interested in.
While I have a fairly well-rounded general medieval collection, the following topics are particularly well represented:
* Welsh stuff (language, literature, history, archaeology)
* Names
* Costume and textile history (especially surviving garments and archaeological materials), particularly for the early medieval and pre-medieval periods
* Cookery
* Language and linguistics (especially Celtic languages)
* Roman empire (primarily archaeology), especially Roman Britain
* Women's studies, especially gender and sexuality
THE BAIT -- As a special kick-off attraction, I have recently been pruning my library and people attending the first research open house will have first crack at the books that I'm getting rid of. Among a fair amount of dross, the discards include some really good stuff (where I ended up with duplicates, or have replaced a photocopy with a "real" copy, or simply have lost interest in a particular topic). We're talking about a couple hundred books looking for good homes.
DIRECTIONS -- Rather than having a lot of chit-chat about arrangements filling up this list -- and because I'm not happy about publishing my address and directions on a public list -- I'm going to set up a separate private mailing list to distribute directions, reminders, and other relevant information. To receive this information, please contact me off-list at: Heather dot Jones at Earthlink dot net
Please note that while this is aimed at SCA folk, it is not in any way an official SCA event nor is it sponsored by any SCA branch.
For some time now I've been wanting to start a regular "research night at Tangwystyl's" and finally have my act together enough to get it started. The idea came from two sources. In the first place, periodically people ask me to teach a collegium class on "how to do research" and I protest that you can't teach something like that as an hour-and-a-half lecture class. In the second place, I have a fairly extensive personal library covering a number of topics of SCA interest, and it seems a bit of a waste that I'm the only one using it.
So here's the idea: every 2nd Wednesday of the month starting on August 8th, I plan to hold a "research open house" at my place (Oakland, near Emeryville) from 7:30 and 10:30 pm. People are invited to use my books and other research materials (e.g., journal offprints) -- sorry, no borrowing! It's possible -- given sufficient advance notice and as my schedule allows -- that books borrowed from the U.C. libraries may be available as well on future occasions.
Each month we'll also have a topic for discussion (a sort of mini-class on some aspect of research) -- starting off with the general "how do you start a research project?" then moving on to what people are interested in.
While I have a fairly well-rounded general medieval collection, the following topics are particularly well represented:
* Welsh stuff (language, literature, history, archaeology)
* Names
* Costume and textile history (especially surviving garments and archaeological materials), particularly for the early medieval and pre-medieval periods
* Cookery
* Language and linguistics (especially Celtic languages)
* Roman empire (primarily archaeology), especially Roman Britain
* Women's studies, especially gender and sexuality
THE BAIT -- As a special kick-off attraction, I have recently been pruning my library and people attending the first research open house will have first crack at the books that I'm getting rid of. Among a fair amount of dross, the discards include some really good stuff (where I ended up with duplicates, or have replaced a photocopy with a "real" copy, or simply have lost interest in a particular topic). We're talking about a couple hundred books looking for good homes.
DIRECTIONS -- Rather than having a lot of chit-chat about arrangements filling up this list -- and because I'm not happy about publishing my address and directions on a public list -- I'm going to set up a separate private mailing list to distribute directions, reminders, and other relevant information. To receive this information, please contact me off-list at: Heather dot Jones at Earthlink dot net
Please note that while this is aimed at SCA folk, it is not in any way an official SCA event nor is it sponsored by any SCA branch.
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Date: 2007-07-31 10:51 am (UTC)Any chance you'll post a list of what's left and offer them up for sale?
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Date: 2007-07-31 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-01 01:42 am (UTC)Oooooooo... nummy textile books!
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