tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post3924728243133488881..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: MMAP Update April 13: Publishing Advice from the ProfessionalsSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-82750795719934367622009-04-14T14:51:00.001-07:002009-04-14T14:51:00.001-07:00er, right to my mind. Long day :)er, right to my mind. Long day :)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-77846768367517277182009-04-14T14:51:00.000-07:002009-04-14T14:51:00.000-07:00You know, nothing specifically lit studies comes t...You know, nothing specifically lit studies comes to right to my mind (though this doesn't mean there isn't anything out there - it just means that I never got that sort of thing assigned AT ALL in grad school). In my grad program, there was a lot of emphasis on there being no one "right way" to do something (which then amounted to little guidance about how to do things at all). I wonder whether this is intrinsic to the way that lit studies approaches scholarship, or whether it was just my program.Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-33610214490061758632009-04-14T05:47:00.000-07:002009-04-14T05:47:00.000-07:00There are a few articles from the literary perspec...There are a few articles from the literary perspective, but even my advisor who runs a writing for publication workshop every so often ends up assigning the articles you mention a lot. <br /><br />I think the one I'm thinking of is Meaghan Morris, "Publishing Perils, and How to Survive Them: A Guide for Graduate Students," <I>Cultural Studies</I> 12.4 (1998): 498-512. Though it may not actually be literary based... I can't find my copy, so I'm working on only vague recollections from the class where I read it.<br /><br />There are also a few interdisciplinary books and articles: Susan Peck McDonald's <I>Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences</I> and the edited collection <I>The Grad Student's Guide to Getting Published</I> though the latter is problematic in a number of different ways.Sapiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259871146375570988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-51036677417959567002009-04-14T05:23:00.000-07:002009-04-14T05:23:00.000-07:00I'm not sure why historians have been more aggress...I'm not sure why historians have been more aggressive about sharing their advice. I wonder if it has to do with the anxieties I'm picking up among many women's historians that our field isn't where most grad students want to be any more since it's not the latest new thing. (Or if we're just extremely bossy people?)<br /><br />Thanks for the round-up of citations and links. <br /><br />Historiann.comHistoriannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615954696251174822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-16612965565106596532009-04-14T02:07:00.000-07:002009-04-14T02:07:00.000-07:00Oh well, the problem of choosing one's advisor car...Oh well, the problem of choosing one's advisor carefully. Of course everyone points how how important that is, but - according to my friends/colleagues and my experiences - you just realize in the process of writing your dissertation what kind of an advisor you need and what your advisor thinks "advising" means. <br /><br />Don't turn bitter, please. I am sure all your projects gave you useful insights, connected you with your fellow students, and built a good basis for future projects with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com