======= Date Modified 03 14 2009 22:14:04 =======
Hi y'all :-)
Just to say am back, conference done. Hand rested, much, much better. The conference went off well I think. I was nervous to be the only student in a room of scholars, spoke at my usual supersonic speed which only I can understand (!) but on the plus side, people came up and said great things, asked for the paper and actually sought me out later to say pretty nice stuff :-)
My sup was in the audience (which was scary) and she said 'it has been a triumph, in all, a great communicative moment!'
The flip side: everyone agreed I spoek too fast for people to grasp stuff. That I was operating at a level that was slightly difficult to get for non niche people (but I am just 10 months in)....
It was scary yes, to speak in a set of 11 speakers where everyone else was a scholar, including one who started his work when my mum was 5 years old. Well, he walked up after lunch and asked for my slides (even if he did it out of politeness, I was overwhelmed!)
Some experience, I tell you. Oh dear....