conference
Window view from St John's College 6F
St John's College
You must have seen this on postcards
Seafood galore
I had to immediately change to summer clothes when I arrived, because a short walk under the intolerable sun would make you sweat like a pig. After settling down at St John's College, with my paper and transparencies I was prepared for the conference. My talk went fairly well; I felt privileged to have Mary Baine Campbell and Mary Fuller amongst the audience. The listeners seemed intrigued by my Norwich military company at the spa, The Penitent Pilgrim frontispiece and of course, a new reading of King Lear. One person gave me a valuable suggestion on settlement (immigration laws) and its relation to home and another mentioned about the pamphlets published in 1641. However the majority of the panels were about Victorian travel accounts, and so I wanted questions regarding the literary aspect of my paper on an early modern play. I could do with a little forcefulness. All in all, it was a good experience. So am I good at this academic thing or what?