I had been trying to take it easy in regards to conferences after this last year (AAS in Hawaii, Church in Asia con in Hong Kong as well as ASA in Las Vegas and 3 paper presentations at SSSR in Milwaukee had tired me out), but it looks like I will have one more before the lull.
I will be presenting at the Young Scholars in Social Movements Conference hosted here at ND. My paper is the latest draft of my masters thesis on political opportunity perception in social movements.
***UPDATE***
Here is the presentation schedule: [link]
***UPDATE 2***
My presentation went well enough it seems. The feedback from those who stopped me afterward to comment on it was mostly positive. I had felt a little incoherent (likely because it was a theoretically heavy paper and I didn't read from a script), but it seems to have not come off that way.
The best part was the feedback I received from Hank Johnston, the discussant for our session. He had structured his comments like a peer-review, which was exactly what I need for this paper. He also was kind enough to pull me aside and we had a really helpful conversation about the paper and where my work is at. This was the first time being on a panel with a discussant, and it was a great first experience.
