​The Cancelled Conference 2.0

AWAWS Brisbane Chapter presents 'The Cancelled Conference 2.0'

Last year AWAWS Brisbane hosted The Cancelled Conference, and asked postgraduate students to put their cancelled conference papers to good use. The conference was a great success and one of the most rewarding aspects of the conference was the feedback presenting postgraduate students received from senior academics who attended. 

This year, in partnership with the AWAWS Academic Mentoring Program, AWAWS Brisbane is hosting The Cancelled Conference 2.0: a postgraduate conference designed to give students the opportunity to receive feedback on their work from established academics who are invested in supporting and fostering postgraduate scholarship.

There will be a number of AWAWS mentors in attendance and chairing the panels. This will ensure every presenter has the opportunity to receive critical and constructive feedback from leading academics in their field. There will also be a plenary discussion panel about the AWAWS Academic Mentoring Program. This session will highlight the benefits of academic mentoring and showcase positive academic outcomes achieved through the program by past mentors and mentees. 

Who is this conference for?

• Postgraduate students involved in the AWAWS mentoring program who would like to showcase their work to their mentors, their peers, and the broader community of ancient world studies
• Postgraduate students who are interested in joining the AWAWS mentoring program and would like to see what the mentoring program can do for them
• Postgraduates students seeking critical and constructive feedback from academics in their field 

This conference is open to all AWAWS postgraduate members. It will be held online to give students an opportunity to meet and mingle with academics in their field of study from across Australia and New Zealand who might be otherwise inaccessible due to distance. 
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Date and Location 
The Cancelled Conference 2.0 will be held between Wednesday 29 September – Thursday 30 September 2021.
The conference will be held virtually through Zoom. Once the program has been finalised information on how to register and attend each session will be circulated. Please save the date in the meantime. 
Conditions 

• 20 minute paper + 10 minute question time 
• Paper submissions are open to all AWAWS postgraduate members: renew or join here.
• There is no set theme for this conference, all topics are welcome 
• Audience attendance is free and open to the public
• We stress that the aim of the conference is to support and encourage postgraduate research, and we invite all postgraduates, academics, and industry professionals to attend and share this aim. 

How to apply
To apply for the conference please send an abstract and your completed submission form to AWAWS Brisbane [email protected] - Submissions are due by Monday 26 July. 

The Cancelled Conference 2.0 submission form
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If you have any further questions about the conference, you can contact us via our email address or Facebook page. 
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: @awawsbrisbane 

​Conference Convenors
Brianna Sands, MPhil candidate (UQ), Co-chair AWAWS Brisbane Chapter
Tyla Cascaes, PhD candidate (UQ), Co-chair AWAWS Brisbane Chapter ​