I’ve now had requests to attend two different events in upcoming months (hurrah! Wow, it’s cool to be in demand… and both contacts made through the website and/or the blog, I think. See, my cunning plan is working). One has already been arranged for Friday 18th March; the other not quite finalised but a Friday in March is on the table.
Not to mention a notice of an Open University seminar on criminal justice history in Ireland and Scotland on Friday 25 February; and then there’s the York cultures of violence conference on 21-23 April (Thursday to Saturday).
Today I finally got the semester timetable with my one little two-hour class. (I did ask about this last month, but presumably it wasn’t ready.)
Guess what day of the week it’s on?
Fortunately it looks as though the not-quite-finalised event* will in fact be during our Reading week, and the 18th is the last day of term before the Easter hols so I’m guessing the students won’t mind that class being rearranged…
Sadly, though, I think the February seminar is out (sorry, Chris). But I don’t know what to do about the York conference. It’s an important conference and I really want to go along, but due to my own incompetence in missing the deadline I don’t have the excuse that I have to go to give a paper. And it could be bad enough rearranging the class once, let alone twice.
Dammit.
………….
* Which, by the way, is a study day on the history of crime in Wales, at Swansea. Anyone interested?
2 comments on “Sod’s Law strikes again”
Tell the poor students that if they are up for it, you want to arrange the seminar on a different day. This always works with Friday seminars. Use the Meet-o-matic:
http://www.meetomatic.com/calendar.asp
Or else re-arrange the seminar with one of your colleagues. Mutter something about the AHRB wanting you to prioritise research events over teaching . . . mumble mumble . . . go on your report . . . mumble mumble . . . slight possibility of de-recognition . . . mutter.
What makes rearranging more difficult than it would usually be is that it’s a two-hour slot (and needs to be) *and* really needs a proper classroom rather than being able to use my office… Urgh. Well, I’ll see how much hassle it is in March and then finally decide what to do about York.