DocTalks launches calls for presentations twice a year (in June and in December, for the Autumn and Spring seasons respectively). We are happy to receive proposals for presentations or sessions all year long.
We welcome work situated in architectural history and theory and related disciplines. We accept proposals from PhD students, postdocs, and early career researchers at all stages (from those who just started to those about to finish).
We strongly encourage presentations of work in progress as well as polished dissertation extracts. A presentation should take no more than 20 minutes, and can be as broad or as specific as the presenter wishes: from a summary of your entire dissertation, to a particular chapter or even a case-study, archival find, or historiographic debate.
We also welcome proposals for sessions where a host can bring together two presentations on a particular theme of their choice.
If you would like to present a paper at DocTalks, please send us a title and an abstract (no more than 300 words), along with a short bio (200 words).
If you would like to organize a DocTalks session send us a title/theme, along with the bios of two speakers, and their titles & abstracts (see above).
Please send your proposals to
doctalks.contact@gmail.com
Guidelines for Presenters:
As you prepare your presentation, please keep note of the following:
- Presentations should not exceed 15-20 minutes and can (should!) be accompanied by a visual presentation (PowerPoint or similar format).
- Your presentation should reflect the theme delineated in your abstract. You can of course make changes here and there, but you cannot change the overall topic. If in doubt, contact the chair of your session.
- DocTalks is primarily a doctoral and post-doctoral workshop, which means that the presentation should be at the level of a doctoral (early or mature - it doesn't matter) or postdoctoral research. You can turn to material developed earlier only if this is reworked to engage critically with historical and theoretical considerations of the field.
- Practice-based work, technical drawings, master thesis material, and master-level literature reviews lie strictly outside the scope of these meetings.
- DocTalks is not a conference venue; presentations and discussions go beyond the mere broadcasting of information. We gather to discuss, provide feedback, workshop questions and overall help presenters further their work in a safe and collegial setting. For this reason, it is best to format your presentation, keeping some questions in mind that the respondents and participants can help you with.
- It is OK to have unresolved and unpolished thoughts!