An upper room, smuggled grog, plots and intrigues to undermine the university system, a surprise visit by ‘Tutus on Tour’ and the Bible and Critical Theory Seminar was off. Along with a few intrepid Australians and one Brit (John Barclay), a good bunch of kiwis gathered in the upper room of The Bog in Dunedin and were treated to a feast of papers. More on that when I have a bit more time, but here we are:
Two firsts for the 13th year of the BCT (apart from meeting in Dunedin): there was no registration since the room was free – as long as we drank their grog – and they had table service for those who needed coffee and other refreshments:
Some of the locals did find the wait for beer o’clock a little tedious:
But it did arrive at last:
8 February, 2010 at 11:19 am
I seriously just sent off an email to a bunch of my friends and told them that we need to organize a conference in a pub. So many good BCT memories…
9 February, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Ah, homesickness …
8 February, 2010 at 9:51 pm
It was such an awesome experience with charged ideas matched only by the comradery. I’ll try to bring more annoying cultural studies types like myself next time round.
Well done James and Roland.
9 February, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Hey Remy, great to see you there … and bring ‘em along. Next year in Brisbane, I think.
9 February, 2010 at 8:28 am
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