Business in Quebec

Hey Everyone! Alright, I didn't meet my deadline, I know, but I did want to at least post the videos that I took while I was in Quebec. It really was a fantastic experience, and the city was absolutely beautiful. In case you don't know, I'll give you a little recap of why I was there and what I was doing.

Last year, a professional acquaintance (yes I said professional acquaintance, though you can read that as "another graduate student") of mine contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in serving on a panel with him at the Western Society for French History Annual Conference in Quebec City, Quebec. His work was similar to the stuff I was doing at the time (16th century history of France), so I agreed; lo and behold, a few months later we hear that our panel had been accepted. The Western Society is a pretty serious forum (i.e. not just for grad. students), so we were both thrilled to get the green light.

November 2008 comes, and I made my way up to Quebec to present my paper. I won't bore you with the details, but I'll just relay that the panel went extremely well. People seemed to like my paper, and the chair of our panel (a very notable scholar in the field) mentioned that he would recommend my paper for publication in the conference's Proceedings, a journal that they publish following the conference. Huge deal! I'm going to try to edit the paper and submit it for consideration. A publication of that magnitude at this stage in my career would be really great. I'll keep you posted on that.

Anyways, on to the stuff that you guys really want to see. I will warn that there isn't a lot of action in these videos, but there is some pretty scenery. Enjoy!


This is my best attempt to capture the parts of Quebec that I was able to see. It really was a gorgeous city, perhaps one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen. It was like a cleaner Paris. People were there were really nice too. My favorite moment of the weekend was when I took a run in the park that borders the Saint-Lawrence River. Incredible.


Okay, I know I come across as egotistical in this video, but I took it mainly because I know Meghan wanted to see what I looked like in the new suit that we bought (on sale for less than $100!). Also, I needed a little pick-me-up as this was just before when I gave my paper.


Completely unrelated, but nevertheless kinda cool. A few days ago we had our very first snow here in Columbus, and as I am from Florida, this was worth walking outside and taking a quick video. The snow melted relatively quickly after this, but it was beautiful while it lasted.

Alright, I'm done. I'll probably throw up another post following Thanksgiving. Everyone loves videos of family!