theyellowhobbit

Dear SBL,

I appreciate the fact that you have many interesting things going on this weekend. But did you really need to have the session with all my archaeological heroes and cool biblical studies professors overlap with the session my current professor is speaking in? Couldn't you have made the first one a little earlier? Now I have to leave one early to get to the other, which I know is commonly done, but still can be disruptive.

Sincerely,

Rachel
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The sessions in question, both this afternoon:

“The Bible’s Buried Secrets” PBS NOVA Documentary: Critical Perspectives and Scholarly Responses
3:15-4:45 PM
With:

Joan Branham, Providence College, Presiding
Michael Coogan, Stonehill College, Presiding
Gary Glassman, Providence Pictures, Panelist
Shaye Cohen, Harvard University, Panelist
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Panelist
William Dever, University of Arizona, Panelist
Tristan Barako, Providence Pictures, Panelist

Art and Religions of Antiquity
4:00-6:30 PM
With:

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Presiding
Christine Kondoleon, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Laura S. Nasrallah, Harvard University
Patricia Cox Miller, Syracuse University
Rachel Gostenhofer, University of Toronto
Peter Schertz, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Respondent
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I might leave the second one early as well, because I have rehearsal at 7. Though it might be possible to get to MIT in a half hour. The conference is in the Hynes Convention Center, which is actually a T stop on the green line. I'd have to transfer to red from Park Street and walk from Kendall, but it can be done... Oh wait, it's on the #1 bus route, too! Yay! And they come often enough that if I get to the stop at 6:40 or even 6:50 I'll have no trouble getting to MIT on time.

So I guess this is all doable, but very annoying. And I probably should privilege the earlier session if I only go to one, since it has more cool people in it, and I don't see any of them anymore.

Though I realize I need to leave in a half hour. I still need lunch. Meep.