Looking back on Barcelona and looking forward to 2009

We want to thank all young scholars for the input they have provided in Barcelona.

We have had four very successful meetings with young scholars:

-- A very pleasant informal meeting before the conference at the beautiful Palau de la Música Catalana, which was attended by some 35-40 young scholars;

-- The business meeting where the new board was elected (which also attracted some 35 people, one of the best attended ECREA business meetings);

-- The YECREA panel, well-attended by 'young' and 'old' scholars and featuring interesting input from the audience regarding YECREA initiatives such as the website and the Summer School

-- The YECREA party at the Sidecar: the best attended of all, with young and old scholars and many of the volunteering students from the organisation celebrating the success (and end) of the conference until early hours.

The new board (Benjamin de Cleen, Joanna Redden and Tamara Witschge) looks forward to developing the initiatives proposed in Barcelona and looks forward to receiving continued input from the membership. We plan to publish a YECREA newsletter in the New Year, which will feature more in-depth information of the things discussed at the meetings as well as calls for participation and lots more!

For information on the conference: conference website

For pictures of the conference: the ECC08 Flickr Photostream

For videos: the ECC08 YouTube Channel

If you have ECREA 2008 pictures or information you want to share with the young scholars, please upload them and send the link to yecrea @gmail.com