Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Researching talk-in-interaction -- Chapter 3. The dynamic discursive nature of identity -- Chapter 4. Ethnographic background -- Chapter 5. The data -- Chapter 6. The mechanics of discussions at academic conferences -- Chapter 7. Results of the data analyses -- 7.1 Doing being expert -- 7.2 Doing being a (good) researcher -- 7.3 Doing being entertaining -- 7.4 Performing collective multiple professional identities -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- References -- Index