Sol Invictus
02-26-2009, 05:02 AM
New England Conference on Mithraic Studies
http://www.mithracon.org/wp/
Conference dates for 2009 are Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19. Please register early!
Registration
Conference registration fees cover expenses including conference room, refreshments and a limited amount of photocopying while at the Yale Library.
In addition, you’ll want to register as soon as possible for your room at the Courtyard Marriott at Yale. Unless we get enough rooms reserved, we will have to pay the full rate! So please reserve early.
Hotel registration: Register by March 11 to get the conference rate by calling (203) 777-6221. (The national reservation number will not get you the lower rate.)
Preparing for MithraCon
– Conference dress is casual, though some people bring a nicer outfit for dining out. New Haven in April can be chilly and windy, so be prepared.
– To make the most of your time at the library, it may be worthwhile to search its catalog beforehand and make notes of books you want to find.
– Bring materials for any presentations you may wish to give to the group. Presentations are not required, but are a good way to test works in progress, start discussions on subjects of interest, and inform and delight your fellow participants. Presentations should be no more than 30 minutes.
For those of you coming from the Boston or New York areas: take the train to New Haven’s Union Station; there will be plenty of cabs there who will be more than willing to shlep you and your gear the mile and a half or so to the hotel, which is almost on the Yale campus. Check in is 3 p.m., but if you get there earlier, you can leave your stuff with the front desk, and then maybe meander across the street to the huge Barnes & Noble bookstore or some of the other shops. Bus service to New Haven is also an option. If you need to call a cab, the number is (203) 777-7777.
– Bring $10 for your Yale library stacks pass plus money for meals, photocopying and any shopping you may wish to do (including purchases from fellow conferees). Yale Art Gallery admission is a voluntary $5.
– Merchant goods if you wish to sell to fellow conferees. Merchant space is free and will be secured during non-conference times so that merchants need not choose between participating and guarding their products.
The Site
The conference is held at the Courtyard Marriott, which provides a conference room and comfortable accommodations. The hotel is near a shopping district and a very short walk from Yale University itself. Conferees typically dine together Friday at the Istanbul Cafe, a Turkish restaurant, and this year are planning a potluck/takeout meal on Saturday night during presentation time.
Conference participants have on occasion used free time to wander through new and used bookstores or explore the non-Mithraic wonders of Yale’s world-class Art Gallery.
http://www.mithracon.org/wp/
Conference dates for 2009 are Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19. Please register early!
Registration
Conference registration fees cover expenses including conference room, refreshments and a limited amount of photocopying while at the Yale Library.
In addition, you’ll want to register as soon as possible for your room at the Courtyard Marriott at Yale. Unless we get enough rooms reserved, we will have to pay the full rate! So please reserve early.
Hotel registration: Register by March 11 to get the conference rate by calling (203) 777-6221. (The national reservation number will not get you the lower rate.)
Preparing for MithraCon
– Conference dress is casual, though some people bring a nicer outfit for dining out. New Haven in April can be chilly and windy, so be prepared.
– To make the most of your time at the library, it may be worthwhile to search its catalog beforehand and make notes of books you want to find.
– Bring materials for any presentations you may wish to give to the group. Presentations are not required, but are a good way to test works in progress, start discussions on subjects of interest, and inform and delight your fellow participants. Presentations should be no more than 30 minutes.
For those of you coming from the Boston or New York areas: take the train to New Haven’s Union Station; there will be plenty of cabs there who will be more than willing to shlep you and your gear the mile and a half or so to the hotel, which is almost on the Yale campus. Check in is 3 p.m., but if you get there earlier, you can leave your stuff with the front desk, and then maybe meander across the street to the huge Barnes & Noble bookstore or some of the other shops. Bus service to New Haven is also an option. If you need to call a cab, the number is (203) 777-7777.
– Bring $10 for your Yale library stacks pass plus money for meals, photocopying and any shopping you may wish to do (including purchases from fellow conferees). Yale Art Gallery admission is a voluntary $5.
– Merchant goods if you wish to sell to fellow conferees. Merchant space is free and will be secured during non-conference times so that merchants need not choose between participating and guarding their products.
The Site
The conference is held at the Courtyard Marriott, which provides a conference room and comfortable accommodations. The hotel is near a shopping district and a very short walk from Yale University itself. Conferees typically dine together Friday at the Istanbul Cafe, a Turkish restaurant, and this year are planning a potluck/takeout meal on Saturday night during presentation time.
Conference participants have on occasion used free time to wander through new and used bookstores or explore the non-Mithraic wonders of Yale’s world-class Art Gallery.