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DATES, TIMES, PLACES:
The colloquium is held annually at the end of May/beginning of June (usually the weekend following Memorial Day observed, but 2011 will be an exception). Events begin on the Thursday and continue through the Saturday evening. The date of the 2011 colloquium will be announced soon. Sessions are held on the Cornell campus.

TRAVEL: The Ithaca airport is served by Continental Airlines, USAirways Express, and Delta Airlines. The Syracuse airport (60 miles north) is served by several major carriers. There’s a shuttle van that transports passengers from Syracuse airport to Ithaca (cost is about $110 round trip; the ride takes about an hour and a half each way). If you’re driving and need directions, contact Scott MacDonald. (See the University’s information about travel: Travel to Cornell and Maps.)


ACCOMMODATIONS: Accommodations are available in local hotels and bed-and-breakfasts. Colloquium participants should book their own accommodations. (See information about accommodations.)

MEALS: Dinners: Thursday evening at Scott MacDonald’s house; Friday and Saturday evenings at local restaurants. Lunches: we'll walk to nearby restaurants.

COSTS: A voluntary contribution of $50 covers the cost of the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening dinners and other colloquium expenses. Participants pay their own way at lunches.

PRESENTATIONS: If you’d like to make a presentation, please contact Scott MacDonald. Sessions are typically an hour and fifteen minutes in length. The objective is to reserve at least half an hour in each session for discussion. Presentations may, but needn’t, consist in the reading of a formal paper. Presentation of work-in-progress and directed, seminar style discussions are also welcome. Longer or shorter sessions may be arranged. There are no concurrent sessions.

ARRIVING IN ITHACA: Those who are interested may gather at 11:30am on Thursday at the Philosophy Office (218 Goldwin Smith Hall). We'll walk to a nearby venue for lunch before the opening session. (Campus Maps)

PARKING: If you’re coming by car and plan to park on or near campus, there are two options.

(1) Parking permits are available for parking on campus. Arrangements for parking permits should be made in advance (email Scott MacDonald). The cost is approximately $15.

  1. (2) You can park just off campus, on the street or in a public parking ramp. Since Cornell is not in session, on-street parking is readily available. The best bets are Thurston Avenue (just north of campus, about a 10 minute walk to GS; meters are 25¢/hour) and Collegetown (just south). Most of the on-street parking is metered. There's a public parking ramp on campus and in Collegetown (each about a 15 minute walk from Goldwin Smith); the public ramps are marked on campus maps.