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THE 26TH HUME SOCIETY CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND
Please Register before JUNE 15th; registrants after that date may not be supplied with conference papers. Registration form Name: _________________
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Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, Ireland.
Receipts will be issued prior to the conference.
The Conference will be held in the Boole Lecture Theatres, at University College Cork, Ireland, from Monday 19th July [registration from 9.30; first paper at 4 p.m.] until Friday, 23rd July, 1999 [final paper at 4 p.m. followed by reception at 6 p.m.]. Travel From the UK and Europe:
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The University and Cork The university stands on a bluff overlooking the south channel of the River Lee about 1 mile west of the city centre. The original buildings by Deane and Woodward date from 1848 when the University was founded as one of the Queen’s Colleges – the others being in Galway and Belfast. In 1908 the Queen’s Colleges of Cork and Galway were amalgamated with the Royal University in Dublin as Constituent Colleges of the federal National University of Ireland. The Queen’s College Belfast then became The Queen’s University Belfast and remains so to this day. By the Universities Act, 1997 the three constituent Colleges of the National University of Ireland, together with Maynooth, became constituent Universities of the restructured National University of Ireland. Cork has been a city for over 800 years, is the largest city in Ireland outside Dublin, and is a regional industrial centre for Munster. Well known to tourists for Blarney Castle, Cork has a large harbour with direct connections by sea to France and the UK; it has two third-level colleges and a long tradition in brewing. Conference Costs On this occasion, we have separated the basic registration fee from the cost of the conference papers, anticipating that all registered participants may not need the latter. Registration fee: IR£30
Reduced Registration fee for students. * The Conference Banquet, on Thursday evening [July 22nd], at 7.00 p.m., will be in Greene’s Restaurant on MacCurtain Street in the city centre. The Restaurant is part of Isaac’s hostel and hotel complex which includes the popular bistro, Isaac’s. A meat, fish and vegetarian main course will be available, and wine is included. ** The Conference Excursion, on Wednesday afternoon [July 21st] ? from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ? is by coach from UCC, through East Cork and Co. Waterford to Lismore. There will be an opportunity to visit the Cathedral of St Carthage, a mediaeval foundation and one of the simplest and most beautiful Cathedrals in Ireland. Some may prefer to visit Lismore Castle grounds overlooking the River Blackwater. Lismore Castle, which is not open to the public, was originally the seat of the Boyle family, the Earls of Cork; here the chemist Robert Boyle was born. From Lismore, we travel south through Villierstown, a seventeenth-century planned town associated with linen production. Across the river at the entrance to the road into the town stands a gate, a folly, in the northern Indian mogul style. From Villierstown the coach drives through Cloyne, where George Berkeley was Bishop; then to Middleton, where we visit the Jameson Heritage Centre. In the Middleton distillery are the produced the Irish Whiskeys: Paddy, Powers, the various Jamesons and Middleton. Accommodation Available on campus, at the Castlewhite Apartments; in city-centre hostel;
in B&B [Bed & Breakfast] accommodation adjacent to the university;
in nearby hotels [all grades available].
On the Conference web-page [http://www.umich.edu/~sdarwall/cork2.htm] are listed and described some hostels, hotels and B&Bs. If you wish to make your own arrangements, you may wish to telephone Cork-Kerry Tourism, Grand Parade, Cork [tel.: (353)21.273251; e-mail: user@cktourism.ie; web-page: www.ireland.travel.ie]. Cork-Kerry Tourism will make reservations for you, but requires a credit card. If you wish to reserve directly, here are some telephone numbers:
*prices are for single rooms
If you wish to reserve through Garrett Barden, please contact him directly on his e-mail: gbarden@ucc.ie – telling him which kind of accommodation you need and what your upper daily limit is. Prices, as you will have noticed from the web-page, range widely even within B&Bs. Useful address and numbers Secretary, Hume Society Meeting, Philosophy Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Tel: (353)21-902588; fax (353)21-276079. Professor Desmond Clarke, Philosophy Department, University College
Cork.
Professor Garrett Barden, Philosophy Department, University College
Cork.
Sponsorship The conference is being assisted financially by the Philosophy Department,
University College Cork, and by the Arts Faculty Fund, University College,
Cork.
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