Dates
January 12-14th, 2012
Fees
Registration: $60
Banquet Tickets: $30
Registration fees include lunch on Friday (13th) and Saturday (14th), a continental breakfast before sessions commence on Saturday (14th), and tickets to the Wine & Cheese Reception.
Additional dinner tickets may be purchased if desired.
Registration fees and dinner fees will be collected upon arrival at TRU. The last day to register is January 12th, however the last day to reserve/purchase banquet tickets is January 3rd as we must give our final numbers to our caterer.
Location
Our sessions will take place in the Arts and Education building as well as the International building. See the campus map for directions.
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Where to Stay
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Coast Kamloops Hotel, the hotel connected to the Kamloops Convention Centre where the PHP Conference banquet will be held. (Please note that the Coast Kamloops Hotel was previously the Kamloops Towne Lodge; the hotel was recently sold and renovated.) We have been given a special rate of $109 per night. Please say that you are coming for the TRU Philosophy, History, and Politics Conference when you book a room.
Address: 1250 Rogers Way
Phone number for reservations: 1-800-663-1144
Conference Events
Keynote Address -Friday, January 13th, 7:30PM
The address will be held in the Irving K. Barber Centre in the House of Learning, TRU
Dr. Barbara Arneil, associate professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, will be giving an address titled "Cosmopolitanism and Global Citizenship".
The Keynote Address will be followed by a Wine & Cheese Reception in the Gallery of the House of Learning at 8:30PM.
Conference Banquet - Saturday, January 14th, 5:30PM
Dinner and Dance in the Vista Room at the Kamloops Convention Centre
The dinner will be catered by Ora Restaurant & Lounge.
Dr. Annie St. John-Stark, assistant professor of History at Thompson Rivers University will be speaking on the history of apocalyptic thought and theories at the banquet. Her address is titled " Apocalypse...When?: The Fearful Guessing Game in Western History".
Executive Organizing Committee