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Location, Housing, and Resources

The seminar will be held at St. Andrews University , in St. Andrews , Scotland , a location which offers all the amenities of a university

community in a medieval, university town, and a beautiful, natural setting.

The seminar meetings will take place in St. Salvator's Quad of United College, built in 1450 and in use in the eighteenth century. The meeting room will be available to seminar participants for small group discussions at all times (apart from the seminar meetings).

Participants may also visit the University's museums, including fine and decorative art collections, as well as museums of natural history, and of the history of science. Further information about St. Andrews can be obtained here.

Participants will have free reading access to the university library, a fully appointed collection for academic research; the library is open M-F 8:45 a.m.-12 a.m.; Saturday 9 am.-1p.m. For varying fees, participants may use the St. Andrews sports facilities, including famously superb facilities for golfing (click here for details). For a one time fee of £2, participants may also use St. Andrews computer facilities, including computers with both internet access and word-processing (the computers are pcs, with Microsoft Word). There are no computers in individuals’ rooms, but there is one computer in New Hall (the building in which participants will be housed), and there are computers in the library (hours above); the town of St. Andrews also has several internet cafés, should participants find this means of internet access more convenient. Should participants wish to bring laptops, they may (or may not) be able to use wireless access to the internet: St. Andrews hopes to have wireless internet service up and running throughout the university by next summer, but may or may not finish doing so by the time of the seminar.

Participants will be housed in the New Hall, which is approximately ten minutes' walk from the seminar meeting room.

All rooms in New Hall have a double bed, an en suite bathroom, television, and telephone; the cost of this

accommodation is approximately $1500 for the duration of the seminar (the precise amount will depend on the exchange rate). A small number of "family" rooms (i.e., rooms with an additional twin bed) may be available, for an extra charge. The room fee includes breakfast; participants will also have the option of purchasing full board in the University's dining facilities for the duration of the seminar (approximately $550, depending on the exchange rate). The town of St. Andrews is within walking distance from the University, and has many restaurants and cafes. Photographs of the rooms in New Hall, as well further information about meals and accommodation can be found at the St. Andrews conference website.

St. Andrews is in a beautiful coastal area, offering many opportunities for walks, and other appreciation of naturalbeauty. It is also an easy commuting distance from Edinburgh , which is approximately 1/2 hour by train from Leucars, a nearby town (a 10 minutes' taxi ride from St. Andrews ). The proximity to Edinburgh will allow participants to engage in archival research at the National Library of Scotland, as well as to exploit the other cultural opportunitiesafforded by this city. Apart from the museums and historicaland cultural institutions in Edinburgh that participants may wish to visit, the duration of the seminar overlaps with the first week of the Edinburgh "Fringe," the world's largest art festival, which presents a wide array of experimental, theatrical and street performances.