From the Grand Tour to Mass Tourism
The Modern History of the British Abroad
1st - 2nd April 2010
The British Abroad Conference 1-2 April 2010, Newcastle, UK
We are very pleased to announce that we have an international, interdisciplinary conference; more so, in fact, than we had ever hoped for. In addition to those based in the UK, we have speakers coming from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UAE, and Greece. It promises to be highly stimulating both as an event, and as a subsequent publication.
The conference will be held in the Caledonian Hotel, Jesmond, just to the north of Newcastle’s city centre. The hotel will host all parallel and plenary sessions, lunches, tea breaks, conference dinner on the Thursday, and wine reception on the Friday. It also has 90 rooms available at a special conference rate. There are a number of other hotels very close by, ranging in price, as well as hostel accommodation. Newcastle has an international airport and mainline train station, and the hotel is about ten minutes’ walk from the nearest metro station.
We have received some financial support, but by no means as much as we wanted or indeed applied for, therefore the fees are higher than we would have liked, but we have tried to keep all costs as low as possible, and the fees are substantially lower than most comparable conferences. We are unable, very regrettably, to be able to offer graduate bursaries for this reason, but we have ensured that graduate students pay lower rates. We have not budgeted for, or expect to make, any profit, and in the absence of any other support are particularly grateful to the School of Historical Studies at Newcastle University for underwriting the conference. We would be enormously grateful if you would return the registration form and fees as soon as possible.
Our website: http://tiny.cc/AEuj4
Conference Fees
Speakers:
- Academic £35
- Graduate student £25
Delegates:
- Academic £45
- Graduate Student £20
Conference Dinner
- Academic £25
- Graduate Student £20
Payment can be made through our Grand Tour Payment; but please also complete the registration form and email to xavier.guegan@ncl.ac.uk
Accommodation and Travel
Conference Hotel
Caledonian Hotel, Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, NE2 2AT, 0191 281 788 http://www.peelhotels.co.uk/hotels/caledonian-hotel-newcastle-upon-tyne-tyne-and-wear-england/ Please mention the conference when booking. The conference rate is bed and full English breakfast £79 per person per night.
Other accommodation
Other hotels, all within five minutes’ walking distance:
Osborne Hotel,13-15 Osborne Road, NE2 2AE,
0191 281 3385
Jesmond Hotel,34 Osborne Road, NE2 2AJ,
0191 281 537 (£49.50 conference rate)
Whites Hotel,38-42 Osborne Road, NE2 2AL,
0191 281 5126
Kenilworth Hotel,44 Osborne Road, NE2 2AL,
0191 281 8111
New Northumbria Hotel,61 Osborne Road, NE2 2AN,
0191 281 4961 (£65 conference rate)
Carlton Hotel,82-86 Osborne Road, NE2 2AP,
0191 281 3361
George Hotel,88 Osborne Road, NE2 2AP,
0191 281 4442 (special rates for students)
Gresham Hotel,92 Osborne Road, NE2 2AP
0191 281 6325
Cairn Hotel,97-103 Osborne Road, NE2 2TJ,
0191 281 1358
Best Western,127 Osborne Road, NE2 2TB,
0191 281 7711
Jesmond Park,74-76 Queen's Road, NE2 2PR,
0191 281 2821
A perusal of http://www.laterooms.com for Jesmond hotels reveals prices for the Thursday of the conference ranging from £29 to £85.
Newcastle YHA hostel, 107 Jesmond Road, NE2 1NJ, 0191 281 2570
Public Transport
The hotel is a few minutes’ walk from West Jesmond metro station, which is itself four stops from the Central rail station, and nine stops from the international airport:
http://www.nexus.org.uk/map/main/index.htm
A taxi from the rank outside Central Station to the hotel would take around ten minutes and cost around £5; from the airport around twenty minutes and nearer to £20.
We hope that this deals with any queries you may have; please get back to us if you have any questions at all. We look forward very much to meeting you on 1 April.
Yours,
Martin and Xavier
