Registration is now open
Registration for this year's Joint Session is open! You can register here (you will probably need to create an account for the Reading Store):
Intending to present at the Open Sessions? Please see the information below!
Attendees (including those presenting papers) must be members of either the Mind Association or the Aristotelian Society. You can join the Aristotelian Society from as little as £5 or the Mind Association (which includes a subscription to the Mind journal).
Please do not register using the Reading Store (you'll be emailed a separate form) if you...
are presenting at the Postgraduate Sessions,
are speaking at the 100th anniversary round-table,
are an Aristotelian Society officer,
or have been recruited by Luke to help during the Joint Session.
They are not set in stone, but here is the current menu. Crucial information: if you register after June 1 you may not get a custom tote bag.
Student or unwaged (evidence may be requested):
Early (until April 10) £95
Regular (April 11 until end May) £115
Late (June 1 until June 24) £160
Faculty/staff/waged:
Early (until April 10) £165
Regular (April 11 until end May) £195
Late (June 1 until June 24) £230
If you have had an abstract accepted for the Open Sessions and would like to present it, there is an option to tick a box saying so, and to enter the title of your abstract, towards the end of the registration process. Some information for you:
To allow for accurate room bookings, Open Sessions presenters must register by June 5 (and this deadline could shift). The policy is to allow all Open Sessions abstracts of an appropriate standard, subject to space. In practice this could mean more accepted abstracts than rooms available, so do make sure to register early (and benefit from the lower prices). If you are able to register and select the appropriate box, you have secured a place on the programme.
Nobody can present more than once. So if you've had an abstract accepted for the Open Sessions, and had a different paper sent to the Open Sessions from the Postgraduate Session, you must take your pick!
Open sessions will take place on Thursday 9th (one session in the early evening) and Friday 10th (one at lunchtime and one at mid-afternoon).
Book your official accommodation at this link.
The full programme will be posted soon, but for planning purposes at present the official 'philosophy' programme runs from 2pm on Wednesday 8 July until about 4pm on Friday 10 July.
Reading is a campus university about a 1 mile walk out of town, though the buses are excellent. So if in doubt, please book the official accommodation on campus.
The following are all unofficial suggestions, which I have not tested:
Here is a cheaper way of booking rooms (no B&B or bedding by default!) on campus.
The University has discounts with hotels in Reading, details at this link (pdf). On this list, the Roseate is probably the 'fanciest' central hotel, near the station and opposite Forbury Gardens.
Near the University is the Best Western which typically offers very reasonable rates, and is about a 15-20 minute walk.