The Mid-Atlantic Seminar is an informal group whose aim is to foster the exchange of ideas among scholars of early modern philosophy (roughly, the period from Suarez to Kant).
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Saturday, January 31
Session 1
Session 2
Sunday, February 1
Session 3
Session 4
All sessions will take place at the Sherwood Room in Levering Hall, on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus.
By air: Use Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), which is 15-20 minutes drive from campus.
By train: Amtrak trains stop at Baltimore's main station (“Penn Station”). From the train station take a taxi (7-10 minutes drive, ~$7) to the Homewood Campus on North Charles Street.
By car: Directions to the Homewood Campus from major points of origin are available here. Alternatively, Google Maps can give directions: type your address in here. The parking lot entrance is on the north side of the street.
Once you arrive at Johns Hopkins, use this map of the Homewood campus (PDF). Levering Hall is labeled No. 27. The South entrance is closest to the Sherwood Room.
Thirty rooms have been reserved in a reduced rate of $149/night at the main hotel on the Johns Hopkins campus, The Colonnade.
For the reduced rate, reservation must be made before January 17. To receive the reduced rate mention the Johns Hopkins Philosophy Department-Early Modern Philosophy Seminar contract.
We have also reserved several rooms at the Broadview Apartments at a $95/night rate. Please speak with Betty at the Broadview Apartments, (410) 243-1216.
Finally, you may also check availability of rooms on Hotwire.com (search zip code: 21218), which frequently offers lower rates.
We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Philosophy Department at Johns Hopkins, the Singleton Center for the Study of Pre-Modern Europe at Johns Hopkins, and the Templeton Foundation.
If you have further questions, please contact the conference organizer, Yitzhak Melamed <ymelame1 at jhu dot edu>.