Please print out this form, fill in the information requested, and mail it with a check to: Patrick Scott, Victorians Institute, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.  Registration includes the reception, luncheon, and membership in the Institute, with Victorians Institute Journal.  This year it also brings you a year of Victorian Newsletter. A reduced preregistration rate applies to registrations received by September 17.

NAME:

AFFILIATION (for name badge):

E-MAIL:

PREFERRED MAILING ADDRESS (for journal):

Please confirm paper title (if presenting):

Are you willing to chair a session if needed:

Does your paper require IT support 

              Specify equipment needed:

Friday evening: are you interested in going out for dinner with an organized group?
              Check here [   ]: contact Rebecca Stern for details: Stern2@mailbox.sc.edu

DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Pre-registration rate: $80      [Pre-registration for students $65].

Regular registration (after September 18): $90 

Checks should be made out to "University of South Carolina" with subject-line "Victorians Institute 2008."   Payment by credit card is not possible; participants from outside the US are asked to send in the preregistration form by the deadline and contact Dr Scott about paying after arrival.

ADDRESS FOR MAILING: Patrick Scott, Victorians Institute, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. 

Note that you will need to make your own hotel reservations directly with the hotel:  Rooms have been reserved at the recently-renovated Courtyard by Marriott (Downtown at USC), 620 Assembly St, Columbia, close by the library.  To get the conference hotel rate, book by September 3 and say you are attending the Victorians Institute (www.marriott.com/caecd  or tel: 1-803-799-7800; be sure to specify the Courtyard Downtown, as other Marriott hotels are at a distance).  The hotel runs a shuttle from Columbia Metropolitan Airport.  Other nearby hotels include the Inn at USC (Pendleton St and Pickens), Claussen's Inn (Greene St near Five Points), and the Clarion Town House (Gervais St at Pickens): for links see http://www.sc.edu/visitorcenter/jsp/Public/visitor_accommodations.jsp