NYU Postcolonial Colloquium
 open to all those with an interest in postcolonial studies

Postcolonialism and the Hit of the Real
Conference March 6-8, 2008

Travel to NYU

Area: New York University is centered around Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Manhattan

Getting to NYU: http://www.nyu.edu/about/travel.html

Interactive campus map: http://www.nyu.edu/about/virtual.html

Download NYU campus map in pdf format

Public routes site: http://www.publicroutes.com/transit/transitdirection.aspx

New York subway map: http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm

Accommodation in New York City
Please book early--hotels in New York get booked up fast.

A small number of NYU graduate students are willing to host graduate students from other universities who are attending the conference. Email pococonference2008@gmail.com with your request.

Washington Square Hotel http://www.wshotel.com/
Star Hotel, Chelsea http://starhotelny.com/
Chelsea Savoy Hotel http://www.chelseasavoynyc.com/

Club Quarters- 40 W. 45th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues
www.clubquarters.com
password: NYU
Reservations: 212 575 0006

 
Bookings may be made through www.new-york-bookings.com at:
Clarion Hotel (429 Park Ave South i.e. midtown)
Latham Hotel (4 E 28 St)
Gershwin Hotel (7 E 27 St)
Herald Square Hotel
Broadway Plaza Hotel (43 W 32 St b/w 5th Ave and Broadway)

Bookings may be made through www.booking.com at:
Hotel Pennsylvania
Best Western President Hotel (Times Sq)
Quality Hotel (Times Sq)
Murray Hill East Hotel (E 39 St)

Bookings may be made through www.nyc.com at:
Hotel 41 (Times Sq)
St James Hotel (Times Sq)
Edison Towers (Times Sq)
Portland Square Hotel (Times Sq area)
Americana Inn (38 St, Garment district)
Best Western President Hotel (48 St)
Econo Lodge (Times Sq)
Washington Jefferson Hotel (51 St, midtown)
Radisson Martinique on Broadway (32 St, Garment district)
Hotel Stanford (32 St b/w 5th Ave and Broadway)
Comfort Inn New York (36 St, Garment district)
Travel Inn Hotel (Times Sq)
Chelsea Star Hotel (30 St)
Skyline Hotel (10th Ave, midtown west)
Grand Union (32 St b/w Park and Madison Ave.)
Helmesley Middletowne Hotel (E 48 St, midtown east)
Thirty Thirty Hotel (30St, Murray Hill)
Salisbury Hotel (57 St, midtown west)
The Pod Hotel (51 St, midtown east)

Other sites through which bookings may be made:
http://hotels.travelzoo.com/new-york-hotels/
http://gonyc.about.com/od/hotels/tp/topcheaphotel.htm

 

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