North American Conference Session

Conference Location: University of Minnesota Duluth

Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to announce that Jessica H. Clark of Florida State University will be the keynote speaker at the Duluth session of the conference. Professor Clark's research focuses on war and military service as represented in Latin literature of the second and first centuries BCE. She is the author of Triumph in Defeat: Military Loss and the Roman Republic (Oxford, 2014) and the co-editor of Brill's Companion to Military Defeat in Ancient Mediterranean Society (Brill, 2018).

Accommodations

UMD offers lodging at rates that may be significantly more affordable than local hotels. If you are interested in one of these rooms please email Jeffrey Rop ([email protected]).

Hotels with shuttle service to/from the Duluth Airport and UMD's campus:

Hotels without shuttle service but with free parking:

Free parking will be available on UMD's campus for those attending the conference.

Getting to Duluth

Visit Duluth offers good information on traveling to and around Duluth.

By air:

Duluth International Airport is located 10 minutes from downtown and offers direct flights with Delta (from Minneapolis/St. Paul) and United Airlines (from Chicago O’Hare).

By shuttle:

Groome Transportation offers affordable daily shuttle vans between Duluth and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Call (218) 724-4676 to reserve your seat or visit Groome Transportation for online reservations. Direct drop-off to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) and surrounding hotels.

Landline offers nonstop daily scheduled service between the Duluth and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) airport to terminals 1 and 2. You can select the departure/arrival time, standard or fully refundable fare, and your seat location within the booking tool.

By road:

Duluth is easily accessible by car for those located in the upper Midwest. Located on I-35, it is only 150 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

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