Registration
Form for Participants in conference related events - Forma de
Registro para los eventos paralelos relacionados con la Conferencia
In the days before the conference starts,
a number of cultural and social activities will be organised for
conference delegates and other participants, which will include guided
tours to Teotihuacan, Tenayuca, Malinalco and Chalma, city walks through
colonial and Aztec Mexico City and Coyoacan, the worlds of Frida Kahlo
and Leon Trotsky and an exploration of the floating gardens of
Xochimilco. The tours have been designed by the Academic staff of the
The International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies and
will be conducted by Culture Guide José Alberto Aviles, event and
outreach manager in Enkidu Magazine. Due to the international
composition of the delegates, the tours will generally be conducted in
English.
The tours that we have designed for the
conference delegates this year, focus on specific archaeological sites,
local fiestas, customs, rituals, beliefs, arts and traditions in
villages and communities throughout Central Mexico. Each tour has a
specific theme and is guided by multilingual guides with specific
knowledge about the site or community, often individuals with local
roots with a desire to give you an insider view of their reality.
By participating in the pre-conference
program, you will be taken to the most remarkable places, and we will
open doors for you that remain closed for most regular tourists. With
the exception of Teotihuacan (that you should have seen once in your
lifetime) and perhaps Tlatelolco, the twin city of the imperial capital
of Tenochtitlan, the other archaeological sites we will visit are less
known by outsiders and often not even mentioned in guidebooks.
The social and cultural activities for conference
delegates, will start on Monday 3. December with a guided tour to
Malinalco and Chalma to the south of the city. The academic
pre-conference program will start on Friday 7. December with a special
introductory session in the floating gardens of Xochimilco in the
southern part of this immense city. In the evening of 7. December, you
are all invited to the opening of the conference art exhibition 2007 and
a little cocktail.
In addition to the official
pre-conference program, conference delegates will also have discounts in
various theater plays and film screenings in the days before, during and
after the conference.
The final program for the cultural and
social pre-conference activities can be consulted below and will be
announced also in our biweekly newsletter for conference delegates. The
final program for theater, cinema and similar activities with discounts
for conference participants before and during the conference, will be
announced in the conference newsletter.
The tours fill up quickly, and if you
haven't already registered for one of the following activities, we
recommend that you sign up as early as possible by filling in the form here.
Participation in these activities is in most cases included in the
registration fee for conference delegates and observer participants with
name badge, but the tours to Malinalco, Chalma, Tenayuca, Xochimilco and
Teotihuacan that include transport from specific meeting points that
will be announced in the conference newsletter, have an additional cost.
If you would like to participate in the
pre-conference program, a separate registration is neccesary.
Reservation for the tours is on a first come first served basis.
Sightseeing tours that include transport (Malinalco, Chalma, Tenayuca
and Teotihuacan) will only take place if the minimum number of
registrations is reached. We therefore recommend you to sign up for
these tours as early as possible. After submitting the registration
form you will receive within 48 hours an e-mail from the
Committee with payment information. If a tour fills up early and a
sufficient number of delegates still indicate interest in participating,
we will consider organizing additional tours. Participants interested in
any of the activities listed below should sign up by filling in the form
here.
Remember that in order to get a
reduced delegate price for the tours you sign up for, you must first
have paid the regular conference registration
fee for your participant category.
If there are seats available, Non
delegates who are not registered as Conference Delegates, Observer
Participants, Accompanying Persons or Media Representatives, are welcome
to sign up for the tours and the rest of the pre-conference program.
