Registration Options and Fees

The online registration system for the Humanities Conference has been designed so that you may register through a web interface and also monitor the status of your registration payment and confirmation.

Summary of Registration Process

  • Click on the Registration link below. You will have two options:
  • Option 1.
    If you are an Existing User you will need to login with the email address and password used when you first created your account.
    Forgot your login? click here
  • Option 2.
    If you are a New User you will need to follow the instructions to create an account and proceed with registration.


Click here to register for the Conference.
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Upon confirming your registration you will be able to view the invoice on screen. This invoice may be printed. You will also receive an automated email confirming your registration requirements, and an invoice/receipt.

If you have any queries please email the Conference Secretariat, or see the contact link for more options.


Registration Options and Fees

Group Registrations
Payment Options
Cancellation Policy
Graduate Scholar Award
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Virtual Registration (Further Information)
$US200.00

Group Registrations

The Group Registration Rate of $US400 per person, is available for five (5) or more participants from the same institution/organisation, registering at the same time. This discount cannot be combined with any other discounted rate. Please download and complete the Group Registration Form (Word document); attach the completed form to an email; and send the email with attachment to the address at the top of the form.

Payment Options

You must register first before you submit a payment. Please register here. Payment may be made by cheque, bank transfer or credit card (MasterCard, Visa or American Express). All payments must be in US dollars (USD).

Payment by Bank Transfer
You must register first here before you submit a payment.

Bank Transfers outside the US: For any bank transfer made from outside the US, please include an additional US$30 per transfer to the total amount transmitted. (This fee covers intermediary banks' service charges.) All bank charges for remittances are to be borne by the participant. Failure to pay this fee will result in an incomplete registration.

Please include your registration number (H10R0…) in the description section of your transfer.

If you select ‘Bank Transfer’ as your payment method, the bank account details will be listed in your registration confirmation email. You may also contact accounts@thehumanities.com for details.

Payment by Cheque
You must register first here before you submit a payment.

Cheques or money orders should be made payable to ‘Common Ground Publishing’.

Please include your registration number (H10R0…) on your remittance advice.

**Please post cheques or money orders in USD only to:

Common Ground Publishing
University of Illinois Research Park
60 Hazelwood Dr., Suite 226
Champaign, IL 61820 USA

Email confirmation will be sent upon receipt of your payment.

Payment by Credit Card
You must register first here before you submit a payment. Submitting your credit card information will not result in an automatic transfer of funds from your credit card account. The transaction is processed manually in United States Dollars (USD) after the final cost has been confirmed.

An itemised invoice/statement will be issued and confirmation of your credit card authorisation will be sent with your receipt.

The credit card transaction will be processed by "Common Ground Publishing LLC".

Institutional Payments
If we have not received an institutional payment two weeks before the Conference, we will require you to pay in person. As soon as the institutional payment is made, we will make a refund to you by the same method.

Humanities Conference Graduate Scholar Award

The Graduate Scholar Award grants a registration fee waiver to graduate students to attend the Humanities Conference. Their role at the Conference will be as a chairperson in parallel sessions during the entire length of the Conference (except during the half-day when their own presentation is scheduled). Chairing guidelines will be provided at the Conference, including the format of session introductions, managing time, and question and answer.

Winners will be informed via email by 29 March 2010. They will be announced on the Conference website and in the Conference program – where a profile and photo will be displayed. They will be presented with their Graduate Scholar Award during the opening session of the Humanities Conference on 29 June 2010.

Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate studies program and have an accepted proposal to the Humanities Conference. To apply, please download and complete the the Graduate Scholar Award Application Form (Word document); attach the completed form to an email; and send the email with attachment to support@thehumanities.com. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2010.