Agricultural History Society, 2022 Annual Meeting
Greening the Field(s)
Stavanger, Norway
Aug. 4-6, 2022
A DRAFT PROGRAM is available. The final program will be disseminated closer to the conference date. Click here for the conference CFP.
Registration information
The registration deadline is May 31, 2022. A link to register is below. We are unable to accept late registrations this year.
Please note: Conference registration includes lunch on August 4-6, a ticket to the Awards Banquet on August 6, and coffee breaks. We will circulate information about dietary restrictions at a later date.
The Optional Excursion fees include transportation, admission, and lunch. We will circulate information about dietary restrictions at a later date.
Important note: By registering for the conference, you indicate that you have read the AHS Professional Standards and Codes of Conduct, found here, and agree to abide by those standards and codes.
Regular Conference Registration $275
Non-member Conference Registration* $340
Student Presenter Conference Registration** $0, but registration required
Optional Excursion 1, August 3 $100
Optional Excursion 2, August 7 $100
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
*Non-members may wish to purchase a membership separately or may simply pay the higher non-member registration fee. The membership page of the AHS website is linked here.
**To register as a Student Presenter, please email aghistorysociety@gmail.com with your name and institutional affiliation.
Getting to Stavanger
Stavanger is a major city on the southwest coast of Norway. The Stavanger Sola airport (airport code SVG) has multiple daily connections to the major international hubs of Amsterdam (KLM, member of SkyTeam), Copenhagen (SAS, member of Star Alliance), and Oslo (SAS and Norwegian). From the airport, there is an airport bus (Flybuss) to downtown. You can take a taxi from the airport, but these are expensive so the bus is recommended.
There is a train connection to Stavanger from Oslo, but be aware that the journey takes approximately 8 hours.
Conference venue
The conference will take place on the campus of the University of Stavanger in Hulda Garborg hus. The campus is approximately 5km from downtown.
Local buses #6 (every 15 min) and #7 (every 30 min) run from downtown to campus. The cheapest way to travel is to install the mobile app for the bus company Kolumbus and buy tickets through it. It is possible to pay with cash, but tickets are 20 kr more than in the app.
Accommodation
Because the conference takes place on the university campus instead of at a hotel, there is no conference hotel. There are many accommodation choices in the downtown area. Some hotels in downtown convenient to the bus routes to campus are: Scandic Stavanger Park, Radisson Blue Atlantic Hotel Stavanger, Comfort Hotel Square, Thon Hotel Maritime, and Clarion Hotel Skagen Brygge. All the major hotels in Norway include expansive breakfast buffets in the accommodation price.
CURRENCY
The currency in Norway is Norwegian kroner, which is abbreviated NOK or kr. All stores and restaurants accept Visa/Mastercard. Many places do not accept cash at all.
Conference schedule
The regular conference sessions take place from Thursday, August 4th, to Saturday, August 6th on the UiS campus. As well as sessions, Friday will include a guided tour of the Iron Age Farm operated by the UiS Archaeology Museum. Lunch will be provided for conference participants on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Saturday evening will feature a boat tour to the world-renowned garden of Flor og Fjære, located on a small island, where we will have the conference dinner after a guided tour of the gardens.
Two optional day-long tours will be available for purchase:
Tour #1. Wednesday, August 3rd. This tour takes you to islands north of the city to visit Norway’s best preserved medieval monastery Utstein Monastery which dates from the eleventh century and then get a guided tour of a local tomato producer. The region is known for its agricultural productivity, including industrial greenhouses that produce most of the cucumbers and tomatoes consumed in Norway.
Tour #2. Sunday, August 7th. This tour will take you under the fjord through the world’s longest undersea car tunnel for a guided tour of the historic farm of Viga with its rich history going back to the 1500s. On the way back we will stop at the ecological cider producer Grønvik Gard and the cheesemaker Ryfylke gardsysteri.
Lunches will be included in both tours.