Getting here

This year, the Michicagoan will take place on the University of Chicago campus. The University of Chicago is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood in the south side of Chicago.

All of the conference panels will take place at the Franke Institute for the Humanities, which is located on the East side of the Joseph Regenstein Library. Entering the library from the stairs on the Bartlett gardens side, attendees will find the Franke Institute immediately to their left, across from the book drop. The name of the Institute is located on both the entrance and the window outside. From the main library entrance on 57th street, turn right and proceed down the entry hallway until you reach glass doors and a book drop. The entrance to the Franke will be on your right.

SMART MUSEUM OF ART

5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

A dinner will be served in the lobby of the Smart Museum on Friday. To get there from the Franke, proceed North from the Library and across 56th street. Follow the path past a Smart Museum sign and through the iron gate. The art history department will be on your right, and the entrance to the smart museum will be on your left.

SWIFT HALL (DIVINTIY SCHOOL)

A party will be held in Swift Hall on Saturday. To get to Swift Hall from the Franke Institute, exit the Library and head south across 57th street. Pass under Cobb Gate, past the Botany Pond, and through the Hull arch. Then, proceed straight through the quad toward the Harper Library. Swift Hall will be the first building on your right after the Quad.

To find the party room, enter Swift hall and proceed down the south hallway. There will be a bulletin board of faculty pets to your left. The room is immediately after this on your left.

HASKELL HALL (ANTHRO DEPT)

To get to Haskell Hall from the Franke Institute, exit the Library and head south across 57th street. Pass under Cobb Gate, past the Botany Pond, and through the Hull arch. Then, proceed straight through the quad toward the Harper Library. Haskell Hall will be the second building on your right after the Quad.

PARKING / DRIVING

Several options exist around campus for visitor parking. These lots include: Young, Chapin, McGiffert, Dorchester, Wells and the community lot at the corner of East 60th Street and Stony Island Avenue. The visitor parking rate at these University-operated lots is $4 an hour. More options are listed on the Uchicago parking website.

Some free parking is available on the street, particularly on Ellis ave. This is usually gone by mid-morning. If you don’t mind a walk, there is usually a free place to park in the residential streets around campus, particularly in East Hyde Park.

ACCOMODATION

The conference has secured a special rate for Hotels located in downtown Hyde Park on 53rd street as well as south of the Midway on 61st. Students should fill out the registration form to indicate that they would like lodging with a Chicago PhD student at no cost.

Hyatt Place Hyde Park
Sophy Hyde Park
The Study
The Quadrangle Club

For more information, see the official UChicago hotel guide: https://visit.uchicago.edu/accommodations/

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

If traveling to campus from the Chicago Loop, including Union Station (Amtrak), there are a few options for public transportation:

The number 28 bus runs from Union Station to Hyde Park, stopping near the Museum of Science and Industry. From there you can proceed down 55th street on foot, or take the 172 from Hyde Park and East End OR the 171 from 55th and Hyde Park Blvd. The closest stop to the Franke institute is at Ellis and 57th street.
The green line will take you from Clinton station, a short walk from Union Station, to Garfield station. Garfield station is located on the west side of a large park (washington park) directly to the west of campus. You can walk about a mile east from this station to the Franke on 55th street, or take the 55 bus to the 55th and Ellis stop.
Metra trains run from Millenium Station to stops in east Hyde Park. From stops between 51st and 57th street, you can walk to campus or take the 171, 172, or 55 busses.

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