Tuesday, May 13, 2014

49th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Boethius in Kalamazoo
49th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 8-11, 2014

The International Boethius Society sponsored a great session at the 2014 International Congress--excellent papers from devoted scholars:
Boethius and the Liberal Arts
Sponsor: International Boethius Society
Organizer: Philip Edward Phillips, Middle Tennessee State University

Session Chair: Anthony Cirilla, Saint Louis University

1. "A 6th-Century Portrait of Boethius in Ravenna" (View Video)
Ruth Dwyer, Independent Scholar

2. "Imagining the University: Boethian translatio studii in De disciplina scolarium"
Brooke Hunter, Villanova University

3. "Boethius in the Medieval Classroom: Knowledge Transfer and Nominal Compounds in Notker's German Adaptations of Boethius's Writings"
Nicolaus Janos Raag, Uppsala University, Sweden

Respondent: Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., Troy University

Anthony, Brooke, Nicolaus, Ruth, and Harold after the session.

Brooke and Nicolaus during the Q&A.

 Ruth making her presentation.

Video of Ruth's presentation.

  Harold responding to the panel.