Fourth Annual Symposium of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

CFP: Ages of Boethius: A Diachronic Investigation
Event: Fourth Annual Symposium of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Location: Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Time: June 20-22, 2016
Sponsor: The International Boethius Society

This Call for Papers seeks scholarship for a  panel (or series of panels) on Boethius as a figure of Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, or the Renaissance, from any relevant discipline, including literature, history, art history, musicology, theology, and philosophy. Abstracts of 250-350 words should be sent to Anthony Cirilla at acirilla@niagara.edu no later than December 1, 2015.

Access the full description on our Conferences page.

In Memoriam: Brian Donaghey

The recent passing of our dear colleague, Brian Donaghey, is a great loss for Boethian Studies and for the International Boethius Society. As Helen, Brian’s wife, observes, he died “just short of his 75th birthday. Tragically young.”

We will remember him officially in the next issue of Carmina Philosophiae, as well as in the dedication of our forthcoming Brepols volume, Remaking Boethius. 

The 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Boethius in Kalamazoo
50th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 14-17, 2015

International Boethius Society members and conference guests enjoyed a wonderful session at the 2015 International Congress:

Translations and Adaptations of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae
Sponsor: International Boethius Society
Organizer: Philip Edward Phillips, Middle Tennessee State University

Presider: Philip Edward Phillips

1. "Trouthe thee shal delivere" Boethian Trouthe and Chaucerian Lyric
Megan Murton, Xavier University
2. Trivial Kingship: Boethian Personification, the Trivium, and James I's Kingis Quair
Anthony G. Cirilla, St. Louis University
3. "the tru cause of its fatal ruine": The Consolation of Sir Harry Coningsbye's Poetic Translation
Kenneth C. Hawley, Lubbock Christian University

A number of other papers on Boethius were featured in various sessions throughout the conference:

Medication, Rumination, and Meditation in the Old English Boethius
Hilary E. Fox, Wayne State University

"All creatures would flow apart like water": Cosmological Learning as Copia in the Old English Boethius
Albert Joseph McMullen, Harvard University

Two Unhappy Knights and Lady Fortune: What Boethius Meant to Malory
Leigh Smith, East Stroudsburg University

Forging Boethius: Pseudo-Autobiography and the Making of Medieval Boethianisms
Brooke Hunter, Villanova University

We also had a fine time of good discussion and lively conversation at our International Boethius Society Business Meeting and Reception, where we congratulated Philip Edward Phillips on his 15 years of dedicated service as editor of our journal, Carmina Philosophiae, and welcomed Kenneth C. Hawley as he takes on this role for the Society.

Please note on our Bibliography page the addition of a new entry for Sam Barrett, who joined us for the reception and made us aware of his recent book: The melodic tradition of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae in the Middle Ages, Monumenta monodica medii aevi Subsidia vol. 7, 2 volumes, Bärenreiter: Kassel etc., 2013.

Here are a few photos from our session and reception. Thanks to all for another great time at Kalamazoo.

 Kenneth Hawley, Megan Murton, and Anthony Cirilla, with Session Organizer, Philip Phillips

IBS President and Reception Host, Paul Szarmach, with Kenneth, Anthony, and Philip

 

Kenneth C. Hawley Appointed New Co-Editor of Journal

The officers of the International Boethius Society voted unanimously to appoint Kenneth C. Hawley (Lubbock Christian University) as co-editor with Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. (Troy University) of Carmina Philosophiae: Journal of the International Boethius Society. Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University), who had served as the journal’s co-editor for fifteen years, resigned on March 30, 2015, to devote more time to his administrative duties and research projects. 

We offer our grateful appreciation to Professor Phillips for his dedicated leadership and service. Thankfully, he will continue in his role as the Secretary of the International Boethius Society, and he will organize its sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University and at the Medieval Academy of America. 

The 2014 issue of the journal—a special issue, guest edited by Joey McMullen and Erica Weaver, featuring selections from the Harvard Conference on Boethius—is currently in production.

Editors Hawley and Kaylor are accepting submissions for the 2015 issue of the journal. Please send article submissions to Kenneth.Hawley@lcu.edu.