Call for Papers - 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies

57th International Congress at Kalamazoo

Online, May 9-14, 2022

Call for Papers

The Alfredian or Old English Boethius: 

Authority, Authorship, and Influence in Memory of Paul E. Szarmach 

Contact Person: Philip Phillips philip.phillips@mtsu.edu

Principal Sponsoring Organization: International Boethius Society

Proposals for twenty-minute papers addressing the issues of "authority" or "authorship" in respect to the Alfredian or Old English Boethius and/or the subsequent reception or influence of the work are invited for presentation in a session dedicated to the memory of Paul E. Szarmach.

Deadline for New Submissions: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

 

2021 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES

The Literary & Philosophical Influence of Boethius in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization: International Boethius Society

Organizer: Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University)

Presider: Kenneth C. Hawley (Lubbock Christian University)

Clelia Vittoria Crialesi (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies), Exigetical and Philosophical Uses of Boethius’s De arithmetica in the Carolingian Age: Rabanus Maurus and John Scotus Eriugena on Sap. 11:21

David Sharp (Carleton University), Boethian Counsel and Richard the II’s Minority in Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls

Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. (International Boethius Society), Teaching the Consolation of Philosophy in the Context of World Literature

We are grateful to the Medieval Institute and to their support staff for making this unusual format work so well. We had a stimulating set of presentations and an engaging discussion following. Although we missed our gathering in Kalamazoo, we enjoyed connecting with those from across the globe who joined our session panelists, who happened to log on from Ontario (David), Texas (Kenneth), Montana (Harold), France (Clelia), Tennessee (Philip), and Michigan (IT Support).

Below are 2 screenshots of our Zoom session--the first featuring our presenters and session leaders during the pre-session preparation and the second showing our panel audience.