Thursday, May 18, 2023

58th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2023)

Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae in the Middle Ages


Sponsoring Organization: International Boethius Society

Organizer: Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University)

Presider: Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University)


Lindsay Ruth Ragle-Miller (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill), Fate and Fortune: Word Choice in the Old English Boethius

Ricardo Matthews (California State University - Fullerton), The Missing Song: Boethius and the Prosimetric Tradition

Matthew W. Brumit (University of Mary), Boethius's Four Modes of Knowing in Pearl

Sarah R. Kyle (Iowa State University), "To mount the narrow seat": A Physician's Transformation of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae in a Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Herbal


It was so rewarding to be back in person on the Western Michigan University campus--what a great and enjoyable session! The presentations were just fantastic, and they fit together so very well. Here are a few photos of our session: the preliminary remarks about the Society, the panel taking Q&A, and the presenters posing with our organizer and presider, Dr. Philip Phillips. 

Kenneth Discussing our Journal, Carmina Philosophiae


Q&A with Ricardo, Lindsay, Sarah, and Matthew


Philip, Ricardo, Lindsay, Sarah, and Matthew


57th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2022)

The Alfredian or Old English Boethius: Authority, Authorship, and Influence - In Memory of Paul E. Szarmach

Sponsoring Organization: International Boethius Society

Organizer: Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University)

Presider: Rhonda L. McDaniel (Middle Tennessee State University) 


Ruta Sileikyte Zukiene (Vilniaus University/Vytauto Didžiojo University), The Authority of Reason in the Old English Boethius

Kenneth C. Hawley (Lubbock Christian University), The Power and Personality of the Eternal God in the Alfredian Boethius


We had a wonderful Zoom session again this year and enjoyed a lively and interesting discussion with our attendees after the presentations. We are grateful for the support staff who made this remote gathering possible.