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The International Boethius Society will be sponsoring a session, “New Directions in Boethian Studies,” at the annual meeting of The Medieval Academy of America, 26-28 March 2009, at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. The session will be organized by Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University), but 30-minute paper proposals should be submitted, in two copies, to Barbara Newman, Department of English, Northwestern University, University Hall 215, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-2240. The deadline is 15 May 2008. Please do not send proposals to session organizers or to the Academy office. The proposal must have two parts: (1) a cover sheet containing the proposer's name, statement of Academy membership (or statement that the individual's specialty would not normally involve membership in the Academy), professional status, postal address, home and office telephone numbers, fax number (if available), e-mail address (if available), and paper title; (2) a second sheet containing the proposer's name, session for which the paper should be considered, paper title, 250-word abstract, and AV equipment requirements. If the proposer will be at a different address when decisions are announced in September, that address should be included. Decisions will be made by 15 September, and notification of acceptance or rejection will take place shortly thereafter. Please see the Spring 2008 issue of Medieval Academy News for full details. NewsPope Benedict XVI praised Boethius and Cassiodorus for their efforts to preserve Greek and Roman learning in a recent catechesis at St. Peter's Basilica at the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall. An English translation of the Pope's address can be found at: http://www.zenit.org/article-22041?l=english. The editors are grateful to Rev. Romanus Cessario for the link to this text. A special issue of Carmina Philosophiae, Volume 16 (2007)-Volume 17 (2008), featuring selected papers from the 2007 Boethius Conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville is currently under production. The editors have invited Mark Roberts, Franciscan University of Steubenville, to serve with them as a special guest editor of the issue. Details of the conference can be found at: http://www.franciscan.edu/Home2/apps/printer/main.aspx?id=2328. New Directions in Boethian Studies , edited by Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. (Troy University) and Philip Edward Phillips (Middle Tennessee State University), has been published in hard cover and paperback by Medieval Institute Publications in 2007. The volume is listed in the print catalog and on the MIP web site. Carmina Philosophiae 15 (2006), which features individual articles by Ian Johnson, Mark Rimple, and Albrecht Classen, a co-authored article by Marina Gorlach, Jefferey H. Taylor, and Leslie A. Taylor, and a review by Philip Edward Phillips, is now in print and has been sent to all members whose dues are current. The International Boethius Society is pleased to welcome Professor Christopher Baswell (UCLA) as a Trustee. Carmina Philosophiae 14 (2005), dedicated to the late Otto Gründler and featuring articles by Bruno Tremblay and Illo Humphrey, review essays by Philip Edward Phillips and Illo Humphrey, and a review by Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., is out and has been sent to all current subscribers. If you have paid your dues and not received your journal, please contact Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr. The International Boethius Society is pleased to welcome Professor Paul E. Szarmach (The Medieval Academy of America) as President. He replaces J. Keith Atkinson (University of Queensland). The International Boethius Society is saddened by the loss of Michael Masi, Loyola University, Chicago, who was one of the society's longest and most devoted supporters. Michael Masi served first as President and later as Trustee of the International Boethius Society until his death in 2004. The editors have decided to dedicate Carmina Philosophiae 13 (2004) to Professor Masi's memory. |
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