Conference

An international conference organised under the aegis of the International Association for Anselm Studies and the Institute for Liberal Arts, Boston College, with sponsorship from Fairfield University, the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University, and the Philosophy and Theology Departments at Boston College.

Boston College, 27-30 July, 2015

Keynote speakers:
William Aird (Edinburgh)
Marcia Colish (Yale)
Burcht Pranger (Amsterdam)
Denys Turner (Yale)
Nicholas Watson (Harvard)

Sunday 21 December 2014

Conference Registration and Accommodation - Live

The conference registration and Boston College accommodation booking website is now live. 

To register and book, please click on:

 https://commerce.cashnet.com/IAC

Conference Information - Updated

The conference will take place on the Chestnut Hill campus of Boston College. The campus is accessible by subway/streetcar from train stations and the airport. The campus is reachable by subway/streetcar line (from three branches of the “Green line”, at the end of the “B” line, from the “C” line by shuttle to Boston College, as well as a short walk from the the “D” green line train).

The campus is a short train ride away from the restaurants and shops in Brookline Coolidge Corner area and another few minutes to Boston’s Back Bay and downtown areas.

There are several dining facilities as well as fitness center, computer facilities and library on campus.

Housing for the conference is available on campus in student housing. These rooms are recently constructed and in a ‘suite’ formation with between two and four separate bedrooms with joint living areas, kitchen facilities, and bathrooms (two rooms share a bath). Room are available double or single occupancy and are supplied with towels and sheets. You can book here:
https://commerce.cashnet.com/IAC

We are also able to offer attendees a conference rate at the Holiday Inn Brookline, in the center of the Coolidge Corner area and close to Kenmore Square, Fenway and Back Bay. The conference rate is $189 (as opposed to the regular summer rate of $219+).

Summary of costs:
  • Registration: $120/Students $80
  • Parking (optional); $12/day
  • Banquet (optional): $60
  • Accommodation: 
       Boston College room: 

           double occupancy (per person)
           1 Night  - $73.50
           2 Nights - $122.00
           3 Nights - $170.50
           4 Nights - $219.00
           5 Nights - $267.50
  
            single occupancy
            1 Night  - $122.00
            2 Nights - $219.00
            3 Nights - $316.00
            4 Nights - $413.00
            5 Nights - $510.00

Hotel (Holiday Inn Brookline):

            conference rate - $189/night per room

Friday 17 October 2014

Call for Papers

The International Association for Anselm Studies invites proposals for its upcoming conference, to be held in Boston College, July 27-30, 2015. 

The conference takes as its theme the wide variety of responses to Anselm's life, and work, across many different periods, and in many different fields. At the same time it will ground the reception of Anselm with consideration of the context in which he lived, wrote and acted. Moving between his life and his reception, will allow fresh insight into the mechanisms and measures of his celebrity and influence. 

The Association invites submissions in areas including but not limited to literature, history, art history, philosophy, and theology. It would especially welcome papers on Anselm's sources; Anselm's pupils; Anselm and church reform; the wider world of religious politics in the 11th and 12th centuries; Anselm in the vernacular; Reformation and Counter-Reformation views on Anselm; and Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox discussions. 

The conference will receive an update on the new edition of Anselm's letter collection under preparation by Dr Samu Niskanen. Papers connected to the letter collections, the Memorials of St. Anselm and historiographical readings of Anselm also are encouraged.

Proposals/abstracts

Please send proposed titles, with an abstract of 300 words for a twenty-minute paper together with your contact details (with academic affiliation, address and e-mail) by e-mail attachment to .

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to March 31, 2015.


Graduate stipends 

A number of graduate student stipends are available on a competitive basis to cover housing at Boston College and the conference registration fee. Graduate students submitting a proposal and wishing to be considered for funding should send their proposal and information detailing their student status (i.e., what institution they are attending and what year in the program) to John Slotemaker at .

Applicants will be notified about the graduate student stipends along with their paper proposal (priority will be given to those who are in the process of writing their dissertation and who are traveling from greater distances).

Saturday 30 August 2014

Advance notice

Information concerning the next major Anselm Studies conference will be appearing here shortly.

For details of the one day event to be held in Oxford on 25 October 2014, please follow the link to Southern's Anselm