Bertrand Russell Research Centre at McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 11-13, 2026
Abstracts
53rd Annual Meeting
The Bertrand Russell Society 2026 Annual Meeting will be held at the Bertrand Russell Research Centre at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The BRRC is located in a converted house adjacent to the campus and shares these premises with the Bertrand Russell Archives. We are excited for our upcoming meeting as we broaden and enrich the community of scholars and activists interested in Russell studies and in promoting the causes which Russell advocated.
Paper Submissions
Paper submissions should be made here by the 15 May 2026 deadline.
Registration
Registration costs will be posted when rates are fixed by the planning committee. Even when the conference registration is free of charge (as it has been recently), we do require that all presenters and attendees, whether you participate in-person or online, register in advance so that we can get accurate numbers for the annual meeting. Please register by the 31 May deadline at this link: https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/annual-meeting-registration/.
BRS membership requirement for all presenters
Please also note that you must be a member of the Bertrand Russell Society to present at the annual meeting. This applies to online and in-person speakers. You can check your membership status here: https://russell.humanities.mcmaster.ca/brsmembers.htm. You may join (or renew membership in) the BRS, and see the many benefits of membership, at this link: https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/join/.
Schedule and speaker information
The conference will begin on Thursday, June 11th at 5:00 PM with a social event and meal at the Bertrand Russell Research Centre. Talks will occur on Friday – Saturday, June 12 and 13. The Board meeting and Membership meetings will probably occur on the Friday and/or Saturday as well. There will be a banquet on the Friday evening.
Accommodations
Here is the link for booking accommodation on the McMaster campus, an option which BRS members have tended to favour at previous McMaster meetings. Both on cost grounds and for proximity to all the conference action, this is the best accommodation option.
They are fully booked for Sat 13 June, but there should be plenty of vacancies on the Thursday and Friday nights (11 and 12 June)
The closest hotel to the McMaster campus (30 min walk) is the Visitors Inn, which was offering a special conference rate to BRS members on 11 and 12 June but is now fully booked on 11 June. However, some of those bookings are being held and if not finally reserved will be released after 11 May. If rooms do become available again for both nights of the conference, the prices are: CAN $139 for Thurs 11 June and $159 for Fri 12 June.
To obtain these rates for those dates, please contact the hotel directly, rather than using third party booking services, and request the “McMaster Rate” https://visitorsinn.com/
Other local hotel options are:
The Admiral Inn (https://www.admiralinn.com/hamilton/), CAN$149 per night through Expedia and other booking services.
Staybridge Suites (https://www.ihg.com/staybridge/hotels/us/en/hamilton/yhmha/hoteldetail), $240
Homewood Suites (Hilton) (https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/yhmhwhw-homewood-suites-hamilton-ontario-canada/, $286
Sheraton Hamilton (https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/yhmsi-sheraton-hamilton-hotel/overview/), $269
Zoom Software
Online-only participants will need to download Zoom, a free online video conferencing software that is easy to use and readily allows for dozens of simultaneous connections.
Questions?
You may contact us at https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/contact/.
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