Our 49th (and 1st hybrid!) annual meeting The Bertrand Russell Society 2022 and 49th Annual Meeting will be held in-person at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. It will be a hybrid meeting that also includes online-only participants and presentations by Zoom. We are excited for our first hybrid meeting as we broaden and enrich the … Continue reading Register by May 13th for the 2022 BRS annual meeting!
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CFP: 49th BRS Annual Meeting
We are happy to announce the 49th meeting of the Bertrand Russell Society will occur on June 3-5, 2022. The conference will be a hybrid format that allows for some presentations by Zoom. You can submit your paper abstract here. BRS members (and non-members) can register for the conference here. Updates will be available here. Please feel … Continue reading CFP: 49th BRS Annual Meeting
Russellania (11-13 @ 1 pm EST): Master class on Russell’s “What is democracy?” with Peter Stone (Trinity College Dublin)
We are pleased to invite you all to our final Russelliana of the fall semester: a master class on Russell's "What is democracy?" with our very own veritable Russell master (and master class master!), Peter Stone (Trinity College Dublin). This will be at 13:00 EST on Saturday, November 13th. To get the Zoom invite link, … Continue reading Russellania (11-13 @ 1 pm EST): Master class on Russell’s “What is democracy?” with Peter Stone (Trinity College Dublin)
Katharine Tait (1923-2021)
We are saddened to learn that Katharine Tait, Bertrand Russell's daughter, has passed away. As noted at the McMaster University page here, Lady Tait was one of our society's founders. We encourage those interested in Russell studies to read her illuminating autobiography, My Father, Bertrand Russell, which is available for lending through the Internet Archive.
Russelliana: “Russell’s Response to the Newman Objection Reconsidered” with Moisés Macías Bustos (UMASS / UNAM)
We are very pleased to announce that we will have our sixth Russelliana series talk given by Moisés Macías Bustos (UMASS / UNAM) on Saturday, September 11th at 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 12 pm Central Daylight Time (adjust for your local time zone). The full paper can be downloaded on this page below. … Continue reading Russelliana: “Russell’s Response to the Newman Objection Reconsidered” with Moisés Macías Bustos (UMASS / UNAM)