The Annual Thomas More Studies Conferences
University of Dallas, www.udallas.edu

Upcoming Conferences

Nov. 6-7, 2009: Socratic Seminar on Thomas More's Life of Pico and Earliest Works (1493-1510)

Nov. 5-6, 2010: More's Influence on Shakespeare's 1-3 Henry VI and Richard III

Registration
To register on our secure site online using a credit card, click here. To register by mail, click here.
--Special guests with prior arrangements made with the Center: To register click here.

Conference Hotels:
*Both hotels include complimentary shuttle to the University of Dallas
--Wyndham Las Colinas Garden Hotel
    Phone number: 1-800-Wyndham. Ask for reservations at "University of Dallas discounted rate" at the "Wyndham Las Colinas Garden Hotel"
    Address: 110 John Carpenter Freeway, SW corner of Highway 114 and O'Connor
    Blvd, Irving, TX 75039
--Fairfield Inn Marriot ($59 Fri-Sat)
    Phone number: 1-972-550-8800 (ask for the University of Dallas special rate)
    Address: 630 W. John Carpenter Freeway (114 and MacArthur) Irving, TX 75039

 
Past Conferences

Nov. 4-6, 2005: Utopia

Nov. 3-5, 2006: Richard III

Nov. 2-4, 2007: More's Humanism before 1530: Investigating Thomas More's 1529 Dialogue

Nov. 7-8, 2008: Thomas More on Trial: Law and Conscience in More's Last Letters and Trial Accounts

Objectives of these Annual Conferences

1. To give participants an opportunity each year to study and discuss specific major works by Thomas More, especially as those major works relate to the many issues of literature, history, philosophy, law, and statesmanship. 

2. When possible, to provide CLE credit for those involved. For information on out of state CLE credit, contact Tamara Kuykendall.  

3. To help develop curricular materials for teaching Thomas More.

4. To provide a forum for current Thomas More scholarship, especially as it relates to the many issues of literature, history, philosophy, law, and statesmanship.