The Annual Thomas More Studies Conferences
University of Dallas,
www.udallas.edu
Upcoming Conferences
Nov. 7-8,
2008: Thomas More
on Trial: Law and Conscience in More's Last Letters and Trial Accounts
Nov. 6-8, 2009: Socratic
Seminar on Thomas More's Life of Pico
and the Humanist Letters (Dorp, Gonell, Oxford, and a Monk)
Nov. 5-7, 2010: More's
Statesmanship (marking the tenth anniversary of his becoming "Patron of
Statesmen")
Registration
--Lawyers, to register on our secure site online using a credit card, click
here. To register by mail, click
here.
--Non-lawyers, to register on our secure site online
using a credit card, click
here. To register by mail, click
here.
--To register as a UD student, faculty/staff, or invited guest, click
here.
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
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.