Upcoming Conferences

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

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Past Conferences:

November 4-6, 2005: Utopia

November 3-5, 2006: Richard III

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

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

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

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. 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.