(i) Call for Papers for the next Annual Meeting of the BRS
Deadline April 30, 2007
The Bertrand Russell Society invites any interested person to deliver a paper or talk at our next annual meeting, to be held on June 6-10, 2007 at Monmouth University in New Jersey. Papers, presented in 20-minute talks, can be on any facet of Russell's life, work, or influence, and should be directed to a general audience consisting of a mix of academics and non-academics. The Annual Meeting is an informal weekend gathering of Russell Society members of diverse interests and backgrounds.
Please submit a title and abstract to Prof. Alan Schwerin, BRS President, Dept. of Philosophy, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ by April 30, 2007.
(ii) Call for Paper submissions for the annual BRS Prizes for Papers competition.
The Bertrand Russell Society invites papers for our BRS annual STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE competition, now in its 15th consecutive year. Deadline: April 30, 2007. We award two prizes annually for the best new papers, one by an undergraduate and one by a graduate student or non-academic.
The Prize-winners will present their papers at the Society's next Annual Meeting (as above). Winners receive $200, free registration, lodging and banquet at the Annual Meeting, and a complimentary first-year membership in The Bertrand Russell Society, which includes subscriptions to The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly and to the semi-annual academic journal, Russell, published by the Russell Archives at McMaster University.
Papers can be on any aspect of Russell's life, work, or influence. They must be suitable for presentation to a general audience. They may be broad or narrow in scope and in any of the many fields that interested Russell: logic, mathematics, ethics, history, politics, religion, education, peace, nuclear war, history of ideas, etc., etc., or on Russell's relations with his contemporaries.
Papers should be designed for a presentation of 20 to 30 minutes (10 to 12 double-spaced pages of text). Submit a complete or nearly complete paper, not an abstract. State that you would, if chosen, attend the BRS Annual Meeting (see above for details). Those who have previously appeared on an Annual Meeting program are not eligible. Submit your paper by April 30, 2007 to Prof. Alan Schwerin, BRS President, Dept. of Philosophy, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 07764.
Beginning in 1993, these Prizes replaced the Doctoral and Masters Grants previously given by the Society. See below for a complete list of previous prize-winners (1993-).
We also award annually the Bertrand Russell Society Award to an individual or organization whose work exemplifies Russell's ideals, and the Bertrand Russell Society Book Award for the best recent work on Russell.
The Bertrand Russell Society Prizes for Papers Program: List of Past Winners
1993 BRS meeting in San Diego
Undergraduate Paper
Tyler W. Roberts (SUNY, Fredonia), "Russell, the Individual and Society."
Graduate Paper
Stefan Andersson (University of Lund, Sweden), "Bertrand Russell's
Search for Certainty in Religion and Mathematics." This was from Stefan's
thesis, later published as
In Quest of Certainty: Bertrand Russell's
Search for Certainty in Religion and Mathematics up to The Principles
of Mathematics (1903) (Stockholm, 1994).
1994 BRS meeting in Toronto in association with world humanists
Undergraduate Paper
Todd Hughes (SUNY, Geneseo), "Russell and Pitcher on Propositions."
Graduate Paper
Jason Holt (Dalhousie University), "On Russell's Construction of Mind."
1995 BRS meeting in Columbia, Maryland
Graduate Paper
Paul O'Grady (Trinity College, Dublin), "The Russellian Roots of Naturalized
Epistemology." This paper was subsequently published in Russell
15.1 (1995), pp. 53-63.
1996 BRS meeting at Drew University, Madison, NJ
Undergraduate Paper
Brian Rookey (Arkansas State University), "What Is Meaning?"
Graduate Paper
Gideon Makin (Wolfson College, Oxford and the Bolton Institute of Higher
Education), "Some Prevalent Misconceptions Concerning the Theory of Descriptions."
1997 (no winners this year)
1998 (no winners this year)
1999 BRS Annual Meeting at Monmouth University
Graduate Paper
Jose E. Idler (M.A. student, Central University, Venezuela):
"The Human Project in Bertrand Russell."
2000 (no winners this year)
2001 BRS Annual Meeting at McMaster University
Graduate Paper
Giovanni Vianelli (University of Bologna): "The Centenary of the Paradox: Pythagoras and (the recently discovered) Russell."
2002 (no winners this year)
2003 BRS Annual Meeting at Lake Forest College
Graduate Paper
David Taylor (University of Iowa): "Causal Processes: A Realist Approach".
2004 BRS Annual Meeting at Plymouth, NH
Graduate Papers
Irem Kurtsal (Syracuse University): "Russell on Matter and Our Knowledge of the External World."
James Connelly (York University): "Russell and Wittgenstein on Propositions."
2005
Graduate Paper
Gulberk Koc (McMaster University): "Russell's Behavioral Theory of Meaning"
2006 To be Announced!
Chair of Program: John R. Lenz (1993-1995, 1999); John Shosky (1996-98);
Alan Schwerin (2000-).
Committee Members: Elizabeth R. Eames (1993-), Marvin Kohl (1993-95),
John Lenz (1993-), Tim Madigan (1993-), John Shosky (1993-98).