Founded in 1974, the Bertrand Russell Society seeks to foster a better understanding of the life, work, and writings of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) and how his contributions relate to today's world.
The Society holds an annual meeting featuring scholarly and popular presentations about Russell
and related subjects, a business meeting, a Red Hackle hour (in honor of Russell's favorite refreshment), a banquet and good fellowship. Held on a long
weekend, from Friday night to Sunday afternoon, usually in June, most often in a university setting, annual meetings have taken place in wide variety of locations.
The Society publishes the Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, which is free to all members. Interested persons are invited
to submit papers to the editor, Rosalind Carey. The Society also has a library that lends Russell-related books, papers and videos to members.
The BRS awards an annual student essay prize for the best new papers about Russell by undergraduates and graduate students, an annual BRS book award
for the best new book on Russell, an annual BRS award to an
individual or an organization whose work best furthers the interests and
commitments of Bertrand Russell, and a service award for service to the Russell Society.
The BRS sponsors sessions of talks on Russell and early analytic philosophy more generally at the annual Eastern and Central Division
meetings of the American Philosophical
Association, often in conjunction with the History of
Early Analytic Philosophy Society (HEAPS).
Finally, the BRS helps support Russell scholarship, for example, the scholarly journal Russell: The Journal of Bertrand
Russell Studies, which all BRS members receive as part of their membership,
and maintains these web pages to provide information on Russell and related
subjects and to further our shared interests and values.