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Each semester, the Boethius Initiative invites a medievalist scholar to present a portion of his or her research to the �鶹ӳ�� community.

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PHILOSOPHER AND SAINT? - Understanding the Medieval Cult of Severinus Boethius

October 23, 2025: Jane Maschue Ph.D. (CAND.), CUA

The Boethius Scholars are a group of highly distinguished undergraduates who share a common interest in the Middle Ages. Scholars organize invited talks, host debates, and form an undergraduate panel at the spring symposium.

For further questions, please contact the current Rector of the Society

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The Boethius Initiative hosts a biennial interdisciplinary symposium on a topic in medieval studies. Outside scholars are paired with an �鶹ӳ�� faculty member for panels on a specific topic of medieval research. Upcoming topic for the 2027 symposium will be announce at a later date

The Spring Symposium: March 2025
The Medieval Religious Experience: Unity in Diversity
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The unity of medieval Christendom facilitated a diverse range of religious traditions, experiences, theories, and modes of thought. The first annual symposium of the Boethius Initiative for the Liberal Arts will examine the concept of unity in diversity within the medieval religious experience. Papers will examine how seemingly divergent concepts, amongst a broad spectrum of religious experiences, could operate within a shared religious culture. Topics at this symposium will include the religious life of the laity, the theology of Aquinas and Bonaventure, the poetry of Dante, and the preaching of wandering prophets. The participants of the first annual Boethius Center Symposium will explore and discuss how individual religious experiences and theories could operate in unison within the broader cosmological framework of the Latin west.

Welcome to this year’s symposium


Key note:
Rev. Augustine Thompson, O.P. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval StudiesUniversityToronto: “Penance Culture in High Medieval Italy: Theology and Practice”