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Events
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Upcoming Events:
Bi-weekly Meetings Yearlong: C.S. Lewis Society Book and Film Club of the Bay Area (meetings are held bi-weekly to read and discuss books by C.S. Lewis and others; to attend or inquire with questions, please phone 510-635-6892 or email to info@lewissociety.org)
Past Events:
October 1 and 3, 2009: The Screwtape Letters, with a Post-show Conversation with Actor Max McLean and Director Jeffrey Fiske
Sponsored by the Fellowship for the Performing Arts in Association with the C.S. Lewis Society of California
August 7-9, 2009: "All Things Considered"
Sponsored by the New York C.S. Lewis Society, Commemorating its 40th Anniversary
June 25-27, 2009: International Colloquium on Perelandra with Second Premiere of Perelandra: The Opera
Sponsored by the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society
May 5, 2009: Science and Faith: The Vantage Point of One Neuroscientist
Sponsored by the Veritas Forum
March 17 - April 19, 2009: "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"
William Newsome, Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford UniversitySponsored by Antic Disposition, London England
March 26-28, 2009: "Inklings: Dinosaurs or Contemporaries?"
Sponsored by the C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society
Keynotes:
Peter Schakel, Cook Professor of English, Hope College
Devin Brown, Professor of English, Asbury College
December 7, 2008: "What's So Great About Christianity," with Dinesh D'Souza, sponsored by Grace Cathedral of San Francisco, co-sponsored by C.S. Lewis Society of California
Speakers:
- Dinesh D'Souza, author of the bestselling book What's So Great About Christianity
- Alan W. Jones, Dean, Grace Cathedral
October 16, 2008: "A Good God? A Dialogue About the Problems of Suffering and Evil" Debate/Discussion with N.T. Wright and Bart Ehrman, sponsored by Socrates in San Francisco
July 4-6, 2008: "Charles Williams and His Contemporaries," sponsored by the Charles Williams Society
The conference aims at setting the life and work of Charles Williams (1886-1945) in its context. Of particular interest, of course, will be papers (4,000-6,000 words) on Williams himself and papers which deal with the lives and work of those who knew him in London and/or Oxford, and arguably influenced him or were influenced by him (e.g. Coventry Patmore, A. E. Waite, Alice Meynell, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L, Sayers, Evelyn Underhill, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Robert Graves, John Heath-Stubbs). However, papers need not be confined to these areas and submissions on a variety of aspects of the period will be welcomed. They may cover literary, theological, historical, or biographical ground.
June 20-22, 2008: LionCon: A Narnian Convention, sponsored by Narniaweb.com, Narniafans.com, and TheLionsCall.com
May 29-June 1, 2008: Sixth Frances Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends, sponsored by Taylor University
May 22, 2008: "The Role of Art in Human Community," sponsored by Socrates in San Francisco and co-sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Society of California
Speaker:
Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, Recipient of the American Book Award, Recipient of the Poet's Prize, Finalist for the National Book Critics Award
May 17, 2008: Lunch and Private Screening of the New Film Based on C. S. Lewis’s Beloved Book, Prince Caspian, sponsored by the C. S. Lewis Society of California
Program:
Presentation by Dr. Michael Ward
Chaplain of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
Author of the widely acclaimed book, Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Oxford University Press, 2008)
Private screening of the film, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media)
Lunch with Dr. Michael Ward
March 12, 2008: "God, Nature, and Modern Science," sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Society of California
Featuring two top scholars, this very timely program examined the relationship between science and faith and offer thoughtful insights and discussion of such issues as origins, design, free will, evolution, materialism, transcendence, and more.
Speakers:
Paul D. Ashby
Staff Scientist, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Former Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), Harvard University
Edward B. Davis
Professor of the History of Science, Messiah College
Director, Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science
Ph.D (History and Philosophy of Science), Indiana University
January 9, 2008: "An Evening with Dr. Francis Collins," sponsored by Socrates in the City (San Francisco) and the C.S. Lewis Society of California
January 25-27, 2008: "C.S. Lewis Conference," sponsored by Hope Lutheran Church
January 15, 2007: "Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Dorothy Sayers," sponsored by Dorothy Sayers Society
December 17, 2007: "Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Dorothy Sayers," sponsored by Dorothy Sayers Society
October 26-27, 2007: "C.S. Lewis: Man and His Work: A 21st Century Legacy," sponsored by L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture
October 5-6, 2007: "The Crisis of the University: Freedom, Tolerance and the Pursuit of Truth,” sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Foundation
August 3-6, 2007: The 38th Annual Mythopoeic Conference (Mythcon XXXVIII), "Becoming Adept: The Journey to Mastery," sponsored by the Mythopoeic Society
June 28-July 1, 2007: C.S. Lewis Summer Conference: "Finding the Way: C.S. Lewis as Pilgrim Guide in an Age of Pluralism," sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Foundation
Speakers:
John Mark Reynolds, Founder and Director, Torrey Honors Institute; Associate Professor of Philosophy, Biola University; author, Towards a Unified Platonic Human Psychology
Armand M. Nicholi, Jr., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; author, The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex and the Meaning of Life
Paul F. Ford, Professor of Systematic Theology and Liturgy, St. John’s Seminary; author, Companion to Narnia: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia
Diana P. Glyer, Professor of English, Azusa Pacific University; author, The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
Malcolm Guite, College Chaplian, Girton College
Andrew Lazo, Jacob K. Javits Fellow, Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College
Vishal Mangalwadi, Director, South Asian Resources, India; author, The World of Gurus
Rick Hill, Professor of Writing, Point Loma Nazarene University
June 16, 2007: "Opposition Is True Friendship: Love, Friendship and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis's World," sponsored by the Southern California C.S. Lewis Society
Speakers:
Gayne J. Anacker, Professor of Philosophy, Califorrnia Baptist University
Paul F. Ford, Professor of Systematic Theology and Liturgy, St. John’s Seminary; author, Companion to Narnia: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia
Diana P. Glyer, Professor of English, Azusa Pacific University; author, The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
Jane Hipolito, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, California State University at Fullerton; founding member, Owen Barfield Society
James Prothero, former Editor, The Lamp-Post; author of forthcoming book, Wordsworth and Wales
June 14-16, 2007: The 26th Annual Chesterton Conference: "The Man Who Was Today," sponsored by the American Chesterton Society
June 13-17, 2007: Dorothy L. Sayers Society Annual Convention, sponsored by the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College
The Dorothy Sayers Society (DLS) will hold its second Wheaton convention, ten years after the first. The program will include numerous speaker. the annual DLS/Barbara Reynolds birthday with a banquet on the first night, performance of Gaudy Night, and more
Speakers:
Joe R. Christopher, Professor of English, Tarleton State University
Stephan P. Clarke, compiled and editor, The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion
Christopher Dean, editor, Studies in Sayers
Seona Ford
Frances Limoncelli, adapter, Strong Poison and Gaudy Night
Marjorie L. Mead, Associate Director, Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College
Christopher W. Mitchell, Director, Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College
Susan Peters
Jasmine Simeone, Secretary, Dorothy Sayers Society
Maggie Goodman, director, The Man Born to Be King
May 21, 2007: "Evangelicals and Roman Catholics: Christian Unity via C.S. Lewis?", sponsored by the C. S. Lewis Society of Frederick (MD)
Speaker:
Kevin Offner, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Ph.D. candidate at The Catholic University of America
May 5, 2007: Southeast Regional C.S. Lewis Conference: "Faith Set Free: C.S. Lewis and the Quest for Joy," sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Foundation
Speakers:
March 23-24, 2007: "The Inklings and the Spiritual Journey," sponsored by the C.S. Lewis & Inklings Society
Speakers:
Thomas T. Howard, Professor of English Emeritus, St. John's Seminary; author of C. S. Lewis: Man of Letters, The Achievement of C. S. Lewis: A Reading of His Fiction, Narnia and Beyond: A Guide to the Fiction of C.S. Lewis, and The Novels of Charles Williams
Rolland Hein, Professor of English Emeritus, Wheaton College; author of Christian Mythmakers: C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, & Others, The Harmony Within: The Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald, and George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker
David L. Neuhouser, Director, Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends, Taylor University
Kerry Dearborn, Professor of Theological Studies, Seattle Pacific University
February 9, 2007: "An Evening With G.K. Chesterton," dinner and performance sponsored by the St. Anthony of Padua Institute
The Historian-Actor and Fulbright Lecturer Dr. John Chuck Chalberg performs as G.K. Chesterton in journeying all the way from England to offer his own unique views on everything from the virtues of things small, whether they be families or pubs, to the evils of things large, whether they be imperialist schemes or socialist states. A man of paradox and humor, he will surprise you, confound you, and provoke you. This is the Englishman who so profoundly influenced the thinking and beliefs of his fellow countryman C.S. Lewis. What might he have in store for you?
January 17 - February 11, 2007: "C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce," sponsored by Eastern Gate Entertainment and Magis Theatre Company
Lewis's great novel, The Great Divorce, is adapted and brought to the stage by director/writer George Drance. This 1946 novel takes us to an unfamiliar world where conscience is magnified and faults personified: A whispering lizard torments his keeper. A talking waterfall reaches out to a misguided opportunist. A melodramatic giant steals the voice of a husband reunited with his wife. A magical stallion appears just when all seems lost. With original music by critically-acclaimed composer Elizabeth Swados and puppets by the renowned master Ralph Lee, Magis will take you on a wild ride from Hell to Heaven that will change your view of life on Earth.
January 13 - February 4, 2007: "Shadowlands," sponsored by LifeHouse Theater
The acclaimed William Nicholson drama based on the life of Narnia author C.S. Lewis appears for the first time on the LifeHouse Theater stage. This riveting story of Lewis’s personal life chronicles his discovery of true love and the testing of his faith when tragedy strikes. The basis of the hit movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Shadowlands, is an award-winning drama that inspires audiences.
November 16-18, 2006: Apologetics Conference -- "Loving God With All Your Mind," sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Institute
Speakers:
N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham; author of The Challenge of Jesus, The New Testament and the People of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, and other books
Craig Hazen, Professor of Philosopohy, Biola University; author, The Village Enlightenment in America: Popular Religion and Science in the Nineteenth Century, and other books
The Village Enlightenment in America: Popular Religion and Science in the Nineteenth Century
William Lane Craig, Professor of Philosopohy, Biola University; author, Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Controversy, God, Time and Eternity, and other books
J.P. Moreland, Professor of Theology, Biola University; author, Does God Exist?, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, and other books
Gary R. Habermas, Professor of Religion, Liberty University; author, The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ and other books
August 21-25, 2006: The Oxford Tolkien Conference: The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration
Speakers:
Marcel Bülles, Founding Chairman, German Tolkien Society
Stratford Caldecott, European Director, G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture
Patrick Curry, author, Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity
Michaël Devaux, President, French Tolkien Society
Verlyn Flieger, Professor of English, University of Maryland
John Garth, author, Tolkien and the Great War
Peter Gilliver, co-author, The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
Wayne G. Hammond, author, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography
Robert Lazu, author, J.R.R. Tolkien: Faith and Imagination
Jeremy Marshall, former President, Oxford C. S. Lewis Society
Alison Milbank, Lecturer in Literature and Theology, University of Nottingham
Marek Oziewicz, author, The Magical Spell of Narnia: Poetics and Philosophy in C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia
Christina Scull, co-author, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator
Guglielmo Spirito, Italian Tolkien Society; Vice-Dean, Theological Institute of Assisi
Edmund Weiner, Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford University
July 24-28, 2006: “Baptized Imaginations, Transformed Minds, Surrendered Hearts: The Philosophy and Theology of The Chronicles of Narnia”
Speakers:
Janice Daurio, Professor of Philosophy, Moorpark College
Paul Ford, Professor of Systematic Theology and Liturgy, St. John’s Seminary
Fr. Aelred Niespolo, St. Andrew’s Abbey
July 15, 2006: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Envisioning Christian Concepts from the Novel (in the 2005 Film Version): Sponsored by New College Berkeley
Speaker:
Margaret McBride Horwitz, Visiting Professor of Christianity and Literature, New College Berkeley
May 17, 2006: C.S. Lewis Communicator of the Year Award Presentation and Reception Honoring Philip F. Anschutz
Speakers:
Douglas Adams, Professor of Art and Religion, Graduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley
Philip F. Anschutz, Chairman, Anschutz Corporation
James A. Donahue, President, Graduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Beltz, Special Assistant to the Chairman, Anschutz Corporation
Stewart Heller, Director, Christian Institute for the Study of Media
David J. Randolph, Professor of Media Worship and Communications, Center for the Arts, Religion and Education, Graduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley
David J. Theroux, President, C.S. Lewis Society of California; President, The Independent Institute
Ken Wales, award-winning film producer
Michael Rhodes, award-winning filmmaker; President, Film Clips
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