Calvin to host C.S. Lewis Conference!

C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society Conference Comes to Calvin

The C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society’s 12th annual conference is coming to
west Michigan for the first time ever. The conference titled: “Inklings:
Dinosaurs or Contemporaries?” will be held March 26-28 on the campus of
Calvin College.

“Inklings: Dinosaurs or Contemporaries?” explores, through papers and
plenary sessions, the ways in which C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield,
Charles Williams and other members of the Inklings are relevant to the
21st-century. The conference asks how the authors of the Lord of the Rings, the
Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity still influence the literary,
theological, philosophical and socio-political issues of today.

Six different colleges and universities in the area have teamed up to sponsor
the event. The event’s director Janice Prewitt says that this is the first
time this conference has been sponsored by more than one college. “We have
such a strong community interest in that it seemed a great fit to have the
conference this year at Calvin College,” she said.

The C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society upholds and promotes the advancement of
scholarship, teaching, writing, and other professional activities related to
the life and works of C.S. Lewis and the Inklings. For more information on the
society, visit: http://www.okcu.edu/english/cslis/home.html

Registration for the conference is open to the public, with discounts
available for students. For more information or to register for the conference,
visit calvin.edu/scs. If you have further questions, you can contact the
Seminars in Christian Scholarship office at 526.8558 or Conference director
Janice Prewitt at JanicePrewitt@ferris.edu.

Matt Kucinski
Media Relations Manager
Calvin College
msk23@calvin.edu
616.526.8935 (office)
616.307.7429 (cell)
Received on Thu Feb 19 16:45:41 2009