The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference Schedule

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Note: Schedule is subject to change

Noon - 2 p.m.	Registration	Stevens Lobby
2-2:45 p.m.	Welcome Dr. Jason Lepojärvi, Director’s Welcome Dr. Robin Baker, President’s Welcome Dr. Bruce R. Johnson, “Halftime Report for the Third Generation”	Canyon Commons
2:45-4:15 p.m.	Keynote: Dr. Stephanie Derrick, “C.S. Lewis in America” 4-4:15 p.m. Break	Canyon Commons
4:15-5:45 p.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #1
	1A: Lewis, Orwell, Eliot, and Dover Wilson “Lewis and the Orwells,” Dr. Wesley Roj “Lewis, Dodged: Eliot’s View of Lewis (1931–1947),” Hannah Roux “Lewis and John Dover Wilson,” Dr. Joseph Ricke Chair: Dr. Gary Tandy	Roberts Center 170
	1B: Sex and Gender “Exploring Feminine Divinity in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy as an Imaginative Hypothesis,” Joshua Collica “C.S. Lewis and the Sex/Gender Distinction,” Willa Hoard “The Mythos of Gender in Till We Have Faces,” Annie Crawford Chair: Dr. Crystal Hurd	Hoover 105
	1C: Prince Caspian “Prince Caspian: An ‘Aeneid’ Retold?”, Aaron Moss “Sine Marte Capi: Bacchus and his Jovial Victory in Prince Caspian,” Joshua Smith “Lewis’s Warrior Martyrs: Dantean Elements in Prince Caspian,” Jonathan Selstad Chair: Dr. Michael Christensen	Stevens 207
	1D: Tolkien and Lewis “Charting Course Amidst Romantic Entanglements,” Jonathan Miller “Destruction, Restoration, and Hope in The Silmarillion and Perelandra,” Benjamin Lanz “The Atlantis Theory: Numenor and Elves in the Fictional World of C.S. Lewis,” Dr. David Russell Mosley Chair: Austin Freeman	Stevens 208
	1E: Ransom Trilogy #1 “Are Angels Aliens? Lewis and Early Christians in dialogue,” Craig Keller “Dr. Dimbles ‘Neutrals,’” Joseph Weigel “The Wisdom of Innocence,” Dr. Scott Key Chair: Dr. Leslie Baynes 5:30-5:45 p.m. Break	Stevens 209
5:45-7:30 p.m.	Dinner	Canyon Commons
7:30-8:45 p.m.	Keynote: Dr. Simon Horobin, “‘Never Trust a Philologist’: Lewis, Tolkien, and the Oxford English School”	Canyon Commons

Friday, September 6, 2024

7-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Canyon Commons
8:30-9 a.m.	Centering	Canyon Commons
9-10:30 a.m.	Keynote: Dr. Steven A. Beebe, “Lewis the Expert Communicator: New Discoveries from His Writing and Speaking” 10:15-10:30 a.m. Break	Canyon Commons
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Workshop 1 “Enough Work for 30 Years: The C.S. Lewis Correspondence Project,” Dr. Bruce R. Johnson	Canyon Commons
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Workshop 2 “On the Road with Jack and Warnie: Walking the Wye River Valley with the Lewis Brothers,” Dr. Dwain Tissell and Prof. Ben Tissell	Wood-Mar Auditorium
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Canyon Commons
12:30-2 p.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #2
	2A: Theological Lewis “Lost Letter to Malcolm: Chiefly on Scripture,” Dr. Michael Christensen “C.S. Lewis and the Gospel of John: Early Influences, Lasting Effects,” Dr. Leslie Baynes “On Fern-Seed, Elephants, Bultmann, and Lewis—Varied Expertise in Critical Perspective,” Dr. Paul Anderson Chair: Dr. Bruce Johnson	Canyon Commons
	2B: Till We Have Faces “Die Before You Die: A Study of Marriage in Till We Have Faces," Heidi Turner “Encountering the Divine: Theophanies in Lewis’s Fiction,” Sarah Willhite “The Problem with Orual: How Lewis’ Short Stories Complicate His Evolution of Female Characters,” Kat Coffin Chair: Dr. Jahdiel Perez	Stevens 209
	2C: New Light on Narnia “The Bubbling up of Allegory in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Dr. Conrad van Dyk “Girl Fight: C.S. Lewis on Women and War,” Dr. Marc LiVecche “Christian Worship Informed by Aslan,” Dr. William Johnston Chair: Dr. Gary Tandy	Roberts Center 203
	2D: Influential Lewis “C.S. Lewis, James Houston, and the ‘Zernov Circle,’” Dr. Dwain Tissell “ The (Un)Discovered C.S. Lewis in Romania,” Dr. Daniela Vasiliu “‘Where Are My Successors?’: C.S. Lewis and His Public Christian Legacy,” Greg Anderson Chair: Dr. Jim Beitler	Ross 208
	2E: Ransom Trilogy #2 “Prometheus on Perelandra : The Inversion of the Satanic Hero,” Dr. Nathan Fayard “‘The Womb of Worlds’: Ransom’s Journey of Awakening in Out of the Silent Planet,” Alexa Tawzer “Re-Veiling the Secret: Reading the Ransom Trilogy as Spiritual Exercise,” Traver Carlson Chair: Dr. Terry Cokenour 1:45-2 p.m. Break	Bauman Greenroom
2-3:30 p.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #3
	3A: Philosophical Lewis #1 “Owen Barfield Busts Jak (sic) Lewis Out of Plato’s Cave,” Dr. Paul Rovang “Did Lewis Credit Barfield for What He Learned from Steiner?,” Dr. Lilian Lindén “C.S. Lewis and Bishop Berkeley on Providence and the Laws of Nature,” Dr. Michael Latzer Chair: Dr. Robert Garcia	Bauman Greenroom
	3B: Psychological Lewis “Jack of Hearts: C.S. Lewis’s Uneasiness about Emotion,” Dr. Adam Pelser “Transcending the Therapeutic,” Stephen Wicker “Relational Attachment in the Early Life of C.S. Lewis: A Preliminary Psychological Analysis,” Dr. Holly Lawson Chair: Dr. Bart Fowler	Canyon Commons
	3C: Cosmic Imagination “‘The Sweet Poison of the False Infinitive’: C.S. Lewis, Elon Musk, and Longtermism,” Aidan Arthur “The Children, Mr. Bultitude, and the Lost Screwtape Sequel,” Dr. Charlie Starr “C.S. Lewis and the Post-Christian Paganism,” Dr. Brian Gregor Chair: Madeleine Teel	Roberts Center 130
	3D: Lewis in Dialogue “Mutifaceted: C.S. Lewis and André Bazin on Artistic Creation,” Dr. Bryan Mead “Surprised by Similarity: C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton on the Self,” Dr. John Gillespie “Theological Reflections on Technology by C.S. Lewis and Jacques Ellul,” Dr. Joshua Schultz Chair: Dr. Sarah Waters	Roberts Center 170
	3E: Personal Lewis “The Menippean Key to the Surprised by Joy Mystery,” Dr. Carrie Birmingham “Exploring ‘Early Prose Joy’: The Crucial Centrality of Lewis’s First Spiritual Autobiography,” Andrew Lazo “‘A Very Ordinary Layman’: C.S. Lewis’s Prayer Life in Historical Context,” Jacqueline Wilson Chair: Dr. Steve Beebe 3:15-3:30 p.m. Break	Roberts Center 203
3:30-4:30 p.m.	New Books Roundtable, hosted by Dr. Joseph Ricke (Refreshments provided) 4:15-4:30 p.m. Break	Canyon Commons
4:30-5:45 p.m.	Keynote: Dr. Jahdiel Perez, “Lewis the Rubbish Administrator: Unpublished Vice President Records at Magdalen College” 5:30-5:45 p.m. Break	Canyon Commons
5:45-7:30 p.m.	Dinner	Canyon Commons
7:30-9 p.m.	“An Evening with C.S. Lewis”	Bauman Auditorium

Saturday, September 7, 2024

7-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Canyon Commons
8:30-9 a.m.	Centering	Canyon Commons
9- 10:30 a.m.	Keynote: Dr. Holly Ordway, “What Did Tolkien Really Think about Narnia?” 10:15-10:30 a.m. Break	Canyon Commons
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Workshop 3 “Treasure Hunt among Lewis Manuscripts: Hidden Keys in Lewis’s Handwriting,” Dr. Charlie Starr	Canyon Commons
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Workshop 4 “Research Opportunities and the Oxford University Socratic Club (1942–1972),” Jim Stockton	Hoover 105
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Canyon Commons
12:30-2 p.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #4
	4A: Sehnsucht “‘Sing About the Hidden Country’: Longing in Spirits in Bondage,” Charlie Reeder “Revelations of a Baptized Memory: Sehnsucht in C.S. Lewis’s ‘Talking About Bicycles,’” Megan Rials “A Theological Analysis of Desire in C.S. Lewis,” Clayton Carver Chair: Dr. Katherine Cooper Wyma	Roberts Center 117
	4B: Martial Imagination “Mayflowers of Hope: The Wartime Correspondence of C.S. Lewis and Warren Lewis,” Prof. Clark Moreland “Planetary Imagery in Till We Have Faces,” Michael Oppizzi “On Last Battles: Facing Doom in C.S. Lewis’s Life and Literature,” Stavros Piperis, Esq. Chair: Dr. Marc LiVecche	Roberts Center 130
	4C: Problem of Evil “Freedom, Suffering, and Hell in Till We Have Faces: Lewis's Shifting Views,” Stefan Knibbe “C.S. Lewis’s Corrective to the Modern Animal Suffering Debate,” Colton Kirby “Spectacles Over Spectacle: Reconsidering A Grief Observed in a Social Media Age,” Ryan Pemberton Chair: Dr. Bruce Johnson	Roberts Center 170
	4D: The Abolition of Man “The Positive Educational Program of The Abolition of Man,” Dr. Jon Fennell “After Abolition: C.S. Lewis vs. B.F. Skinner on Culture, Psychology, and Humanity’s Future,” Dr. Bart Fowler “What is Nature Doing in Lewis’s The Abolition of Man?” Dr. Chris Armstrong Chair: Dr. Michael Ward	Hoover 105
	4E: Literary Lewis #1 “An Undiscovered Source in Lewis’s Conversion Narrative,” Dr. Sarah Waters “On the Shoulders of Giants: Lessons Lewis Learned from Spenser,” Dr. Josh Herring “ The Silver Chair and Sir Gawain: Lewis’s Evolution of Medieval Literature,” Josh Hammingh Chair: Dr. Joe Ricke 1:45-2 p.m. Break	Roberts Center 203
2-3:30 p.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #5
	5A: New Light on Lewisian Themes “‘That Old Ache’: Erotic Longing for the Eternal in the Thought of Lewis, Tolkien, Pope Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II,” Bill Donaghy “A Reassessment of Lewis’s Claims Against Total Depravity,” Jasper Gerhardt “Courtesy: The Poetry of Conduct in The Chronicles of Narnia,” Dr. Kristine Wolberg Chair: Josiah Peterson	Roberts Center 117
	5B: Lewis and Media “Fifty New Short Works by C.S. Lewis, the Blurb-Writer,” Justin Keena “Re-covering Lewis: An Examination of Cover Art for Lewis’s Fiction,” David Isaacs “Was this Written by AI? C.S. Lewis and Living Well in the Digital Age,” Dr. Katherine Cooper Wyma Chair: Dr. Stephanie Derrick	Roberts Center 130
	5C: Political Lewis “‘No Ordinary People’: Lewis and von Hügel on the Uniqueness of Persons,” Dr. Robert Garcia “C.S. Lewis: Politics for Narnians,” Dr. Roger Newell “‘No Mere Mortals’: A Lewisian Theory of Human Dignity,” Prof. Brian Ballard Chair: Dr. Harry Poe	Roberts Center 170
	5D: Apologetical Lewis “Besides the Meetings: The Oxford University Socratic Club’s Lesser Known Events,” James Stockton “Miracles and the Medical Inkling: Science and Faith according to R.E. Havard and C.S. Lewis,” Dr. Sarah O’Dell “The Clearly Ambiguous Apologist: A New Key to Lewis’s Apologetics,” Dr. Terry Cokenour Chair: Dr. Holly Ordway	Hoover 105
	5E: Literary Lewis #2 “C.S. Lewis on Julian of Norwich: Dangerous but Worth Reading,” Dr. Kyoko Yuasa “C.S. Lewis and the Shandean Cause,” Dr. Ryan Stark “Jack and Jane: Why C.S. Lewis Loved Jane Austen,” Dr. Terry Glaspey Chair: Dr. Gary Tandy 3:15-3:30 p.m. Break	Roberts Center 203
3:30-4:30 p.m.	The Forge of Friendship Documentary (Refreshments provided) 4:15-4:30 p.m. Break	Canyon Commons
4:30-5:45 p.m.	Keynote: Dr. Michael Ward, “ Planet Narnia Revisited” 5:30-5:45 p.m. Break	Canyon Commons
5:45-7:30 p.m.	Dinner	Canyon Commons
7:30-9 p.m.	“Lewis & Tolkien: The Baptized Imagination”	Wood-Mar Auditorium

Sunday, September 8, 2024

7-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Canyon Commons
8:30-9 a.m.	Devotional	Canyon Commons
9:15-10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Paper Sessions #6
	6A: Philosophical Lewis #2 “Lewis in the Age of British Analytic Philosophy: Circumventing an Unenchanted Dragon,” Erin Seidel “A Moving Image of Eternity: Exploring Lewis’s Philosophy of Time,” Dr. Brian Roden “The Marshwiggle’s Wager: An Analysis of Epistemology in Lewis’s The Silver Chair,” Isaac Owen Chair: Dr. Matt Jordan	Roberts Center 117
	6B: Rhetorical Lewis “‘It Was a Case for Surgery’: Medical Theological Imagery in The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce,” Dr. Kelly Chittenden “What Makes C.S. Lewis so Quotable?” Dr. Gary Tandy “An Inescapable Haunting: The Centrality of the Latin Language to Lewis’s Storytelling,” Christiana Hale Chair: Dr. Simon Horobin	Roberts Center 130
	6C: Lewis in Wartime “The Radio Broadcasts of C.S. Lewis as Personal Testimony,” Dr. Harry Poe “The 1941 Broadcast Talks: Clues to Meaning in Lewis’s Universe,” Dr. Stephen Johnston “Screwtape in Wartime,” Dr. Joe Ricke Chair: Ryan Pemberton	Roberts Center 170
	6D: Scientific Lewis “Lewis’s Critique of Science,” Dr. Michael Muth “Science, Magic, and the Formation of Worldviews: New Discoveries from the Wade Center,” Dr. Robert Revington “The Abolition of Man: Bringing C.S. Lewis to Life,” Dr. Paul Lorenzini Chair: Roy Wallen	Roberts Center 203
	6E: Familial Lewis “Joy Davidman’s Unpublished Letters: August 16 to December 19, 1952,” Dr. Don King “C.S. Lewis as Stepfather: Some Father Figures in Narnia,” Joel Hawbaker “‘How Paternal Literary Habits Influenced C.S. Lewis,” Dr. Crystal Hurd Chair: James Stockton 10:30-10:45 a.m. Break	Canyon Commons
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Keynote Panel Discussion, hosted by Ruth Jackson	Canyon Commons
12:30 p.m.	Lunch & Send-Off	Canyon Commons