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   Are WomEn Human (Yet)?   
   Gender and the Inklings   
   C. S. Lewis & Friends Colloquium   
   Taylor University   
   June 4-7, 2020   
   CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS   
      
   JOIN US for our 12th Biennial C. S. Lewis & Friends Colloquium, June   
   4-7, 2020. Sponsored by Taylor University’s Center for the Study of C.   
   S. Lewis & Friends, the Colloquium features keynote addresses from top   
   scholars in the field, plus hundreds of presentations of both original   
   scholarship and original creative work in paper sessions, workshops,   
   panel discussions, performances, artist exhibitions, and much more.   
   The Colloquium welcomes scholars, teachers, students, life-long   
   learners, fans, seekers, and, as always, new friends to be part of our   
   adventurous company. For the first time in our history, and as part of   
   our mission to identify and support the next generation of friends,   
   the Colloquium will feature a one-day pre-conference especially for   
   “Young Inklings” on June 3.   
      
   Of course, this liveliest of conferences will have its usual dramatic   
   performances, board games, late night singalongs, tea and biscuits,   
   and the return of the fabulous pop-up bookstore by Eighth Day Books.   
   In addition, The 2020 Colloquium will also once again include the   
   opportunity to buy used and rare copies of books by Lewis & Friends   
   authors. Come discover why Devin Brown says “The Taylor University   
   Lewis Colloquium is the premier Inklings conference on the planet,   
   with something for every level of scholar.”   
      
   Plenary Speakers: We are happy to announce that our plenary speakers   
   for 2020 include Monika Hilder, Jane Chance, Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson,   
   Don King, Diana Glyer, Jason Lepojärvi, and Charles Huttar.   
      
   Conference Theme: The 2020 Colloquium program will highlight the   
   specific theme of “Are WomEn Human (Yet)? Gender and the Inklings.”   
   Over eighty years after Dorothy L. Sayers first posed her startling   
   question (and in honor of the centennial of woman’s suffrage), we   
   think it is high time to acknowledge and celebrate women in the lives   
   and works of authors like C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dorothy L.   
   Sayers, and George MacDonald, but also to look carefully at their   
   attitudes towards and relationships with women. We also hope to   
   encourage new scholarship on individuals such as Ruth Pitter, Joy   
   Davidman, Mary Neylan, Barbara Reynolds, Louisa and Lilia MacDonald,   
   Ida Gordon, Katherine Farrer, Sister Penelope, Anne Ridler, and others   
   whose contributions have been insufficiently noticed and/or   
   undervalued in the shadow of their more famous friends. In keynote   
   addresses, panel discussions, paper presentations, and creative work   
   of all kinds, we will explore together these topics and many others.   
   As always, papers on more general topics are also encouraged.   
      
   Call for Papers: We invite proposals for scholarly papers on any topic   
   related to C. S. Lewis and his circle (broadly defined) – Owen   
   Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R.   
   R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and others. We are especially interested   
   in papers on the conference theme, papers that expand the horizons of   
   previous scholarship, and papers from new and emerging scholars. We   
   also invite creative work—poetry, fiction, essay, drama, film, visual   
   art, musical composition—that responds to or is influenced by the   
   conference theme and/or these authors.  Proposals should be 100-200   
   words in length and should anticipate a twenty-minute presentation   
   time limit.  Creative work must be a complete work, rather than a   
   proposal. Deadline for proposals is February 15, 2020. All proposals   
   will be considered on a rotating basis.   
      
   Complete information, including submission instructions, will be   
   available soon at our website: library.taylor.edu/cslewis. Direct all   
   proposal-related questions to jsricke@taylor.edu. Please address all   
   other questions to cslewiscenter@taylor.edu.   
      
   Hat-tip to:   
   https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2019/11/04/cfptaylor/   
   --   
   Stephen Hayes, Author of The Year of the Dragon   
   Sample or purchase The Year of the Dragon:   
   https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/907935   
   Web site: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk   
      
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