Below is the preliminary schedule for the 2019 C.S. Lewis Conference & Faculty Forum. Please note that this is a preliminary schedule that is subject to changes as needed and will be updated as changes are made.
Friday, November 1, 2024
| 1:15 PM | Check In for Early Arrival Sessions Attendees |
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| 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Conference Bookstore & Art Gallery open |
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Early Arrival Session #1: Dr. Sørina Higgins |
| 3:00 – 6:30 PM | Main Conference Check-In |
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Early Arrival Session #2: Dr. Sørina Higgins |
| 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Dinner on your own |
| 7:00 – 10:00 PM | Opening Worship: – Amber Salladin (Music) – Jim Salladin (Devotion) |
| Welcome – Mary Pomroy Key (C. S. Lewis Study Center) & Steven Elmore (C. S. Lewis Foundation) | |
| Whimsy: “The Forge of Friendship,” Kirk Manton | |
| Introduction of Bruce Herman – Brad Davis, Senior Fellow, C. S. Lewis Study Center | |
| Plenary One: Bruce Herman | |
| Break | |
| Reception |
Saturday, November 2, 2024
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Conference Bookstore & Art Gallery open |
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| 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM | MORNING SESSION |
| Opening Worship: – Amber Salladin (Music) – Jim Salladin (Devotion) |
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| Introduction of Plenary Speaker by Scott B. Key | |
| Plenary Session #2: Margaret Hughes | |
| Break | |
| Whimsy – Brad Davis | |
| Introduction of Plenary Speaker by Gayne Anacker, Senior Fellow, C.S. Lewis Study Center | |
| Plenary Session #3: Jim Hartley | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch together |
| 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM | ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLE |
| Leader of Group I: Dr. Gayne J. Anacker | |
| Leader of Group II: Dr. Christopher Howell | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| Title TBA – Dr. Sørina Higgins | |
| Title TBA – Dr. Scott B. Key | |
| Title TBA – Dr. Paul Sorrentino | |
| Title TBA – Ralph Linhardt and Kirk Manton | |
| 2:00 – 2:15 PM | Break |
| 2:15 – 3:15 PM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| Title TBA – Brad Davis | |
| Title TBA – Dr. Sørina Higgins | |
| Title TBA – Kirk Manton | |
| Title TBA – Dr. Mary Pomroy Key | |
| 3:30 – 6:30 PM | Free Time |
| Emily Dickinson Museum Tour (Time and Cost TBA) | |
| 6:30 – 7:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM | EVENING SESSION |
| Opening Worship and Mini-Concert – Craig Sandford | |
| Break | |
| 8:30 – 9:45 PM | “Chesterton versus Shaw” by Frank Mihelich, director |
| 9:45 – 10:00 PM | Talk-Back with Frank Mihelich and Cast |
| 10:00 – 10:15 PM | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 PM | “Aslan’s Table” by Brad Davis |
Sunday, November 3, 2024
| Before 11:00 AM | Room Checkout |
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| 8:00 – 9:30 AM | Mass at the Newman Center |
| 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM | MORNING SESSION |
| Morning Worship with Amber Salladin | |
| Panel Discussion: Plenary Speakers in discussion with Brad Davis | |
| Break | |
| Whimsy | |
| Closing Worship and Final Plenary – Jim and Amber Salladin | |
| Closing Words – Scott B. Key & Steven Elmore | |
| Closing Poem: Brad Davis | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch on our own at UMass Hotel or in the area |
| 2:30 PM | Tours of Study Center, Northfield |