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 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). But 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.

Those attending the conference are likely to be people from a wide range of backgrounds - some extremely knowledgeable about Williams and others much less so. Papers as presented should be prepared with this in mind - though versions for publication will need the usual supporting apparatus of footnotes, references &c.

We are asking that papers last approximately 20--25 minutes (4,000-6,000 words).

Academic panel: Dr Suzanne Bray (Lille Catholic University), Dr Brian Horne (King's College, London), Professor Grevel Lindop (Manchester University), and Professor Charles Huttar (Hope College, USA).

Please send any questions and propositions for papers (250--350 words) to Dr Richard Sturch at charles_wms_soc@yahoo.co.uk (note the underlining between charles, wms and soc). or 35 Broomfield, Stacey Bushes, Milton Keynes, MK12 6HA, U.K., by January 11th 2008.