BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis Carroll Society of North America - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Lewis Carroll Society of North America X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Lewis Carroll Society of North America REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231210T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20231004T045844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T132954Z UID:22194-1702216800-1702220400@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:4th Annual Carrollian Show & Tell DESCRIPTION:Watch our 2023 Carrollian Show and Tell on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the feel-good event of the season: it’s our FOURTH annual Carrollian Show & Tell! Zoom in and enjoy presentations from several of your fellow LCSNA members and friends from all over the world as they share Carrollian crafts\, collectibles\, curiosities and more. Stay tuned for details and how YOU can volunteer to present. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got to share! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/4th-annual-carrollian-show-tell/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-Carrollian-Show-Tell-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20231004T045833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T223712Z UID:22200-1698501600-1698505200@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Picturing Wonderland with Abelardo Morell DESCRIPTION:Watch Picturing Wonderland on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for Picturing Wonderland\, with esteemed artist Abelardo Morell in conversation with Diane Waggoner\, curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art. \n\n\n\n“In 1998\, I made a series of photographs illustrating Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. I designed my images to be situated within a landscape made of books because it struck me that Carroll had linked Wonderland to the idea of discovering imagination by digging deep into the pages of a book… While this photographic work is unavoidably steered and shaded by the eeriness of our present times\, it is largely a product of invention\, imagination and freedom – things needed to make something new out of the old.” \n\n\n\nAbelardo Morell was born in Havana\, Cuba in 1948. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1962. Morell received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and his MFA from The Yale University School of Art. He was professor of Photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston from 1983 to 2010. His many publications include a photographic illustration of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1998) by Dutton Children’s Books. His many awards include a Guggenheim fellowship in 1994 and an Infinity Award in Art from ICP in 2011. His work has been collected and shown in countless galleries\, institutions and museums\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, The Whitney Museum of American Art\, the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York\, The Chicago Art Institute\, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, The Houston Museum of Art\, The Boston Museum of Fine Art and The Victoria & Albert Museum. \n\n\n\nDiane Waggoner is curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art\, where she has curated numerous exhibitions\, including The PreRaphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting\, 1848-1875 and East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography. She holds a PhD in art history from Yale University. In 2020\, she published Lewis Carroll’s Photography and Modern Childhood with Princeton University Press. She currently serves on the board of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/picturing-wonderland-with-abelardo-morell/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LCSNA-Oct-23-Abelardo-Morell-final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230929T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231001T170000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230525T002303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T223825Z UID:21762-1695978000-1696179600@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Fall 2023 Conference DESCRIPTION:Evolving Carroll: Danger\, Drawing\, Dancing — and Music!\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch our 2023 Fall Conference presentations on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\nOur fall conference promises to be highly educational and entertaining\, with a diverse array of speakers. Since the Fall 2023 Conference will be held live in-person only\, and there will be no livestream\, we hope you will attend for the richest conference experience interacting with speakers and with other Carrollians.  Although the sessions will be recorded\, those recordings will not be released until much later.  \n\n\n\nThere is no charge to attend\, but please register by getting a ticket below so we can plan for meals. \n\n\n\nFor planning purposes\, please submit a separate registration for each attendee (i.e.\, please do not combine the names of two or more people on the registration form). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImportant note about hotels: we urge you to book your hotel room as soon as possible because some hotels (including some closest to the venue) already have limited availability. \n\n\n\nThe Program\n\n\n\nFriday will feature the Schaefer Memorial Reading\, and special Carroll-related exhibits both in the the Kelvin Smith Library’s Special Collections Reading Room and the Cleveland Public Library’s Special Collections. \n\n\n\nSaturday.  The program includes the following speakers. Presentation titles and abstracts will be provided as soon as they are available. \n\n\n\n\nSean Dietrich\, the illustrator of a new edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland\n\n\n\nDaniel Goldmark\, Professor and Director of Center for Popular Music Studies Case Western Reserve University\, and Jason Hanley\, Vice President of Education and Visitor Engagement at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum\, will explore the history of popular songs inspired by Carroll’s  works\, from the earliest days through rock and roll.\n\n\n\nKenneth Gross\, Hilfiker Distinguished Professor in English at the University of Rochester\, and author the recent book Dangerous Children\, will examine the Alice stories within the context of strange and dangerous children in literature.\n\n\n\nGladisa Guadalupe\, the artistic director of the Cleveland Ballet\, will discuss the ballet Alice that the company commissioned and premiered\, and will speak about this unconventional circus-themed version.\n\n\n\nAmanda Kennell\, Assistant Professor\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\, the University of Notre Dame\, will discuss how Japanese image creators who have been working in a variety of media turned to Alice to imagine new ways of living in a digital world and understanding digital technologies.\n\n\n\nJames R. Kincaid\, Arnold Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California\, and Edward Guiliano\, Professor and President Emeritus of New York Institute of Technology\, will engage in a dialog on the topic of “Talking About Alices.”\n\n\n\nLaura White\, Weaver Professor of English at the University of Nebraska\, and the author of The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World will explore how ideas about nature changed drastically during the Victorian era\, and how Carroll used the charm and wit of Alice to counter Darwinism and then-current theories of evolution. \n\n\n\n\nSunday morning we will have the popular Tea Party.  \n\n\n\nDownload here the extensive 18-page PDF guide\, which includes an overview of the three days of the conference\, biographies and brief statements about the presentation topics\, a list of area hotels\, a list of events and attractions in Cleveland that may be of interest to conference goers\, restaurant suggestions\, and area maps. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-fall-2023-conference/ LOCATION:Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University\, 10900 Euclid Avenue\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44106\, United States CATEGORIES:LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LCSNA-Fall-2023-Save-the-Date-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230611T063143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T223421Z UID:21850-1691848800-1691852400@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Through the Wonderglass: Alice in Science and Medicine\, in the Victorian Age and Beyond  DESCRIPTION:Watch Through The Wonderglass on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Dr. Franziska Kohlt \n\n\n\nWhen discussing the immensely varied history and legacy of the Alice books\, science has traditionally played a marginal role. But what if I told you that a major way in which the book and its author were understood in its time was through its contributions to public discussions around and understanding of scientific and medical topics? That its author was deeply involved in scientific\, medical\, ecological issues of his time? And that Alice has been since his\, and until our day\, a major vehicle for scientists to communicate mind-bending – as well as unsettling – discoveries in their fields\, and the far-reaching consequences they have on our worlds?   \n\n\n\nThis talk will take you on a journey through the scientific cultural history of the Alice books. Re-examining Carroll’s own engagement with science\, from his childhood reading to his engagement with microscopy\, alongside his literary writing\, one will cast a fresh light on the other. The whistle-stop tour will spotlight tea-parties and their role within the Victorian history of psychiatry\, the presence of microscopes\, magic lanterns and photography in Carroll’s works through Victorian optical culture\, in education and childhood culture. And it will explain the perhaps surprising connections between the centrality of ecology and entomology in Through the Looking-Glass\, and Victorian theories on the science and theology of acting\, in the light of Alice’s stage adaptations.   \n\n\n\nAs well as illuminating the Alice books\, this little-studied history will also illuminate some earlier and later Carroll favourites from Photography Extraordinary\, or Phantasmagoria to Bruno’s Revenge or the enigmatic Wasp in the Wig chapter.   \n\n\n\nLooking finally at the little-known history of Alice in popular science\, in early mentions in\, Alice through the Microscope\, or ephemeral concepts\, such as “Quantum Cheshire Cats” and “Alice in Wonderland Syndrome\,” obvious appearance of Alice as scientific explorer\, as in Alice in Rainforest-land\, or Alice\, the Cat Zeta and Climate Change\, and less obvious\, but all the more significant appearances\, such as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring\, this talk will show how Alice is as inseparable from the history of Science\, in which she became explorer\, guide\, and questioner – as she is from Wonderland.     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Your Speaker \n\n\n\nDr. Franziska Kohlt is a Leverhulme Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds\, where she currently researches the history of public science education in early nineteenth-century Britain. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford\, where her DPhil thesis investigated the historical intersections of the history of psychology and psychiatry and the works of Victorian writers of fantastic literature. She is also the Inaugural Carrollian Fellow at the University of Southern California in LA\, where she is currently finishing her book Through the Wonderglass: The Unexpected Histories of a Children’s Classic\, which will appear with Reaktion Press\, into which this talk will give an exclusive preview.   URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/through-the-wonderglass-alice-in-science-and-medicine-in-the-victorian-age-and-beyond/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-summer-school-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230122T194335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T223302Z UID:21362-1686492000-1686495600@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Spotlight on Collectors DESCRIPTION:Watch our 2023 Spotlight on Collectors on YouTube \n\n\n\nJoin your fellow LCSNA members and friends as we go on a virtual tour of some very special Carrollian collections. In addition to exclusive looks at exquisite ephemera\, we’ll explore what drives collectors to collect\, and how they settle on specialty and scope. We are very excited to welcome Dr. Catherine Richards\, Clare Imholtz and Joel Birenbaum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Richards will give an introduction to the important field of Carrollian Deltiology\, sharing some of her favourite specimens\, and showing how they can lead to some fascinating research. \n\n\n\nJoel Birenbaum\, serious and not-so-serious collector of all things Alice\, will present Joel’s Adventures in Wonderland: How I Went Down a Rabbit Hole and Found the Cat. \n\n\n\nClare Imholtz will share her Alice-themed yearbook collection! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMeet Your Collectors \n\n\n\nCatherine Richards has been collecting and researching Lewis Carroll for over 40 years. The Richards collection is wide-ranging\, and one particular focus is upon Carroll-related postcards\, which in themselves cover every conceivable topic. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoel Birenbaum is a member and ex-president of the LCSNA\, Creator and Administrator of the Alice in Wonderland Collectors Network and Organizer of Alice150. \n\n\n\nClare Imholtz is a long-time LCSNA member who has been collecting Alice books and ephemera since the 1980s. She discovered Alice-themed yearbooks\, many of which include extraordinary student art and writing\, on eBay. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/spotlight-on-collectors/ CATEGORIES:tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LCSNA-2023-Spotlight-on-Collectors.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230117T175326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T223155Z UID:21328-1684587600-1684591200@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Presenting Paul Rissmann’s Alice Concert Suites & The Alice Sound Website DESCRIPTION:Watch The Alice Sound presentation on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis presentation offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes understanding of Paul’s two concert suites based on the Alice books which premiered at the Barbican\, London in 2015 and 2022 respectively. We will briefly outline the genesis of the collaborative project which led to the production of these works aimed at a family audience. Using recordings of the productions\, Paul will then outline the challenges and opportunities involved in this process and the creative solutions (sometimes involving kitchen equipment!) he came up with. Finally\, we will give a brief tour of The Alice Sound website which offers permanent\, free access to Paul’s works and to a rich array of learning resources spanning literature\, music\, art and drama. \n\n\n\nAbout Paul Rissmann \n\n\n\nDescribed by Neue Muzikzeitung as ‘the Jamie Oliver of animateurs’\, Paul enjoys a varied career which includes composing music\, talking about music and inspiring others to make and perform their own music. He currently holds the positions of Animateur with the London Symphony Orchestra and Children’s Composer in Residence for Music in the Round. \n\n\n\nPaul is a passionate music educationist whose projects has been acclaimed by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Royal Television Society. In 2014\, he appeared as creative director in a Channel 4 documentary Addicts’ Symphony\, which explored how music can be therapeutic in overcoming addiction. \n\n\n\nFrequently commissioned to transform children’s literature into symphonic scores\, Paul won a British Composer Award in 2012 and was nominated for an Ivor Novello Composer Award in 2020. His music has been commissioned and performed by orchestras all over the world\, including the London Symphony Orchestra\, New York Philharmonic\, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPaul creates and performs bespoke orchestral events for people of all ages which range from full-scale concerts for the under-5s to a critically acclaimed series of music discovery concerts for adults called Naked Classics. He has guest-presented Classics Unwrapped and Inside Music for BBC Radio\, dissected the world of opera for Glyndebourne in Behind the Curtain and performed a series of open-air classical concerts with the LSO in London’s Trafalgar Square. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Kiera Vaclavik \n\n\n\nKiera Vaclavik is Professor of Children’s Literature and Childhood Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Kiera’s research centers on children’s literature and childhood culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day\, with a particular focus on Victorian works and their afterlives. Her project exploring the Alice books in relation to fashion and dress was supported by a 24-month AHRC fellowship and led to outputs including a fabric collection with Liberty\, London\, “The Alice Look” exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood which she curated (2015)\, and the monograph\, Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon\, 1860-1901 (Bloomsbury\, 2019). Her most recent work on Carroll explores the long and fascinating tradition of male performance of Alice’s role\, as well as the sonic dimension of his Alice books. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/looking-glass-suite-with-dr-kiera-vaclavik-and-paul-rissman/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LCSNA-May-23-Looking-Glass-Suite-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T235959 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230105T144217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222935Z UID:21286-1681516800-1681603199@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Spring Conference 2023 - Lights! Camera! Carroll! DESCRIPTION:Watch our Lights! Camera! Carroll! presentations on YouTube \n\n\n\nPlease join us online Saturday April 15 for the LCSNA Spring Conference/Movie Marathon. Starting at 9:00AM PDT/12:00PM EDT\, Lights! Camera! Carroll! will feature provocative presentations\, far-out films and so much more. Free Zoom Webinar\, open to the public\, no registration required! Stop by for a presentation or two\, or stay all day. All are welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLights! Camera! Carroll! Full PDF Program \n\n\n\nBe sure to check out our 2023 Spring Conference Keepsake Fundraiser\, featuring amazing artwork created by Jonathan David Dixon! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril 15 presentations include: \n\n\n\nJUST ADDED! Filmmaker Tiziana Caminada presents her long-lost short film Phantasmagoria. Originally slated to play at the first International Lewis Carroll Conference in 1989 and scrapped due to projection problems\, it has remained largely unseen for the last 30+ years! Tiziana will discuss the film post-screening with Cindy Watter. \n\n\n\nArnold Hirshon with Alice in Motion\, a trip down the celluloid rabbit hole of Alice in film! \n\n\n\nAndy Malcolm\, Wendy Rowland and Robin Bain with The Making of Something About Alice: Alice in Popular Culture\, including exclusive documentary bonus footage! \n\n\n\nDr. Rebecca Gibson with “See How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes”: Alice Metaphors and Perilous Leaps of Faith in the Matrix Franchise. \n\n\n\nDr. April Lynn James with ‘Thirteen Years Later’: Why the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland (2010) is Still #1 with Me. \n\n\n\nJenna West with Alice in Stop-motionland\, followed by a screening of a reconstruction of Lou Bunin’s 1949 Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles. \n\n\n\nDane Keil with Wonderlands & Dream Children: Insights Gained From a Month Under Ground. “Under Ground” referring to his experience reviewing 30 Alice in Wonderland films in a row! \n\n\n\nFilmmaker Simon Da Vison screens his brand new feature length The Hunting of the Snark\, followed by a conversation with Mark Russell Richards of Lewis Carroll Resources! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-spring-conference-2023-lights-camera-carroll/ CATEGORIES:film screening,LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lights-Camera-Carroll-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T163000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230117T175317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222808Z UID:21329-1678030200-1678033800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Fluttering Across the Pages of Manga History DESCRIPTION:12:30 PM Pacific Time/3:30 Eastern Time \n\n\n\nWatch this Alice in Wonderland manga presentation on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFluttering Across the Pages of Manga History  \n\n\n\nAlice has inspired countless comics artists around the world over the years.  Its popularity in Japanese comics\, or manga\, in particular is well known.  This talk delves into the history of the manga industry to reveal why Alice appears in so many manga and why manga artists will adapt Alice repeatedly.  Pivotal Alice manga by important artists\, in key genres\, and from crucial periods in Japanese media history will be highlighted. \n\n\n\nAbout Our Speaker \n\n\n\nAmanda Kennell is an expert writer\, speaker\, and curator whose research centers on modern media\, the environments that they create\, and how content evolves as it moves across various media environments. She is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of International Studies at North Carolina State University. Her first book\, Alice in Japanese Wonderlands: Translation\, Adaptation\, Mediation\, will be published by the University of Hawai’i Press in 2023. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance\, the Journal of Popular Culture\, the Washington Post\, and the Knight Letter\, as well as the exhibition catalogue for the British Museum’s Manga exhibit\, on which she consulted. She co-hosts the Japanese Studies channel of the New Books Network of podcasted interviews with the authors of new scholarly books. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California\, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania\, and a B.A. from Smith College. Her work has been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the Nippon Foundation\, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures\, the Modern Language Association\, the Association of Asian Studies\, and the Cassady Lewis Carroll Collection\, among others. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/alice-manga-with-dr-amanda-kennell/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LCSNA-March-23-Manga-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230117T175306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222646Z UID:21332-1675522800-1675526400@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:JOB-erwocky: Making (Non)Sense of the World DESCRIPTION:Noon Pacific Time / 3:00 Eastern Time / 8:00 PM UK \n\n\n\nWatch this presentation on nonce formation on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe biblical book of Job is written in a unique dialect of ancient Hebrew\, containing way more word coinage than any other book in the Bible. This early nonsense poetry employs nonce formation in a way that often parallels Lewis Carroll\, and often shares the same purpose. \n\n\n\nAbout Ryan Armstrong\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nDr. Armstrong makes use of his broad expertise to place rigorous philological scholarship of the Hebrew Bible in conversation with voices throughout history. From medieval rabbis to Christian reformers and Enlightenment artists\, interpreters are emotionally invested in the words of the Bible. By understanding how diverse communities have related to these ancient texts\, Armstrong uncovers ways for modern readers to relate to them. His recent work looks at the Book of Job with insights gained from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland\, as it features debates between zany characters who describe the world through nonsensical poems that are full of nonce words. Take scholarly adventures with him on his YouTube channel\, Bible and Culture with Dr. Armstrong! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/an-afternoon-at-osu-part-2/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LCSNA-OSU-Part-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T160000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20230117T175255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222525Z UID:21333-1674918000-1674921600@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Protests in Wonderland and The Wizard of Uz: We Don’t Need No Education DESCRIPTION:Noon Pacific Time / 3:00 PM Eastern Time / 8:00 PM UK \n\n\n\nWatch this talk comparing Alice in Wonderland and the Book of Job on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe biblical book of Job and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland are both written to make fun of overly confident religious leaders in their day who are way too eager to make meaning out of nonsense and find a moral lesson in chaos. Both books use similar plot devices\, literary techniques\, and jokes to drive this point home. \n\n\n\nAbout Ryan Armstrong\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nDr. Armstrong makes use of his broad expertise to place rigorous philological scholarship of the Hebrew Bible in conversation with voices throughout history. From medieval rabbis to Christian reformers and Enlightenment artists\, interpreters are emotionally invested in the words of the Bible. By understanding how diverse communities have related to these ancient texts\, Armstrong uncovers ways for modern readers to relate to them. His recent work looks at the Book of Job with insights gained from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland\, as it features debates between zany characters who describe the world through nonsensical poems that are full of nonce words. Take scholarly adventures with him on his YouTube channel\, Bible and Culture with Dr. Armstrong! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/an-afternoon-at-oklahoma-state-university-with-dr-ryan-armstrong-and-archivist-ben-hedges/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LCSNA-OSU-The-Wall.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20221128T014108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222413Z UID:21139-1670767200-1670770800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:3rd Annual Carrollian Show & Tell DESCRIPTION:2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM PacificWatch this Carrollian Show and Tell on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the feel-good event of the season: it’s our third annual Carrollian Show & Tell! Zoom in and enjoy presentations from several of your fellow LCSNA members and friends from all over the world as they share Carrollian crafts\, collectibles\, curiosities and more. Members\, be on the lookout for a volunteer-requesting email\, or keep an eye on our social media. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got to share! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/3rd-annual-carrollian-show-tell/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-Carrollian-Show-Tell.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T235959 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220411T142536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T222253Z UID:20160-1667520000-1667779199@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Fall 2022 Meeting DESCRIPTION:Watch the conference videos on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here for short Agenda [PDF] \n\n\n\n\nRegister now!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe look forward to SEEING and\, perhaps\, HUGGING you at the LCSNA meeting held at the George A Smathers Libraries\, University of Florida\, in Gainesville. While there are no registration costs to you and the meeting is free and open to the public\, we ask that you register by Oct 26th to help us prepare for your arrival. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDuring the General Meeting on Saturday\, Nov 5\, tea\, coffee\, and water will be available throughout the day. Lunch will be available to attendees at no cost. \n\n\n\nSunday\, Nov 6\, we ask you to register for the Tea Party. If you know there are specific materials you would like to see on Sunday\, send an email to special@uflib.ufl.edu to request those materials be pulled ahead of time. \n\n\n\nIMPORTANT NOTE: Remote/Zoom attendees MUST register to receive the link and password Information for the meeting. \n\n\n\nIdentification. You will need to show a picture ID when entering University facilities\, including the bus to the Maxine and David Schaefer Memorial Reading. \n\n\n\nCOVID. The University does not have a vaccination  or mask requirement. Attendees should evaluate their own risks and take precautions accordingly. N-95 masks will be available at the venue. \n\n\n\nAccessibility. If an online or in-person attendee needs accessibility assistance\, please email Haven Hawley\, PhD [ehh@ufl.edu]. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have questions\, please send an email to Linda Cassady at president@lewiscarroll.org. \n\n\n\nProgram (Eastern Time Zone)\n\n\n\nPDF AgendaZoom link for remote attendeesSpeaker Information \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 4\, 2022\n\n\n\nAfternoon Trip! (12:45 pm – 3:45 pm) \n\n\n\n\nMeet at the Smathers Library at 12:45 pm to ride a bus to the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School \n\n\n\n\nMaxine and David Schaefer Memorial ReadingP.K. Yonge Developmental Research School (1:00 pm – 2:15 pm) \n\n\n\n\nParticipate in an excerpt of Alice’s Adventures performed for the third-grade students.\n\n\n\n\nUF’s Education Library Visit (2:45 pm – 3:45 pm) \n\n\n\n\nExhibition and Introduction to Collection\n\n\n\n\nLCSNA Board Meeting (4:30 pm – 6:30 pm)\, George A Smathers Library \n\n\n\nDinner (6:30 pm – ) TBD \n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 5\, 2022\, George A Smathers Libraries\, Room 100\, 9:00 pm – 8:45 pm\n\n\n\nWelcome (9:00 am – 9:30 am) \n\n\n\n\nLinda Cassady\, President\, Lewis Carroll Society of North America\n\n\n\nJudith Russell\, Dean of University Libraries\, University of Florida\n\n\n\nE. Haven Hawley\, Chair\, Special and Area Studies Collections\, University of Florida\n\n\n\nRamona Caponegro\, Curator\, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature\, University of Florida\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nConnecting Carroll with Classes and Research in the UF English Department (9:45 am – 11:00 am) \n\n\n\n\nMagic from the Margins: Lewis Carroll\, George MacDonald\, and Legacies of the Victorian Fantastic\,Maxine DonnellyRecent English-language fiction for children and young adults seems dominated by the fantastic: from the deep cultural impacts of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games to the mainstream appeal of supernatural teen shows like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Stranger Things\, fantasy’s former status as shameful “nerd” interest seems to be on the wane in youth circles. Instead\, fantasy has become a mode of escape and resistance for many. This may seem strange: the genre’s roots in the popular fantastic fiction of late Victorian Britain might not seem to fit the hyper-informed “commitment to diversity” environment of youth publishing and readership in the 21st century. But even as critics (particularly queer readers and readers of color) challenge persisting structural and symbolic inequities in fantastic genres\, a deeper look at foundational Victorian texts reveals some reasons fantastic fiction still holds promise. A transgenerational community of authors\, identifying with the “childishness” or “untimeliness” of fantasy worlds\, wrote themselves into importance by reclaiming magic their modern world seemingly pushed aside. Maxine will briefly discuss her work on these authors\, focusing on the Scottish fantasy author George MacDonald\, his influence on Lewis Carroll\, and the attention to social and spatial margins their work transmits to contemporary fantastic fiction.\n\n\n\nHaptic Engagements in Wonderland: Alice’s Adaptations at the Baldwin Library\,Felipe González-SilvaAs part of his Spring 2022 Introduction to Adaptation Studies class at the University of Florida students visited the Baldwin Library to interact with a sample from the infinitude of written and illustrated adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s enduring book\, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With Dr. Ramona Caponegro’s curation of titles grouped by “types” of adaptations and paired with prompts to encourage contemplation\, students spent a class period reading\, taking notes and pictures\, playing with movables\, and in other ways becoming involved with these material revisitations of the children’s literature classic. Although their responses and particular interests varied and developed throughout the semester\, this session inspired students to value their material encounters with adaptations\, to recognize and reflect upon the creation and reception of adaptations as “experiences expressing experiences\,” to use scholar Amanda Ruud’s term. This presentation recounts their experience at the Baldwin and its impact on the students’ academic and creative approaches to adaptations. It examines reading and engaging physically with materials as activities that enact the process and enjoyment of adaptation away from reductive comparisons and value judgments. The presentation also briefly considers the influence of this visit on the class’s main assignment: an adaptation screenplay.\n\n\n\nDocumentary as Rabbit Hole\, Archive as WonderlandKathryn HampshireIn an upper-division English course on literature for young children\, she incorporated materials from the Baldwin archive two separate times to give students the opportunity to engage with the materiality of primary texts in a tangible\, memorable way. One of these visits was dedicated to an exploration of the archive’s collection of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland materials. These visits dovetailed Kathryn’s inclusion of introductions to a dozen different branches of literary theory throughout this course\, as well as multimodal materials like documentaries. This talk includes an overview of the picture book course\, an explanation of her decision to incorporate theory\, and the rationale for including two different curated archival material experiences. She will focus her time on providing a description of the specific course framing for Carroll’s work\, a summary of student responses to this approach to teaching Alice\, and a reflection on these pedagogical experiences.\n\n\n\n\nDown the Archival Rabbit Hole (11:00 am – 12:00 pm) \n\n\n\n\nRamona Caponegro introduces the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature\, a collection of approximately 120\,000 books for young people published between the mid-1600s and today. The Baldwin houses several hundred editions of Carroll’s works\, particularly Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass\, and Alice-inspired retellings and adaptations. While these books provide a wonderful foundation for comparative studies\, Ramona will discuss how they can also be used as a springboard to explore important trends and milestones within children’s literature\, as well as other treasures within the Baldwin.    \n\n\n\n\nLunch (12:00 pm – 1:15 pm) \n\n\n\nThoughts on Scholarship (With Show and Tell) (1:15 pm – 2:30 pm) \n\n\n\n\nCharlie Lovett shares thoughts on Lewis Carroll scholarship and research with particular reference to his recently published book\, Lewis Carroll: Formed by Faith (which Edward Guiliano calls an “astonishing work”). Charlie will discuss context\, research\, and vision in scholarship\, while sharing stories of researching and writing the first major study of Lewis Carroll’s religious life. The lecture will include a sneak peak into the pages of Lewis Carroll: Formed by Faith and will conclude with an examination of several key sources not used in any previous study of Lewis Carroll. Charlie will bring rare materials to exhibit and will have copies of his book for sale.\n\n\n\n\nReimagining Wonderland (2:30 pm – 3:45 pm) \n\n\n\n\nThrough photographic surrealism\, Maggie Taylor has created distinctive Illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Modernbook\, 2008) and Through the Looking-Glass\, And What Alice Found There (Moth House\, 2018). The images she created for Carroll’s beloved works have also been featured in two museum shows\, “Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland” and “Dreaming Alice: Maggie Taylor’s Through the Looking Glass.” Maggie will discuss the creation process of her Carroll-inspired artwork and will show examples of her work.\n\n\n\n\nBreak (3:45 pm – 4:00 pm) \n\n\n\nThere’s Something About Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Popular Culture (4:00 pm – 5:30 pm) \n\n\n\n\nAndy Malcolm will offer an exclusive screening of his new documentary film\, There’s Something About Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Popular Culture. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Malcolm about the film.\n\n\n\n\nLCSNA Announcements (5:30 pm – 5:45 pm) \n\n\n\n\nLinda Cassady and Alan Tannenbaum will present LCSNA Officer election results.\n\n\n\n\nReception in the Grand Reading Room (6:00 pm – 7:15 pm) \n\n\n\nInto the Nightmare-Verse Trilogy (7:15 pm – 8:30 pm) \n\n\n\n\nLeatrice “Elle” McKinney\, writing as L.L. McKinney\, set her young adult fantasy trilogy\, the Nightmare-Verse books\, in contemporary Atlanta and in a Wonderland inspired by Lewis Carroll’s creation. McKinney’s Alice\, a Black teenager\, travels to Wonderland to battle the Nightmares that cross the boundary between Wonderland and our world\, while still coping with losses and fears\, as well as family and friends\, at home. A Blade So Black (Imprint\, 2018) and A Dream So Dark (Imprint\, 2019) introduce the power players and conflicts in Wonderland\, and fans hope that A Crown So Cursed (Imprint\, 2023) will bring peace to the realm.       \n\n\n\n\nSunday\, November 6\, 2022\, George A Smathers Libraries\, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm\n\n\n\nIntroduction to Special and Area Studies Collections (9:00 am – 9:30 am) \n\n\n\n\nHaven Hawley\, Chair of Special and Area Studies Collections at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida\, will provide an overview of the collections housed within the department and will introduce the Grand Reading Room and the Judaica Suite.\n\n\n\n\nExploratory Time (9:30 am – 1:00 pm) \n\n\n\n\nDuring this time\, attendees will have the opportunity to peruse the exhibitions of the Baldwin’s Carroll holdings and other exhibitions within Special and Area Studies Collections and to conduct individual research in the Grand Reading Room.\n\n\n\n\nTea (12:00 pm – 2:00 pm) \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick images for Speaker Information\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotels & Lodging \n\n\n\nThere are a limited number of hotels\, restaurants\, immediately around the University. However\, several are within a short walking distance to the Smathers Library where most of the conference will be held.Close to Smathers Library \n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn University Center (352-376-1661) is located across the street from campus and is about a three-minute walk to the Library. Piesano’s restaurant is in the hotel\, and other restaurants are within walking distance. There are no kitchen facilities or suites. theuniversityhotel.com\n\n\n\nAC Hotel Gainesville (352-792-1151) is located across the street from the Holiday Inn University Center and campus\, therefore\, in walking distance. There are restaurants within walking distance. The hotel tends to be more expensive than the Holiday Inn. achotels.marriott.com/hotels/ac-hotel-gainesville-downtown\n\n\n\nReitz Union Hotel (352-392-2151) is located on campus in the Student Union (10-15 minute walk through middle of campus). There are fast food restaurants in the Student Center\, and you will be able to park in their area of the parking garage and purchase a second spot. union.ufl.edu/unionhotel\n\n\n\n\nOther Hotels & Airbnb \n\n\n\n\nHampton Inn & Suites Gainesville Downtown (352-240-9300) is located in downtown Gainesville\, so it’s really close to restaurants and things to do but farther away from campus. It’s not within walking distance\, however\, the bus stop is 1-2 blocks away. hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/florida/hampton-inn-and-suites-gainesville-downtown-GNVDTHX\n\n\n\nAirbnb: several nice selections are available.\n\n\n\n\nBed and Breakfasts: \n\n\n\n\nLaurel Oak Inn Information: (352) 375-6653; Reservations: (800) 201-2379. The host and hostess were very friendly. Bus service is available off University Avenue\, but you will have to walk to University Avenue. laureloakinn.com\n\n\n\nMagnolia Plantation Bed & Breakfast Information: (352) 375-6653; Reservations: (800) 201-2379 is close to Laurel Oak Inn and Sweetwater Branch Inn. There is bus service from here\, but it is a seven-minute walk to the bus stop on University Avenue. magnoliabnb.com\n\n\n\nSweetwater Branch Inn (373-6760 or 1-800-595-7760) is a bed and breakfast that is very “homey.” The owners are apparently very friendly and you become “one of the family.” There is someone to look out for you. There is bus service from here. sweetwaterinn.com\n\n\n\n\nAirports \n\n\n\n\nGainesville Airport (GNV): Approximately 6 miles to UF\, Gainesville\n\n\n\nJacksonville Airport (JAX): Approximately 80 miles to UF\, Gainesville\n\n\n\nOrlando Airport (MCO): Approximately 120 miles to UF\, Gainesville (toll roads)\n\n\n\n\nParking & Campus Map \n\n\n\nUF Parking Map: There are printed maps in the Student Union\, and we will have copies available for attendees when they arrive. \n\n\n\nParking on campus is extremely limited. Uber\, Lyft and taxi services are available and recommended if you are not staying close to campus. Gainesville has a good public transportation system for getting to and from campus. go-rts.com \n\n\n\nPaid Parking (non-UF) \n\n\n\n\nRoberts Stadium Club parking\, 16 NW 18th Street\, 10-minute walk to Smathers. Cash and credit cards accepted. stadiumclubuf.com/parking\n\n\n\nThe Standard Parking Garage\, 1324 NW 2nd Ave\, 5-minute walk to Smathers. Credit cards only\n\n\n\n\nRestaurants \n\n\n\nWithin walking distance of the Libraries and the two nearest hotels (AC and Holiday Inn). Here are the closest restaurants that serve alcohol! \n\n\n\nThe Swamp Restaurant: a UF/Gainesville institution\, reopening in a new location at the end of August \n\n\n\nPiesanos: Italian restaurant connected to the Holiday Inn \n\n\n\nAC Lounge: drinks and limited menu in the AC Hotel \n\n\n\nThe Social at Midtown: sports bar with full menu and rooftop seating \n\n\n\nRestaurants that are further away from campus and would likely require transportation: \n\n\n\nThe Top: downtown restaurant beloved by the UF English Department \n\n\n\nDragonfly: a sushi and sake restaurant in downtown Gainesville \n\n\n\nLiquid Ginger: a popular Asian restaurant in downtown Gainesville \n\n\n\nAmelia’s: a downtown Italian restaurant \n\n\n\nHarry’s Seafood Bar and Grille: a Southern chain with a restaurant downtown \n\n\n\nCovey Kitchen and Cocktails: restaurant in the Hotel Eleo \n\n\n\nSatchel’s Pizza: fun\, very casual Gainesville hotspot URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-fall-2022-meeting/ LOCATION:George A. Smathers Libraries\, University of Florida\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States CATEGORIES:LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Alp_croc_LCSNA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221001T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221001T190000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220926T154501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T155936Z UID:20721-1664643600-1664650800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Alice Through The Looking-Glass Movie Screening DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow LCSNA members and friends for a Zoom viewing party\, as we watch the under-appreciated 1998 British Channel 4 TV movie of Alice Through the Looking-Glass\, starring Kate Beckinsale. You be the judge\, as we explore the burning questions: Can an adult successfully play Alice? Why do her dress and hairstyle keep changing? Wait\, was that the Wasp in the Wig?? \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Curtsey while you’re thinking how to answer those burning questions.\n\n\n\nZoom link for Saturday October 1\, 2:00PM Pacific/5:00PM Eastern/ 10:00PM UK URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/alice-through-the-looking-glass-movie-screening/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LCSNA-Looking-Glass-Movie.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220821T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220821T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220602T162529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T221711Z UID:20264-1661090400-1661094000@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Summer School Session 3 - Ambition & Distraction DESCRIPTION:Watch this talk on Lewis Carroll’s word game syzygies on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nLewis Carroll’s Game of Syzygies and How It Drove Him Slightly Crazy with Christopher Morgan \n2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific \nMove over\, Wordle! Christopher Morgan is ready to inform and enthrall you with the history of a trendy word game from periodicals past: Syzygies! Carroll devoted a great deal of time and effort to his game of Syzygies columns\, which ran from July 23\, 1891 to June 3\, 1892 in The Lady magazine. Their total word count was approximately 31\,200 words\, roughly equivalent to that of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! The columns reveal Carroll’s busy mind at work and his many flashes of his dry wit. \nCarroll wrote often for the popular press\, because for all his otherworldly appearance\, he was a practical man who understood that he should keep his name before the public for commercial reasons. And being a great letter writer\, he also loved the weekly back-and-forth interaction with the readers. \nBut all was not smooth sailing. Syzygies\, with its complicated scoring and contestants who liked to bend the rules a bit (or simply play the game in ways not foreseen by Carroll) often brought out elements of his personality one does not usually associate with the author of the Alice books. He could be\, by turns\, pedantic\, frustrated\, despairing\, admonitory\, sarcastic\, and\, finally\, deflated. \nChristopher Morgan is the outgoing editor of Knight Letter and the editor of The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll\, Volume 5: Games\, Puzzles\, and Related Pieces\, for the LCSNA. It contains his introductory essays\, notes\, and annotations\, and the complete text of all of the Syzygies columns. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-summer-school-session-3-ambition-distraction/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LCSNA-Summer-School-August-Final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220602T162519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T221539Z UID:20266-1658581200-1658584800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Summer School Session 2 - Reeling & Writhing DESCRIPTION:Watch Reeling and Writhing on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nIntroducing Alice to Young Readers with Becky and Jenny from LitWits and author Alyssa-Ninja Weis \n1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific \nBecky and Jenny from LitWits will be sharing their hands-on\, creative approach to teaching Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland\, with an emphasis on the lessons kids learn while “just” having fun.  It’s a wonder-full way in to the wisdom of Wonderland! Because taking kids through great books in hands-on ways is teaching them for life. \nAlyssa-Ninja\, the creator of ‘The Alice Wonders’\, will give insights into how Lewis Carroll’s writing led her to combine fairy tales with science. In the book\, she answers the Whys and Hows that children ask as they fall into Wonderland. Making exploration fun and accessible for little ones is a top priority\, as life holds many wonders that need to be discovered with enthusiasm and not encumbered by difficult language. Enjoy a reading by the author here. \nAbout Our Speakers \nBecky and Jenny: We’re sisters\, the daughters of two teachers who introduced us to great books and raised us on an old apple farm in Watsonville\, California with two brothers and another sister. We spent our childhoods reading in orchards and nooks\, always stopping to taste\, do\, act out\, smell\, or otherwise “do what they did.”  When we grew up we did that with our own kids too\, and in 2010 we founded LitWits and started “doing what they did” with Santa Cruz kids.  It’s been such a joy turning so many reluctant readers into enthusiasts! \nBecky’s a journalism major who’s been a literature-based homeschool teacher\, a graphics designer\, and a newspaper staff writer; she’s also the author of a study skills curriculum. She’s currently writing a book about a prominent astronomer’s wife\, whose 1930s diaries she found at the local flea market. \nJenny has a BA in English literature and an MFA in creative writing. She’s been a K-6 teacher and a K-12 language arts tutor\, and her scholarship\, essays\, and poems have appeared in several journals. She’s the author of MINE\, a creative biography of the woman whose land she’s walked for 30 years. \nAlyssa-Ninja is a Vienna-based author and illustrator whose curiosity led her from digital media management to authorship and self-publishing. Her signature graphic style involves bright colors\, hand lettered\, and sweetly playful motives. She is currently delving into new ways of engaging people via exploration through online and offline formats; a primary outlet is the sharing of her creative process on Medium. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-summer-school-session-2-reeling-writhing/ CATEGORIES:workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Reeling-and-Writhing.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220716T013211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T221408Z UID:20385-1658408400-1658412000@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Alice in Wonderland Marionette Matinee - An LCSNA Pop-up Event DESCRIPTION:Watch this Alice in Wonderland marionette presentation on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nGo behind the scenes of an Alice in Wonderland production at the world-famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre with Artistic Director Philippe Brunner. \n1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific \nThe legendary Salzburg Marionette Theatre was established in 1913 and is one of the oldest continuing marionette theatres in the world. Recently\, the theatre revived its magical production of Alice in Wonderland! We are delighted to welcome Artistic Director Philippe Brunner to give us a behind-the-scenes virtual tour of the theatre. We’ll experience the wonderful Wonderland sets\, learn what goes into this intricate artform and meet some very special guests\, wooden and otherwise. Please join the LCSNA for a truly enchanted afternoon! \n \nAbout Philippe Brunner: \n\nborn in Berlin\nstudied musicology and English literature\nfounder and director of the Berlin Young Marionette Opera\norganizer at the Lucerne Interantional Music Festival and the Berlin Festival\nproduction manager with ECM Records Munich\nwith the Salzburg Marionette Theatre since 2003: artistic director\, puppeteer URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/alice-in-wonderland-marionette-matinee-an-lcsna-pop-up-event/ CATEGORIES:tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LCSNA-Pop-Up-Marionette-Matinee.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220611T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220611T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220602T162506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T182207Z UID:20265-1654952400-1654956000@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Summer School Session 1 - Museum Field Trip DESCRIPTION:Watch this virtual museum field trip on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nBelieve the Impossible with Louise Irvine\, Executive Director & Curator\, Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts \n1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific \nVirtually visit the fantastical wonderland of the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts with your guide\, Executive Director & Curator Louise Irvine. \nThe Believe the Impossible season of events launched the International Year of Glass at WMODA and was inspired by the anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass where the White Queen challenges Alice’s imagination. “Why\, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast…” \n It’s hard to believe that fire and sand can be transformed into glass and that blowing bubbles of glass can create such amazing art. It’s even harder to believe that glass can be wearable until you have experienced the Believe the Impossible show of glass fashions in Wonderland at WMODA. \nFollow us down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass to WMODA. You will be blown away by Alice and the zany characters of Wonderland cavorting on the runway in the spectacular setting of Chihuly’s magical “garden” of glass. See them dancing underwater\, hosting mad tea parties\, and generally inspiring the Fired Arts of ceramics and glass. Don’t be late for this very important date! \nLouise Irvine is the Executive Director and Curator of the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts in Florida which has an extensive collection of American studio glass and British ceramic art. She is an expert in British ceramic history and her career in the UK and the USA has been devoted to promoting a greater appreciation of the fired arts through publishing\, lecturing\, and exhibitions. She is regarded as the leading authority on Royal Doulton antiques\, having published more than twenty reference books for collectors. She is a sought-after speaker and has been a teacher of ceramic history at Staffordshire University as well as at Christie’s Education in London. In 2015\, Louise was honored for her outstanding contribution to the world of ceramic art with a tribute from the State of Florida recognizing her 40-year career. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-summer-school-session-1-museum-field-trip/ CATEGORIES:tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LCSNA-Summer-School-June-Final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220423T235959 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20220126T203159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T182049Z UID:19791-1650585600-1650758399@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Watch the conference videos on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nProgram Updates & Information\nThe final LCSNA 2022 Spring Meeting agenda and program updates\, links to Wonderland Award\, other instructions\, and support information will be updated here. \nWe recommend you come back to this location several times before the meeting. If you lose your ZOOM link or other information this is a good place to find help. \nNOTE: All of the presentations will be recorded and available at a later date on the LCSNA YouTube Channel. \nRegistration\nThe meeting is free and open to the public. However\, to ensure there are virtual seats for the event we ask that you register. \nRegister \nZoom login: usc.zoom.us/j/94541561228 \nThe link will be the same for both days. \nIf you have trouble with the link\, please manually enter Zoom Meeting ID: 945 4156 1228 \nAgenda\nThe University of Southern California Libraries will host the Spring 2022 Meeting. All programs will take place virtually\, through Zoom and other online platforms. \nView the updated Agenda with times! \nAvoid confusion with our handy time zone cheat sheet! \nCurious Ways In: Collecting\, Performing\, and Contacts with the Carrollian Universe \nThe Lewis Carroll Society of North America’s spring 2022 meeting–Curious Ways In: Collecting\, Performing\, and First Contacts with the Carrollian Universe–will explore the many and various means through which students\, scholars\, and enthusiasts find their ways into the worlds of Lewis Carroll. \nThe program includes a Lewis Carroll first-timer using computational\, generative art to remix Carrollian visions through machine learning; collectors and fans who connect with Carroll through specific fandoms–brooches\, beer\, and more; a panel of diverse professionals–a brand strategist\, an architecture professor\, and a literary translation editor–who encountered Carroll and Alice through the Cassady Collection at USC\, an encounter that continues to inform and enrich their personnel and professional lives; and many other ways of discovering ways into and through the Carrollian Universe. \nDay One\nALL times are USA\, Pacific Coast. A table with Eastern and UK times will be posted. \nWelcome – 9:30 amCatherine Quinlan\, Dean of the USC LibrariesLinda Cassady\, President\, Lewis Carroll Society of North America \nLa caccia allo Squarlo: what happened to the Broker? – 9:45 amDaniela Amansi \nLa Caccia allo Squarlo (orecchio acerbo\, 2021) is the latest Italian translation of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark. I will present the book\, how it fits in the landscape of Italian Carrolliana (previous Italian Snarks and Jabberwockys)\, its choice of illustrations and the rule of “sound over sense” that influenced my translation choices – with tragic consequence for the poor Broker. I will read a few passages from my translation but no prior knowledge of Italian is required. \nMore Than Just “an Obscure Writer on Logic”: George Englebretsen’s critical insights into Charles Dodgson’s contributions to the field of logic. – 10:30 amGeorge Englebretsen & Mark Richards \nSince the early 1970s Professor Englebretsen (Bishop’s University\, Québec) has published a number of notes\, essays and reviews\, exploring aspects of Lewis Carroll’s work on logic. In commemoration of the recent re-publication of these important pieces (Carrollian Notes\, 2021) George Englebretsen will discuss his work with Mark Richards\, offering some critical insights into Dodgson’s contribution to this field of study. This conversation will include an open Q&A session and will serve as both an introduction to Dodgson’s work as well as an opportunity to explore what makes it unique. \nSelwyndipity – 11:15 amSelwyn Goodacre \nSelwyn enjoys frequent discussions online with other Carroll scholars – on all manner of matters – like should ‘under’ in the title of Alice’s Adventures under Ground be upper or lower case? And what about the differing versions of Savile Clark’s Alice  play? \nIn the last few years he published two books of annotations to the Alice books: Elucidating Alice and Reflecting Alice. He will discuss why he wanted to do this when there was already a fine annotated edition by Martin Gardner (revised by Mark Burstein). He intends to publish a third volume – on The Hunting of the Snark – provisionally titled Engaging the Snark. \nHe will discuss his recently published book of essays written over the last 40 years – on a varied range of topics – including ‘The Illnesses of Lewis Carroll’\, his investigations into the Carroll forgery\, and a very critical piece on Sylvie and Bruno. There are essays on Beatrix Potter\, and other children’s book writers (e.g. Kate Douglas Wiggin\, Enid Blyton). Included are articles on certain medical matters\, and essays of personal interest. \nLunch Break and Social Hour – 12:00 pmHeather Simmons \nOn Beginning at the Beginning and Stopping at the End: Alice in a World of Wonderlands – the English-Language Editions\, and Moving Beyond Tenniel – 1:15pmArnold HirshonAlice in a World of Wonderlands: The English Language Editions of the Four Alice Books Published Worldwide has been in development for over five years\, and will soon be published.  As Jon A. Lindseth’s co-editor\, Arnold Hirshon will discuss the development and contents of the two-volume set\, which will include both numerous essays on the publication and illustration history of the books\, life essays by the contributors\, and ten checklists of the English-language editions published worldwide.  Hirshon will also discuss some of the findings from his extensive chapter “Beyond Tenniel: The Evolution of Visual Representations of Wonderland by Illustrators of the English-Language Editions” (which includes over 400 illustrations\, many of which will be in color)\, as well as his research for the indexes and statistical findings about the illustrators and the publishers of the four books. \nPaddy Whacked: Tenniel\, Nast\, and 19th Century Irish Caricature – 2:00 pmMichael Dooley \nBreak – 2:45 pm \nWonderland Award: Where Are They Now? – 3:00 pmStyles Akira\, PhD\, Brand Strategist and Market ResearcherAroussiak Gabrielian\, PhD\, APF\, ASLA\, FAAR. Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism\, USCGenevieve Kaplan\, PhD\, Editor\, Toad Press International \nWonderland Award Submissions\, 2022 – 4:15pmDigital Gallery Tour and Open ExplorationAnne-Marie Maxwell\, USC \nWonderland Award Ceremony – 5:00 pmDean Catherine Quinlan\, USC LibrariesLinda Cassady\, LCSNA PresidentAward Presenters \nSocial Hour – 6:00 pmHeather Simmons \nDay Two\nGeneral Session with the LCSNA President – 9:00 am \nAlice in Guinnessland – 9:15 amBrian Sibley\, Andy Malcolm\, George WalkerBrian Sibley and the artisans at the Cheshire Cat Press\, Andy Malcolm and George Walker\, will give a fun talk about their adventures in creating a limited edition book entitled\, Alice’s Adventures in Guinness 1929–1965. The seemingly unlikely story of why and how Alice became involved with the business of selling beer began in December 1929 when the Walrus and the Carpenter appeared on a poster promoting Guinness and oysters. How did a beer company get permission from Macmillan to use their property? Find this out and other mysteries during their talk and virtual studio visit with a pint of Guinness. Cheers! \nBallet Shoes and Hair Ribbons – 10:15 amKiera VaclavikThis talk explores what Noel Streatfeild’s classic career novel Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage (1936) reveals about Alice in the all-important decade of the 1930s. Analysis of a specific episode involving a professional performance of Alice in Wonderland and a broader comparison of the Alice books and Streatfield’s novel turns the spotlight on some understudied elements of Carroll’s work including girlhood in relation to performance\, sisterly relations and agency. \nArtificial Intelligence\, Generative Art\, and Alice – 11:15 amDazhi Zhong & Curtis Fletcher\, USC \nLunch and Social Hour – 12:00 pmHeather Simmons \nAlice’s Adventures under Ground: A Wonderment – 1:00 pmStephanie LovettThis talk is based on an essay Stephanie Lovett contributed to the forthcoming bibliography of English-language editions of Alice in Wonderland\, and considers the nature and significance of Alice’s Adventures under Ground. What exactly is it from a bibliographical point of view\, what does it tell us about Wonderland\, what does it tell us about Lewis Carroll\, and just how lucky are we to have this unique and mysterious book? \nCommunities of Engagement: Jewelry\, Fashion\, and Identity – 1:45 pmRebecca Corbett\, USC; Michelle Liu Carriger\, Patty Gaugan\, UCLA \nNew Vorpal Adventures: Galumphing through the USC Libraries Cassady Collection – 2:30 pmRebecca Corbett\, Bo Doub\, Josh Hutchinson\,USC Libraries \nSocial Hour – 3:30 pmHeather Simmons \nMeet the Speakers\nStyles Akira\, PhD is a Brand Strategist and Market Researcher and a USC alum. \nDaniela Almansi is a translator from Venice\, Italy. An avid reader of Nonsense\, she studied Soviet children’s literature in Oxford and wrote on Translating Nonsense and Nonsensing Translation for her Ph.D. thesis in London and for a special issue of Bookbird\,  Her translations of poetry include several limericks by Edward Lear\, Korney Chukovsky’s Nonsense poem Krokodil (Crocodilo\, orecchio acerbo\, 2022) and The Hunting of the Snark (La Caccia allo Squarlo\, orecchio acerbo 2021). Bio Portrait by Paolo Ventrice. \nMichelle Liu Carriger\, PhD is an Assistant Professor\, School of Theater\, Film and Television at the University of California\, Los Angeles \nRebecca Corbett\, PhD is the Associate University Librarian; Co-head & Japanese Studies Librarian\, East Asian Library; Coordinator of the Cassady Lewis Carroll Collection\, Special Collections \nMichael Dooley is a creative director\, author\, educator and lecturer. He is an adjunct professor at the Art Center College of Design\, Pasadena\, California. \nBo Doub\, PhD is an Accessioning Archivist\, USC Libraries \nGeorge Englebretsen is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Bishop’s University in Québec\, Canada. He has published extensively\, especially on logic\, the history and philosophy of logic\, and the philosophy of language. \nCurtis Fletcher \nAroussiak Gabrielian\, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at USC and a USC alum. \nPatty Gaughan is at the University of California\, Los Angeles \nSelwyn Goodacre is a retired General Medical Practitioner. He has a large Lewis Carroll collection including over 2000 copies of the Alice books. He is a past chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society\, and edited the Society journal from 1974-1997. He pursues an interest in all aspects of Children’s literature and more particularly in the works of Beatrix Potter and E Nesbit as well as Lewis Carroll. For years one of his special interests has been in the text of the Alice books\, and a fascination for the books themselves\, and has published annotated versions. \nArnold Hirshon retired in December 2021 as the Vice Provost and Lindseth Family University Librarian at Case Western Reserve University. His professional experience spans 48 years in positions of library and technology leadership at six research universities\, and as the CEO of a non-profit organization for ten years. Within the library profession\, Arnold is an author with extensive scholarly publications\, and an international lecturer who has worked on six continents. A highly experienced international consultant for libraries\, his assignments included serving as an advisor for a Carnegie Foundation program for major research universities in South Africa\, and the development of a new university being established in Vietnam. Hirshon is a Past President of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services\, and he recently completed a term as the Chair of the Management Board of EIFL\, an international association of library consortia in more than 40 developing countries across Central and Eastern Europe\, Africa\, and Asia. \nJosh Hutchinson\, PhD is Head of Cataloging & Acquisitions\, USC Libraries \nGenevieve Kaplan\, PhD is the Editor\, Toad Press International and a USC alum. \nStephanie Lovett\, PhD is a two-time past president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America\, and her publications include Lewis Carroll in Wonderland\, The Art of Alice\, and numerous articles and reviews. She also holds a PhD in the Cultural Foundations of Education and has taught/teaches Latin\, Ethics\, and World Religions. \nAndy Malcolm\, owner of Footsteps Post-Production Sound in Canada\, is an Emmy Award winning foley artist who has worked on numerous feature films and television shows\, including Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. He is a long-time member of the LCSNA and is currently publishing books with George A. Walker\, relating to Lewis Carroll at Cheshire Cat Press in Toronto. In 2005\, Andy produced a film entitled\, Sincerely Yours: A Film About Lewis Carroll\, and is currently producing a documentary film entitled There’s Something About Alice \nMark Richards has been exploring the life and works of Lewis Carroll since the mid-1970s\, with a particular interest in Carroll’s mathematics and his nonsense. He is a former Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society (UK) and former Editor of The Carrollian. He has organised numerous conferences and study days and is currently developing lewiscarrollresources.net a wide ranging collection of facilities to support Carroll scholarship. \nBrian Sibley is president of the Lewis Carroll Society and has been a member for over 50 years. He is also a member of the LCSNA. A writer\, dramatist and broadcaster he has been responsible for many radio features\, documentaries and weekly programmes\, while his dramatisations have  have included The Lord of the Rings\, The Chronicles of Narnia\, The Once and Future King\, stories by Ray Bradbury and his award winning serialisations of Mervyn Peake’s ‘Gormenghast’ novels. He is also known for his biographies of C. S. Lewis\, the Rev. W. Awdry and Peter Jackson and books on films and filmmaking as well as being author of the 1985 history\, The Book of Guinness Advertising. \nKiera Vaclavik\, PhD is Professor of Children’s Literature and Childhood Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Kiera’s research centers on children’s literature and childhood culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day\, with a particular focus on Victorian works and their afterlives. Her project exploring the Alice books in relation to fashion and dress was supported by a 24-month AHRC fellowship and led to outputs including a fabric collection with Liberty\, London\, “The Alice Look” exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood which she curated (2015)\, and the monograph\, Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon\, 1860-1901(Bloomsbury\, 2019). Her most recent work on Carroll explores the long and fascinating tradition of male performance of Alice’s role\, as well as the sonic dimension of his Alice books. \nGeorge A. Walker is an award-winning wood engraver\, book artist\, author and Associate Professor at OCAD University in Toronto. His artworks are in international collections at the Fisher Rare Book Library\, University of Toronto\, The Morgan Library & Museum\, New York\, and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)\, New York City. George illustrated the first Canadian edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass both published by the Cheshire Cat Press. The Cheshire Cat Press is a partnership between Andy Malcolm and George Walker which continues to publish limited edition books featuring the work of Lewis Carroll. \nDazhi Zhong URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-spring-2022-virtual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DeLoss-McGraw-2003.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220212T153000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20211124T065731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T181739Z UID:19570-1644674400-1644679800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Un-Valentine's Day with the LCSNA DESCRIPTION:Watch our Alice in Wonderland Un-Valentine’s Day on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nJoin your fellow members and friends as we fete the Feast of Saint Valentine a few days early\, with an emphasis on all things Carrollian (of course!). We’ve got scads of seasonal surprises in store. Dayna Nuhn will display her collection of vintage Valentines\, and Brianna Beehler and Davis Vigneault will present their Wonderland Award-winning song “Red Kings.” No traffic\, no crowds and no reservations are required for this virtual Valentine’s Day extravaganza! \nAbout our presenters: \nDayna Nuhn has been a Lewis Carroll collector for almost fifty years\, specializing in what is affectionately known as “Flat Alice\,” such as advertising\, sheet music\, paper dolls\, card decks\, postcards\, and valentines. She writes a column called Alice in Advertising-Land for Knight Letter and is the editor of The Snarkologist\, a new journal about The Hunting of the Snark. Together with her husband\, Dayna publishes short booklets on a variety of Carrollian subjects\, through their Reeling and Writhing Press. \nBrianna and Davis met on Pembroke Street in Oxford\, mere steps away from Charles Dodgson’s quarters at Christ Church College. Brianna’s love of literature brought her to Southern California\, where she recently completed her PhD in nineteenth-century literature. Davis is a long-time singer-songwriter and has released four studio albums with various projects. They now live in the San Francisco Bay Area with their dog\, Pilot. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/almost-valentines-day-with-the-lcsna/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LCSNA-Un-Valentines-Day.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T143000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20211124T065718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T181606Z UID:19569-1641735000-1641738600@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:A Wonderland of Data Visualization DESCRIPTION:Watch A Wonderland of Data Visualization on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nHow many ways are there to visualize a book?  Longtime visualization designer and researcher Richard Brath decided to find out\, using a tome we all know and love. He’ll give us a sampling of his findings as he discusses his peer-review research paper\, Surveying Wonderland for many more literature visualization techniques. As always\, our inquisitive audience is welcome to join in a lively Q&A following the presentation. \nAbout our speaker: Professionally\, Richard Brath is one of the partners of Uncharted Software\, Inc. He has recently completed a part-time PhD in data visualization at LSBU. He has authored two books on data visualization: Graph Analysis and Visualization\, together with David Jonker (Wiley 2015); and Visualizing with Text (AK Peters\, 2020). URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/a-wonderland-of-data-visualization/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LCSNA-Data-Visualization-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20211102T155658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T154417Z UID:19519-1638626400-1638630000@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Carrollian Show & Tell: I Made This! DESCRIPTION:Watch our 2021 Alice in Wonderland Show & Tell on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nIt’s our second annual Carrollian Show & Tell! Sit back and enjoy presentations from several of your fellow LCSNA members and friends as they share Carrollian crafts\, works-in-progress and labors of love that go along with our theme\, “I made this!” Members\, be on the lookout for a volunteer-requesting email\, or keep an eye on our social media. We can’t wait to see your creations! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/carrollian-show-tell-i-made-this/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Carrollian-Show-Tell-Dec-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211126T200000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20211124T065702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T154025Z UID:19581-1637953200-1637956800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:A Night at the Theater: An LCSNA Pop-up Event DESCRIPTION:Watch A Night at the Theater on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nLearn about two very new\, very different Carrollian musicals\, as the LCSNA spends a night at the theater! Featuring: \nMusic industry veteran Vaughan Burton will discuss his passion project Croquet\, a rock opera that was recently presented as a benefit concert for the West Windsor Arts Council in New Jersey. \nPlaywright and actor Piper Distel of Penny & Pound Theatre Productions will tell us all about the upcoming musical Curiouser\, which is premiering in Cambridge\, Ontario in mere days! URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/a-night-at-the-theater-an-lcsna-pop-up-event/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LCSNA-Pop-Theater-Nov-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T180000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210720T034347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T153812Z UID:19302-1634385600-1634407200@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Fall Conference 2021: WCLD Radio Alice DESCRIPTION:Watch the conference videos on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nWCLD: Radio Alice\nZoom in\, sit back and relax as you hear academic authorities\, Oxford experts and accomplished artists expound on all things Carrollian. \nYour full day of programming is a trilogy of can’t-miss segments starting at Noon Eastern time/9:00AM Pacific time. \nZoom Webinar\, no registration needed! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86225023409 \nYour 2021 Fall Meeting PDF Program \nA Day In The LifeWhat was life like for a young Oxford don?\nJudith Curthoys presents “All Change!”  \nChrist Church\, in the middle years of the 19th century\, was undergoing change as never before in its history. This talk will look at what happened and what changed for the members of this extraordinary place. \nMark Davies presents “Alice in Waterland” \nThe boat trips on the Thames are well known as having inspired the first telling of the story of Alice\, but the river’s influence on Lewis Carroll extends much further. Mark Davies\, who lived on a houseboat in Oxford for thirty years\, will touch on some of the Oxford realities which underlie the story on two virtual river cruises. On the bank\, look out for the Red Queen and the Hatter\, and mention of another regular Thames oarsman whose river excursions are rarely referenced: John Tenniel. \nMy GenerationIn what ways does Lewis Carroll continue to inspire popular culture today?\n“Stories Are Meant To Be Retold” with Christopher Myers \nWhat does a nonsense poem written in Victorian times have in common with a one-on-one basketball game? Quite a lot\, when one considers the tradition of creating worlds and appreciating moments when cultures touch. Artist Chris Myers illustrates the importance of re-telling the stories that have been gifted to us with his re-imagining of Jabberwocky. \nKiera Vaclavik presents “Alice Is The New Black: The Evolution of a Fashion Icon” \nThis talk explores the career of a rather unlikely international style icon\, probing some of the reasons why Alice and the books she inhabits have become such a sustained\, frequent and rich source of inspiration for the fashion industry. \nMike Batt presents “The Composing of the Snark” \nDoes setting Snark to music involve more forks and hope\, or smiles and soap? Mike Batt takes us behind the music and details the creation of his concept album and West End stage musical The Hunting of the Snark. \nGolden YearsHow did Charles Dodgson spend his post-Alice retirement years?\nClare Imholtz presents “Alice Takes to the Stage: Lewis Carroll’s Letters to Henry Savile Clarke” \nLewis Carroll wrote more than 90 letters to Henry Savile Clarke\, the playwright who brought Alice to the London stage in 1886/7 (and again in 1888/9)\, and a few to Clarke’s daughters. When Morton Cohen asked Clare to edit the letters\, she really didn’t know what she was getting into. Her talk will explore the letters and what they reveal of Carroll’s personality\, and will touch on staging\, performances\, actors and actresses\, reviews\, legislation affecting theatre at that time\, the Clarke family\, other Alice plays… and who knows what else. \nAndy Malcolm and George Walker present “The Cheshire Cat Press: We’re All Mad Here!” \nMeet Andy Malcolm and George Walker in their Toronto print studio talking about their unique handmade limited-edition books. With over seven titles in print relating to Lewis Carroll and currently with three more in the oven\, you’ll get to hear their stories of rag paper and wood blocks covered in ink and how this printing process grows into a finely crafted book. Making books by hand in editions of 42 (for reasons only Mr. Charles Dodgson can explain) proves beyond any doubt that these friends are truly struck by madness that can only be equaled by the purchase of railway shares and participation in a perpetual tea-time. Whatever they may say\, you are in for a frabjous visit! \n“A Visit to Uncle Dodgson’s Fireside” with Linda Gray-Moin \nCome on a visit back in time to Victorian Oxford\, and learn how Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) chose to design the heart of his home\, his hearthside.  What art did he admire and purchase\, and who were the creators of these works?  What other belongings did he choose to surround himself with?  Hear directly from his favorite child friends of the 1880’s and 90’s about what a visit to “Uncle Dodgson’s” rooms was like! \nMeet The Speakers\nJudith Curthoys MSt\, PGCertArchHist\, DAA\, FRHistS\, has been archivist at Christ Church since 1994. During that time\, she has co-edited Christ Church: A Portrait of the House (2006)\, has contributed articles to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)\, and written four books on various aspects of Christ Church’s history.  She has two grown-up children\, one of whom is a front-line nurse in an NHS operating theatre and one who served in the RAF before retraining as a librarian. \nMark Davies is an Oxford local historian\, author and guide with a particular interest in the history and literature of the city’s waterways. Mark is the author of Alice in Waterland: Lewis Carroll and the River Thames in Oxford (2012) and Alice’s Oxford on Foot (2016). He is a committee member of the Lewis Carroll Society in UK\, has helped to organise Oxford’s annual ‘Alice’s Day’ since the first one in 2007. He provides the only Alice-specific guided tours and boat commentaries in Oxford. www.oxfordwaterwalks.co.uk \nChristopher Myers is an award-winning author\, illustrator\, and fine artist who lives in New York. While he is widely acclaimed for his work with literature for young people\, he is also an accomplished fine artist who has lectured and exhibited internationally. A graduate of Brown University\, he has participated in the exclusive Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Studio Program. His illustrated works include Love: Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings; Harlem: A Poem\, a Caldecott Honor Book; Jazz\, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; and Blues Journey\, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. \nLinda Gray-Moin\, fine artist and Carroll enthusiast. Born on “the edge of the prairie” in Minnesota\, Linda moved to the SF Bay Area in 1975\, and has indulged two passions since childhood: Lewis Carroll and fine art painting. She studied Broadcast Journalism\, Film\, and Traditional Film Animation at the University of Minnesota and San Francisco State University. She has enjoyed perfecting her oil and watercolor painting technique over the years with numerous artist mentors\, as well as studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco\, the Golden Gate Atelier\, and the Los Angeles Figurative Academy. Linda Gray-Moin joined the LCSNA shortly after viewing the Dennis Potter film Dreamchild in 1985\, and has been a member ever since. She boasts the distinction of having attended 3 International Conferences of the Society (two of which were held at Christ Church\, Oxford). The rarefied ambience she experienced at Christ Church and her study of primary source material on Charles Dodgson’s life inspired a unique “mise en scène” art piece she will share at our meeting. \nClare Imholtz is an enthusiastic researcher\, writer\, editor\, and collector. She has published her research on Lewis Carroll in Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America\, The Book Collector\, the Knight Letter\, The Carrollian\, and elsewhere. She has co-authored a bibliography of the Sylvie & Bruno books and their afterlives; edited Elizabeth Sewell’s brilliant Lewis Carroll: Voices from France; and prepared an index to Jabberwocky\, predecessor to The Carrollian. She was secretary of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America and an editor of the LCSNA’s journal\, the Knight Letter from 2006 to 2014. Her current main project is editing Carroll’s letters to Alice playwright Henry Savile Clarke. \nAndy Malcolm\, owner of Footsteps Post-Production Sound in Canada\, is an Emmy Award winning foley artist who has worked on numerous feature films and television shows\, including Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. He is a long-time member of the LCSNA and is currently publishing books with George A. Walker\, relating to Lewis Carroll at Cheshire Cat Press in Toronto. In 2005\, Andy produced a film entitled\, Sincerely Yours: A Film About Lewis Carroll\, and is currently producing a documentary film entitled There’s Something About Alice. \nGeorge A. Walker is an award-winning wood engraver\, book artist\, author and Associate Professor at OCAD University in Toronto. His artworks are in international collections at the Fisher Rare Book Library\, University of Toronto\, The Morgan Library & Museum\, New York\, and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)\, New York City. George illustrated the first Canadian edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass both published by the Cheshire Cat Press. The Cheshire Cat Press is a partnership between Andy Malcolm and George Walker which continues to publish limited edition books featuring the work of Lewis Carroll. \nKiera Vaclavik is Professor of Children’s Literature and Childhood Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Kiera’s research centers on children’s literature and childhood culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day\, with a particular focus on Victorian works and their afterlives. Her project exploring the Alice books in relation to fashion and dress was supported by a 24-month AHRC fellowship and led to outputs including a fabric collection with Liberty\, London\, “The Alice Look” exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood which she curated (2015)\, and the monograph\, Fashioning Alice: The Career of Lewis Carroll’s Icon\, 1860-1901 (Bloomsbury\, 2019). Her most recent work on Carroll explores the long and fascinating tradition of male performance of Alice’s role\, as well as the sonic dimension of his Alice books.  \nMike Batt\, LVO is an English singer-songwriter\, musician\, arranger\, record producer\, director\, conductor and former Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. Having achieved substantial international success as a solo artist he is particularly known in the UK for creating The Wombles pop act\, writing many hits including the chart-topping “Bright Eyes\,” and discovering Katie Melua. He has conducted many of the world’s great orchestras\, including the London Symphony\, Royal Philharmonic\, London Philharmonic\, Sydney Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic in both classical and pop recordings and performances. He wrote a concept album and West End stage musical based on Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsense poem “The Hunting of the Snark.” \nHeather Simmons will be your host\, broadcasting live all day from WCLD. She is the creator of the Alice Is Everywhere website and podcast. She is also the chairwoman of the LCSNA Senior Common Room Curators\, your virtual events committee\, and does the LCSNA social media curating. Her paying job\, which is only slightly less whimsical than her LCSNA endeavors\, is making video games at PlayStation Studios. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-fall-2021-meeting/ CATEGORIES:LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LCSNA-2021-Fall-Meeting-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T193000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210813T232929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T025039Z UID:19348-1631993400-1631993400@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Alice in Wonderland Movie Madness DESCRIPTION:7:30 PM Eastern/4:30 PM Pacific \nWe all have our favorite Alice film adaptations. This is almost certainly not one of them. \nHave a blast with your fellow LCSNA members and friends watching a most curious take on the tale you all know and love\, Alice in Wonderland (1931). You’ll laugh\, you’ll cry\, you’ll marvel at Alice’s platinum wig and garish makeup. Not to mention the unexpected plot twists! In the words of renowned film historian David Schaefer:\n \n“The first full-length ‘articulate’ Alice in Wonderland was filmed in Fort Lee\, New Jersey (the former capital of silent films) in 1931. The actors are not well known\, and the sound techniques are abysmal. Added to these troubles\, the rabbit proclaims his love for the duchess and confesses that he stole the tarts for her!”\n \nThis event will be a Zoom meeting\, unlike our typical Zoom Webinars. Your host Heather will wield the all-powerful Mute All button while the movie plays. (Attendees will be able to make pithy comments in the written Chat\, of course.) When the movie is over and White Rabbit and the Duchess presumably ride off into the sunset together\, everyone is welcome to Unmute and remain for a post-screening social hour. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/alice-in-wonderland-movie-madness/ CATEGORIES:film screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LCSNA-September-Movie-Night.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210815T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210815T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210629T201750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T153102Z UID:19244-1629036000-1629036000@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:A Virtual Sculpture Garden DESCRIPTION:Watch this presentation about Alice in Wonderland sculptures on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nTake in the works of two very different Carrollian master sculptors at our virtual sculpture garden. \nBios\nBridgette Mongeon is a Houston\, Texas sculptor specializing in portraits\, figurines\, monumental mascots\, awards\, and posthumous statues. You can find her sculptures across the United States. She is an accomplished writer\, author\, speaker and coach. Bridgette spoke about the creation of her in-progress “Move One Place On” at the Spring 2015 LCSNA meeting in Austin. The monumental Mad Tea-Party sculpture is now complete and graces Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire\, Texas. \nMaster sculptor Karen Mortillaro is collected not only for her figurative work but also for her illusions\, conceived in the imagination and executed with a detailed distinction that collectors find astonishing. Her work is found in both public and private collections. Karen is a longtime member of the LCSNA and gave a tour of the foundry where her anamorphic sculptures are cast at the Fall 2013 LCSNA Meeting. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/a-virtual-sculpture-garden/ CATEGORIES:tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LCSNA-Sculpture-August-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T140000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210629T195925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T152905Z UID:19237-1627135200-1627135200@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:The Great Debate: Wonderland vs. Looking-Glass DESCRIPTION:Watch the Great Alice in Wonderland Debate on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for a delightful discourse you won’t hear anywhere else! Specially-selected Carrollian academics and literary luminaries will take sides and amicably argue once and for all which is the more scholastically significant\, culturally compelling\, engrossingly eloquent\, all-around better book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass??? Dr. Jan Susina and Charlie Lovett will redoubtably represent Team Wonderland\, while Ellie Luchinsky and Brian Sibley formidably fight for Team Looking-Glass. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit debate questions and also vote for their favorite tome at the beginning and end of the proceedings! \nIs this event all in good fun? Certainly. Is it also a knock-down dragout contest in which one team will triumphantly emerge victorious\, while the other suffers the stinging indignity of defeat? ABSOLUTELY. \nBios\nIn the Wonderland corner\, wearing the waistcoat and checkered pants: \n\nJan Susina teaches and researches children’s and adolescent literature and culture\, and Victorian literature and culture. His book\, The Place of Lewis Carroll in Children’s Literature (Routledge 2009\, 2011)\, examines how the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland significantly changed literature for children as well as publishing.\n\n\nCharlie Lovett is a writer\, teacher\, and playwright whose plays for children have been seen in over 5000 productions worldwide. He served for more than a decade as Writer-in-Residence at Summit School in Winston-Salem\, NC. Charlie is the author of the NYT Bestseller THE BOOKMAN’S TALE\, and FIRST IMPRESSIONS (A Novel of Old Books\, Unexpected Love\, and Jane Austen). He has a new novel\, just published in September\, Escaping Dreamland. He is a past president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America.\n\nIn the Looking-Glass corner\, wearing the striped tights and unruly shawl: \n\nBrian Sibley is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries\, features and weekly programmes. He is widely known as the author of many film “making of” books\, including those for the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.\n\n\nIn 1968\, Ellen “Ellie” Luchinsky’s sister gave her The Complete [sic] Works of Lewis Carroll and Ellie’s fate was sealed. Nine years later\, she embarked on a 37 year career as a librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore\, where she was the Manager of the Fine Arts Department and later the Humanities Department. When not mystifying her co-workers with obscure Lewis Carroll quotations\, she edited The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (Garland\, 1998). URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/the-great-debate-wonderland-vs-looking-glass/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LCSNA-Debate-July-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210619T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210619T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210420T160955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T020309Z UID:18822-1624114800-1624114800@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:A Collector’s Path: The Course and Content of Collecting Today DESCRIPTION:Time: 3:00 PM Eastern; 12:00 PM Pacific \nJoin Collections Advisor\, Spencer W. Stuart as he discusses case studies from his professional practice as well as the past to chart the life cycle of collections and the collectors who build them. \nThrough these examinations he will touch on important things collectors should consider at key moments of their collecting such as motivations that move one to collect\, how to maintain perspective while actively collecting and finally the legacy of a collection as well as deaccessioning strategies. \nReferenced throughout are the recent structural changes that have taken place in the fine art photography\, rare books and printed material markets\, resulting in a more transparent ecosystem to participate in as a collector as well as the emergence of tendencies Spencer has observed with new collectors that he feels are redefining notions of who collects and what influences their focus.Collecting is a journey. Executed with foresight\, it can be a source of both self-exploration and understanding of the World. Through his talk\, Spencer seeks to inspire new collectors and reinvigorate those with an established focus. \nCollecting is a journey. Executed with foresight\, it can be a source of both self-exploration and understanding of the World. Through his talk\, Spencer seeks to inspire new collectors and reinvigorate those with an established focus. \nAbout Spencer W. Stuart\nW. Stuart provides advisory services to private collectors as well as institutions aiding in the design and execution of collection development\, inventories\, catalogues and collection appraisals as well as deaccession strategies. \nSpencer Stuart holds a master’s degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute in London\, England (recipient of the Director’s Award). Upon graduation he took a position with Bonhams Auctioneers where he worked closely with the North American Rare Books and Manuscripts department in Toronto and New York. Spencer is an alumnus of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminars and completed course work through the Rare Book School (University of Virginia). \nIn concert with his advising\, Spencer is an active writer and lecturer on histories of the printed word for a variety of publications including The Book Collector and Amphora as well as with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:  http://spencerwstuart.ca/media/ URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/a-collectors-path/ CATEGORIES:talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LCSNA_June_Event2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210420T160132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T152435Z UID:18817-1621695600-1621695600@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Parlour Performances DESCRIPTION:Watch our Lewis Carroll Parlour Performances on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nStep into our virtual Victorian parlour for a mirthful mischmasch of Carrollian entertainment. Delight in drama and poetry and partake in pleasant parlour games as Alice-inspired melodies fill the air and close-up magic astounds!  Performers include Daniel Rover Singer\, Andrew Sellon\, Connie Sponheim\, Debby Vivari\, and Christopher Morgan. URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/parlour-performances/ CATEGORIES:performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LCSNA_Parlour_Performances_2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T235959 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210212T184000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T152228Z UID:18392-1619136000-1619308799@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:LCSNA Spring Conference 2021 Virtual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Watch the conference videos on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nProgram Updates & Information\nThe final LCSNA 2021 Spring Meeting agenda and program updates\, links to Wonderland (Award)\, other instructions\, and support information will be updated here. \nWe recommend you come back to this location several times before the meeting. If you lose your ZOOM link or other information this is a good place to find help. \nFinal Program & Updates \nRegistration\nThe meeting is free and open to the public. However\, to ensure there are virtual seats for the event we ask that you register. \nRegister \nAgenda\nThe University of Southern California Libraries will host the Spring 2021 Meeting. All programs will take place virtually\, through Zoom and other online platforms. Click here for a PDF of the program. The schedule below is in Pacific Daylight Time. \nApril 23: Day the First: The Tortoise Who Taught Us – Scholars Day\nThe goal of this half-day is to bring specialized knowledge and works of scholarship to light. \nFollowing the speakers and a short break\, the 2020-2021 USC Wonderland Award be held using Zoom. Student submissions will be available for viewing before the Award ceremony. \n\n\n\nWelcomeCatherine Quinlan\, Dean of the USC LibrariesLinda Cassady\, President\, Lewis Carroll Society of North America\n9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.\n\n\nLewis Carroll and Reginald Southey\, A Photographic FriendshipDiane Waggoner\n9:45 a.m.-10:25 a.m.\n\n\nDiane Waggoner’s talk will examine the connections between the photographic practices of Lewis Carroll and Reginald Southey. She will focus on Carroll’s and Southey’s photograph albums and explore the photographs they each took at Twyford School. Waggoner is curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art\, where she has curated numerous exhibitions\, including The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting\, 1848-1875 and East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography. She holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University. In 2020\, she published Lewis Carroll’s Photography and Modern Childhood with Princeton University Press.\n\n\nAlice and the Order of Aristotle’s CategoriesEric Gerlach\n10:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.\n\n\nEric Gerlach will draw connections between Aristotle’s ten logical categories—which Carroll taught to children and adults—and his storytelling approach to Wonderland\, Looking-Glass\, and Hunting of the Snark. Gerlach studied philosophy and religion at University of California Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union. He taught the history of Egyptian\, Indian\, Greek\, Chinese\, Islamic\, and European thought for 14 years and studies the relationship of meaning to Carroll’s fantasies\, Poe’s detective stories\, and Wittgenstein’s thought experiments.\n\n\nModerated Q & A with Diane Waggoner and Eric Gerlach\n11:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.\n\n\nMorning Break\n11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m.\n\n\nCAUTION! Lewis Carroll May Be Funny\, but He Is Often Hopelessly Addictive and May Even Result in Divorce!Byron Sewell\n11:35 a.m.-12:20 p.m.\n\n\nByron Sewell will recount a half-century’s worth of encounters with a famous\, infamous\, and otherwise notable set of global Carrollians. Sewell is a prolific author and illustrator who studied art at the University of Texas Austin after earning his chemical engineering degree from the University of New Mexico. His industrial design work took him around the world\, where he engaged in Carrollian projects in the U.K.\, South Korea\, Australia\, and elsewhere. The Ransom Center houses his first Carroll collection\, while a second collection awaits a new home.\n\n\nThe Mythological Centers of Lewis Carroll’s Alice BooksRichard Kopley\n12:25 p.m.-12:55 p.m.\n\n\nRichard Kopley will argue that the Alice books function as symmetrically constructed narratives\, with stories built around significant\, formal centers—such as the Cheshire Cat in Wonderland\, and Humpty Dumpty in Looking-Glass. Kopley is Distinguished Professor of English\, Emeritus\, at Pennsylvania State University DuBois. He is the author of The Threads of The Scarlet Letter\, Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries\, and The Formal Center in Literature.\n\n\nModerated Q & A with Byron Sewell and Richard Kopley\n12:55 p.m.-1:10 p.m.\n\n\nLunch and Social HourLed by Heather Simmons\n1:10 p.m.-2:00 p.m.\n\n\nIntroduction and Tutorial for Virtual ExhibitionsCurtis Fletcher and Samir Ghosh\n2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.\n\n\n42: Wonderland Award Retrospective ExhibitionTyson Gaskill and Anne-Marie Maxwell\n2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.\n\n\nWonderland Award 2020-2021 ExhibitionTyson Gaskill and Anne-Marie Maxwell\n3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.\n\n\nWonderland Award CeremonyCatherine QuinlanLinda CassadyWonderland 2021 Judges\n4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.\n\n\nEvening Social HourLed by Heather Simmons\n5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.\n\n\nDay the First ConcludesLinda Cassady\n\n\n\nApril 24: Day the Second: Behind the Looking Glass—Voices and Visions\n\n\n\nWelcomeLinda Cassady\, President\, Lewis Carroll Society of North America\n9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.\n\n\nThe Life of Edwin Dodgson: Brother of Lewis Carroll and Missionary to the South Atlantic IslandsCaroline LukeEdward Wakeling\n9:45 a.m.-10:25 a.m.\n\n\nCaroline Luke and Edward Wakeling will introduce and present an overview of their new book on the life of Lewis Carroll’s younger brother\, Edwin Heron Dodgson. Luke and Wakeling will discuss Edwin’s early life and missionary aspirations\, his work in Zanzibar\, and his time on the South Atlantic Island of Tristan da Cunha. Their talk draws on extracts from Edwin’s correspondence and will outline how Luke fits into the Dodgson family.\nCaroline Luke is the great\, great niece of Edwin Dodgson and great granddaughter of Skeffington Hume Dodgson. In addition to her career in social work\, Luke is one of two family executors of the C. L. Dodgson estate. Edward Wakeling is a longtime member of the British and North American Carroll societies\, having held several officer positions\, including chair\, of the British society. Wakeling has written extensively on Carroll for three decades and helped organized the First International Lewis Carroll Conference at Christ Church. \n\n\n\nReflection\, Recursion\, and Self-Reference: Mathematics\, Surrealism and the Mind of Lewis CarrollMark Richards\n10:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.\n\n\nMark Richards will examine responses to nonsense and the appearance of nonsense as a pathway from the ridiculous to the sublime\, taking his examples from the fields of mathematics and surrealism and the works of Lewis Carroll. Richards has explored Carroll’s life and work since the 1970s\, with a particular focus on mathematics and nonsense. He is a former chair of the Lewis Carroll Society (UK) and former editor of The Carrollian. Richards is currently developing lewiscarrollresources.net as a collection of resources to support Carroll scholarship.\n\n\nModerated Q & A with Caroline Luke\, Mark Richards\, and Edward Wakeling\n11:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.\n\n\nBrunch Break\n11:25 a.m.-12:05 p.m.\n\n\nDreams and Deliria: Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland and its Operatic LineageJoe Cadagin\n12:05 p.m.-12:45 p.m.\n\n\nJoe Cadagin will trace the lineage of opera’s long-harbored infatuation with insanity\, beginning with the ubiquitous “mad scenes” of the 19th century and continuing into 20th-century surrealist dream sequences. Cadagin examines how Unsuk Chin’s 2007 Alice in Wonderland opera carries this convention into the present day while undermining its more exploitative elements. Cadagin recently earned a doctorate in musicology from Stanford University. Excerpts from his dissertation earned first place in the 2019 USC Libraries Wonderland Award.\n\n\nFuriouser and Spuriouser\, or Unforeseen Consequences of the Democratization of Knowledge: A Musical Fairytale about the Internet after Lewis Carroll and René DescartesKathleen AllanJason Noble\n12:50 p.m.-1:35 p.m.\n\n\nFuriouser and Spuriouser is a composition for 8-part choir that reimagines Wonderland as the internet and Alice (Allysse in millennial spelling) as a digital native forming early impressions of reality. The choristers create a fantastical world using narration\, choral singing\, and extended vocal techniques. In this presentation\, Kathleen Allan and Jason Noble discuss the conceptual foundations of the piece and how they are given narrative and musical expression.\nKathleen Allan is a conductor\, composer\, and clinician working in early\, contemporary\, and symphonic repertoire. She is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto and a visiting professor at Western University. She holds a degree in composition from University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in conducting from Yale University. Jason Noble is a composer and postdoctoral fellow at Université de Montréal. A chorister and occasional conductor\, Noble has composed extensively for choir\, as well as other instrumental and electronic media. His research on meaning in contemporary music has been published in Music Perception and Journal of New Music Research\, among other journals. \n\n\n\nModerated Q & A with Kathleen Allan\, Joe Cadagin\, and Jason Noble\n1:35 p.m.-1:50 p.m.\n\n\nAfternoon Break\n1:50 p.m.-2:00 p.m.\n\n\nThe Game of Logic in Virtual RealityJackie Lee\n2:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m.\n\n\nLewis Carroll invented the Carroll Diagram in The Game of Logic (1886) to visualize the attributes of things. Jackie Lee and colleagues re-created Carroll’s riddles in virtual reality (VR) as an experiment in storytelling and new ways of learning in STEM fields. Lee will discuss and conduct a live demonstration for participants to follow the White Rabbit and learn to solve riddles in a Carrollian way through VR. Lee is the founder of ScienceVR (sciencevr.com) and a cross-disciplinary inventor in virtual and augmented reality\, learning\, and affective computing. He earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. from MIT’s Media Laboratory.\n\n\nCarroll in Japan: A Discussion with Yoshi MommaAmanda KennellYoshi Momma\n2:40 p.m.-3:20 p.m.\n\n\nAs the recent publication of Alice in a World of Wonderlands shows\, the Alice novels are popular in Japan. Amanda Kennell and Yoshi Momma will discuss the reception of Lewis Carroll’s work and how Carroll is viewed among Japanese scholars and enthusiasts.\nAmanda Kennell is an assistant teaching professor of International Studies at North Carolina State University and is working on a book\, Alice in Evasion: Adaptation/Carroll/Japan about Japanese adaptations of Alice in Wonderland. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance\, The Journal of Popular Culture\, and elsewhere. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California\, and her M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Yoshi Momma is a major Carroll collector and compiler of the World of Wonderlands Japanese bibliography. He is a founding member and the first chair of the Lewis Carroll Society of Japan (1994). He has been a member of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America since 1980. \n\n\n\nModerated Q & A with Amanda Kennell\, Jackie Lee\, and Yoshi Momma\n3:20- p.m.-3:35 p.m.\n\n\nDay the Second ConcludesLinda Cassady\n3:35 p.m.-3:45 p.m.\n\n\nAfternoon Social HourLed by Heather Simmons\n3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nKathleen Allan\nJoe Cadagin\nRichard Kopley\nEric Gerlach\n\n\nAmanda Kennell\nJackie Lee\nCaroline Luke\nYoshi Momma\n\n\nJason Noble\nMark Richards\nByron Sewell\nDiane Waggoner\n\n\nEdward Wakeling URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/lcsna-spring-2021-virtual-meeting/ CATEGORIES:LCSNA Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HatterQueenOfHearts_2010_Wayne-Anderson_unpublished.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T150000 DTSTAMP:20260413T095536 CREATED:20210205T210816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T151935Z UID:18351-1616252400-1616252400@www.lewiscarroll.org SUMMARY:Spring Spotlight on Collectors DESCRIPTION:Watch Spring Spotlight on Collectors on YouTube \n\n\n\n\nCelebrate the first day of Spring with your fellow LCSNA members and friends as we go on a virtual tour of some very special Carrollian collections. In addition to exclusive looks at exquisite ephemera\, we’ll explore what drives collectors to collect\, and how they settle on specialty and scope. \nPresenters include Matt Crandall\, Ellen Schaefer-Salins\, and Alan Tannenbaum URL:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/event/spring-spotlight-on-collectors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewiscarroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Puzzle_Disney-ABC_XXXX_Welcom_Series-1_02.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR