Why not join us on our summer outing to Bletchley Park, the secret code-breaking centre in Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday 17th August?
As well as looking at the historic war-time work carried out there, we will also explore the historic connections with the ‘Alice’ books, including the World War One codebreaking parody Alice in ID 25.
Kirara Akashi, Assistant in the English Language and Communication Department, Showa Women’s University (Japan), explores the influence of Dickens and Carroll on the picture books of the 20th century humourist Edward Gorey.
A dish fit for a Queen: Victorian cakes, tarts and puddings
3.30 -7pm Saturday 9 April
The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT
A talk by Sarah Jardine-Willoughby, Lindsay Fulcher and Jane Skelly. To be followed by tastings and a glass to toast Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
This is an online talk, which will be recorded, on Tue 8th Feb at 12.30 PM UK Time. Scott McArthurand Stephen Folan will look at modern organisations and how they are reflected in the Lewis Carroll ‘Alice’ stories.
Scott is a former scientist, HR director, musical producer and business consultant who now shares his experiences and stories as a professional speaker; specialising in disruptive technologies and the future of work. He is besotted with story and believes that a good story can act as an empathy engine. The need for more empathy in the world was the motivation behind his live show #ARTEFACTLive (the art and science of storytelling).
Stephen Folan is a Project Manager with a focus on technology and behaviour. He is also Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society. He sees a lot of cross-over in these roles. One of his first talks for The LCS was The Influence of Lewis Carroll on Management Thinking.
The character of Alice was ground-breaking not only because, in both Wonderland and Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll broke with the tradition of morality tales in children’s literature, but also because his heroine was not a passive little girl but a powerful independent-minded female protagonist.
Daina Almario-Kopp is a scientist, polyglot, public speaker, and translator who speaks six languages. Daina has degrees in Gender Studies and Psychology from University of Illinois Chicago and in Theatre Costuming and Biology from Columbia College Chicago.
Through the Looking-Glass Sesquicentenary Conference 2021
English-language book launch of Lize’s Avonturen in het Wonderland
On Wednesday 17 November 2021, 7 PM UK-time (8 PM in the Netherlands) the Dutch Lewis Carroll Genootschap organizes a virtual English-language book launch of Lize’s Avonturen in het Wonderland.
The book is a unique re-issue of the first Dutch Alice from 1875, Lize’s Avonturen in het Wonderland, and includes a facsimile of the original and two essays (both in Dutch and English) on provenance and translation of Lize’s Avonturen in het Wonderland. The program of the launch includes English-language presentations by the authors of the essays, Henri Ruizenaar and Casper Schuckink Kool.
The book may be ordered via the webshop on the Genootschap’s website (https://lewiscarrollgenootschap.nl/shop/?lang=en) and will be available after 29 October 2021. The price is € 40 (excl. shipping costs).
Recording of the online meeting with Alberto Manguel, held on 21 July 2021.
Alberto Manguel is an acclaimed writer with an international reputation as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor. He is the best-selling author of A History of Reading and Curiosity. Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends was published in 2019. “Wonderland is simply the mad place in which we find ourselves daily…” A. Manguel
56th Annual General Meeting 2025 to be held online via Google on
Friday 14 November at 6.30 pm
Members are invited to attend the Society’s virtual AGM2025 to receive the annual reports for the past year and toelect Officers and Committee Members for the year ahead. Please Note: As only paid-up members can vote at the meeting it is essential for members to register to attend and(this is important) to receive the necessary online link for the event. Do this by emailing the Secretary, in advance, at secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk Anyone wishing to stand for election to the Committee,including the posts of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, are also invited to contact the Secretary (on the same address) to express an interest before the meeting. It has been an exciting and productive year but, going forward, new ideas and energy are needed to sustain the momentum. So, if you think you have something to offer, please let us know.
And, following the AGM business (circa 7.00 pm), we will be closely examining…
