2026 MEETINGS
Jan 9, 2026
Young Academics Night -- essay contest winner Luke Hollister
reads “The Story and His Author: C. S. Lewis’s Success in Letting
His Pictures Tell Their Own Moral” and Laura Meneses Trujillo, a
participant at the Lewis Foundation’s Summer Institute, reads her
paper on "Rejoining the Harmony of Creation: Lewis and Music as
Truth in a Fragmented World" (Zoom)
Feb. 13, 2026
“C. S. Lewis’s God: Merciful or Formidable? To be Loved or Feared?”
with Kevin Offner (Zoom)
Mar. 13, 2026
Panel discussion:
“C. S. Lewis and an Up-and-Coming Readership”
with Daniel Richter, James Sauer and Ron Wheeler (Zoom)
Apr. 10, 2026
“The Breath of Aslan, Part II"
with Matthew Dickerson (Zoom)
May 8, 2026
Erin Seidel interviews Anne-Frederique Caballero in France
regarding C. S. Lewis, his legacy in France, and the inspiration for
the upcoming C. S. Lewis conference in France (Zoom)
June 12, 2026
“C. S. Lewis and Edith Sitwell’s The Sleeping Beauty”
with Charles Beach (Zoom)
July 10, 1026
“Lewis the World Builder”
with Josiah Peterson (Zoom)
August 14, 2026
No meeting
Sept. 11, 2026
“How to Read Like C. S. Lewis: Lessons from the Lewis Library”
TBA with Jim Beitler (Zoom)
Oct. 9, 2026
TBA with Bradley Birzer (Zoom)
TBA
Nov. 13, 2026
TBA with Jason Baxter (Zoom)
Dec. 11, 2026
"The Abolition of Man and the Rebirth of R. V. Young"
with R.V. Young (Zoom)
MEETING SCHEDULE
NEW YORK C.S. LEWIS SOCIETY
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that The New York C. S. Lewis Society announces the sudden and untimely passing of Prof. James Como, a founding member of the New York Society, on Monday, November 24, 2025, in Bucharest, Romania.
In his memory, The James Como Collegiate Essay Contest has been established. Visit our James Como menu tab above for more information.
James and Alejandra Como with Denise Vasilu (center) holding her HOPE AWARD presented by the
New York C.S. Lewis Society.
November, 2025
Singer, actress, and vital member (since 1980) of the
New York C.S. Lewis Society died on December 28, 2025.
Her obituary and Manhattan memorial service details
are listed HERE.
The New York C.S. Lewis Society (founded 1969)
is the oldest society for the appreciation and discussion of C.S. Lewis in the world.
The Society holds Meetings
every second Friday of the month (except August).
Subscribing members receive a bi-monthly bulletin -
CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven." C. S. Lewis