@srawaters

Assistant Professor of Language & Literature @SterlingCLife & Director of the @sclewiscenter. Working on Shakespeare & CS Lewis. Interests in coffee & sunsets.

 Sterling, KS
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Joined June 2013
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Delighted to share that late last night @PublicDiscourse published a piece I wrote in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration and C.S. Lewis's brief treatment of those same "words that are cherished by all civilized men," weeks before his death. thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/…

C. S. Lewis and Questioning the "Right" to Happiness

For Lewis in 1963, the Declaration and its “inalienable” right to the “pursuit of happiness” for all men was at least as countercultural then as when it was first written. Lewis urges his readers to...

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In further AI horrors, I recently checked something quickly on Project Gutenberg's Lewis's The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" because I was travelling, and without access to a hard copy and didn't know knowing Project Gutenberg was using AI too. Here's its rendering of Lucy's line.
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I am sure there are many errors, but perhaps most alarming/jarring is the substitution of “you” (for Aslan) with “OK”. The context tells us it is not ok, and Lucy is not ok. But the importance of her caring more about seeing Aslan again is erased in this AI bot(ch job) rendition.
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Great time over in France presenting at the C.S. Lewis Conference on War, Fellowship, and Survival last month. A treat, also, to get to introduce and chair the opening Keynote, Dr. Beitler of the Marion E. Wade Center, before sharing my own paper on the first Keynote panel.
Sterling College C.S. Lewis Center@sclewiscenterJul 3
Last month our Director was over in France speaking at the C.S. Lewis Conference in Amiens, at the Logis du Roy, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, entitled "War, Fellowship, and Survival in the Lives and Works of C.S. Lewis and Kindred Spirits".
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p.s. This conference set a very high bar for food for all future Lewis Conference (greeting us with croissants, pain au chocolat and pain au raisin and multi-course French meals for lunch & dinner every day) and lovely time for fellowship and conversation over food together too).
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Easter Greetings from T.S. Eliot
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We are very excited for the student presentation portion of our conference on Friday, and you can get a little flavor of the papers you'll get to hear from the presenters themselves here. Please do come and join us, the conference is free and open to all! instagram.com/reels/DWPTh3Li…

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Delighted to be included in this volume, and enjoyed hearing @GCSalter talk about his process at IFF today, and yes, you should buy a copy to read all the excellent interviews as well as what sounds like a very exciting introduction. amazon.com/Other-Inklings-In…
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This time next week we'll be in the midst of our inaugural Lewis Conference here at the @sclewiscenter. The conference is free and open to all, please do join us if you can!
Sterling College C.S. Lewis Center@sclewiscenterMar 13
We are officially 2 weeks away from our very own spring conference, "No Ordinary People." We have a fantastic list of events scheduled that you wouldn't want to miss. 📌 Friday March 27, 2026
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We'll begin with coffee, pastries and registration before our opening keynote from Dr. King, and then will wrap up the day with worship and theatre, there's going to be some fantastic papers from students and academics alike throughout the day. Open to all (extra)ordinary people!
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We are officially 2 weeks away from our very own spring conference, "No Ordinary People." We have a fantastic list of events scheduled that you wouldn't want to miss. 📌 Friday March 27, 2026
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Giving the people what they wanted.. right?! No, but seriously, had so much fun writing this paper and the excuse it gave me to re-read revolutions in Narnia, as well as, better yet, the excuse to reread the Declaration (many times) and The Lion and Caspian as I worked on this.
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@TheOptimisticC3Mar 13
Step 1 - issue a CFP stressing the Declaration (because America 250). Step 2 - love Lewis and Narnia. Step 3 - Dr. Sarah Waters delivering a Declaration reading of Lion and Prince Caspian. Only at @ciceroniansoc.
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Step 1 - issue a CFP stressing the Declaration (because America 250). Step 2 - love Lewis and Narnia. Step 3 - Dr. Sarah Waters delivering a Declaration reading of Lion and Prince Caspian. Only at @ciceroniansoc.
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Over the next three days, our Director, Dr. @srawaters if up at Creighton University at the @ciceroniansoc conference where tomorrow, she's giving a paper entitled "Lewis and Revolution" which will tackle texts as diverse as Prince Caspian and The Declaration of Independence.
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The last few days, I and some of our @SterlingCLife Literature students have been at the @ciceroniansoc conference at Creighton. Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel on C.S. Lewis & the world, where I talked about Lewis, the Declaration of Independence, and Narnia. – at Omaha, NE
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Last call to submit your papers for our spring conference in collaboration with the Faith and Learning Initiative, "No Ordinary People." Submissions close today at noon! You can email your papers to [email protected].
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Great to be able to welcome the Forge of Friendship team to @sclewiscenter as part of their nationwide sneakpeek tour of this new documentary, and I enjoyed hosting a Q&A with them after the screening plus a Clive's Staples coffee-filled pre-event as well. fb.watch/F4-7WMj2IJ/

1.5K views | 🎥✨ What happens when deep friendship shapes imagination,...

🎥✨ What happens when deep friendship shapes imagination, faith, and story? We were honored to host a preview of The Forge of Friendship — an inspiring new documentary exploring the bond between...

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Two special workshops with the team of today's "Forge of Friendship" documentary will be held tomorrow Wednesday February 4th, 2026 in Heritage Hall at 11am and 12pm. All are invited to come!!
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This is tonight, folks! Come and see the screening of this new documentary series @SterlingCLife tonight, doors open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.
Sarah Waters@srawatersJan 30
Looking forward to hosting the Forge of Friendship team at @sclewiscenter at Sterling College next week and delighted that they were keen for @SterlingCLife to be a key stop in the Midwest on their nationwide preview screening tour! The screening is free and open to all, join us!
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Please do consider submitting an abstract or, students, a full mini paper for our C.S. Lewis Conference which takes Lewis's statement that there are "no ordinary people" as its focus. Submissions are due at 12pm (Central Time) *this* Friday (Feb 6). CFP and further details below.
Sterling College C.S. Lewis Center@sclewiscenterFeb 2
Reminder! Abstracts are due Friday at midday, (central time). I'm certain that you, yes *you* reading this post are, in fact, no ordinary sort of person. We'd love you to join us as we consider Lewis' bold declaration in Weight of Glory that there are, indeed, no ordinary people.
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