Peter Linkens

PhD candidate in the Department of English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College.

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

Who says you can't mix business with pleasure? And by business, I mean academic research and by pleasure, I mean reading C.S. Lewis 🦁

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisGroupNI

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisGroupNI What a lineup!! 🦁

[The C.S. Lewis Group of Northern Ireland @LewisGroupNI]

Ladies and gentlemen, behold!—a draft programme for ‘C.S. Lewis and Last Things’, tbh 4 Nov at Union Theological College, Belfast. Sponsored by The C.S. Lewis Institute Belfast and John Brown University, with support from your pals at The C.S. Lewis Group of NI. 🔥🔥🔥

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@saro_brien @acis2024 @MICLimerick @DavidClareAbu @cbiggerpicture Thanks Sarah😁

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

It was a pleasure to present my paper as part of the panel "C.S. Lewis and Ireland" at @acis2024 hosted by @MICLimerick, alongside those of @DavidClareAbu (who organised the panel) and @cbiggerpicture, all receiving warm responses and brilliant questions.

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@cbiggerpicture @DavidClareAbu @acis2024 @ClionaOGall @stranbelfast @PeterLinkens @MICLimerick Twas an honour 🦁

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

Looking forward to the American Conference of Irish Studies 2024 this week, hosted by Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, where I shall be presenting my paper '"The Land of Longing": C.S. Lewis, Proud Irishman and Loyal King's Man'. There are so many interesting panels upcoming!

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@KeilanColville_ Big congrats lad 👏

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisGroupNI Well done, brother 👍

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisGroupNI Further up and further in!

[The C.S. Lewis Group of Northern Ireland @LewisGroupNI]

Well, gang, we have a bit of exciting news! We will be working with The C.S. Lewis Institute to host an interdisciplinary symposium in Belfast, NI (Nov 2024), entitled 'C.S. Lewis & Last Things: How the Writer of Narnia Saw the End of Our Story'. Dates, details & CFP coming soon!

[Lois Kennedy @lois_e_poems]

New blog post!
Thoughts on the origins of things and obese birds, find out more at
https://t.co/NE0a4GVPvH

[The C.S. Lewis Group of Northern Ireland @LewisGroupNI]

A great many thanks to all the speakers, participants and attendees at this year's CS Lewis Symposium. And thanks especially to The CS Lewis Institute Belfast for salvaging our event & ensuring that Lewis fans & scholars in NI were not deprived of the edifying talks/performances!

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

What an incredible experience to be a part of the C.S. Lewis Literary Symposium 2023 🦁 where I got to present my paper "Man Friday Meets a Martian: C.S. Lewis's Subversion of the Imperialist Narrative in Out of the Silent Planet".

[The C.S. Lewis Group of Northern Ireland @LewisGroupNI]

And a special thank you to the sponsors of 'Three Addresses by CS Lewis', Dr David Clare's play. Without their generous support the event would not have been possible!

These are:

Ashu Kher
Gary Montgomery
Kenneth Belshaw-- Honorary Consulate of Hungary
Ross Wilson
Curtis White

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisSymposium Thanks Curtis 😁 I felt like my heart could burst with joy!

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

@LewisSymposium YES LAD!! Have an awesome time 🦁

[The C.S. Lewis Group of Northern Ireland @LewisGroupNI]

Folks, some brilliant news! Our good friends at the CS Lewis Institute, Belfast have salvaged many of the elements of our canceled event! You can still see Malcolm Guite & Jerry Root deliver their keynotes! And a host of other papers! 13th Nov in Belfast! https://t.co/PzK5i9yQuz

[Peter Linkens @LinkensPeter]

I am ecstatic to announce that the C.S. Lewis Literary Symposium 2023 will be taking place at Union Theological College and Stranmillis University College in Belfast on the 13th November, hosted by the C.S. Lewis Institute 🦁
https://t.co/qGDCQ72aFi