2024 is the 200th anniversary of George MacDonald’s birth (1824-1905). Sponsored by Drexel University and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the “Genius of George MacDonald” conference will close the bicentennial year which has been celebrated in numerous events throughout the year.
- May 29-31, 2024: Wheaton College. “George MacDonald and the Prophetic Imagination.”
- October 10-12, 2024: Covenant College. “Growing Younger: Literature and Childlike Faith.”
- November 8-9, 2024: St. Andrews University. “Borderlands: George MacDonald Between Worlds.”
- December 13-14, 2024: Yale University. “Genius of George MacDonald.” (Schedule; Live-stream)
The May conference at Wheaton was one of the most meaningful events I’ve ever attended. I am so thankful to be invited to present a paper at the Yale conference, “The Scientific Imagination of George MacDonald.”
Update: The Yale conference was of the same character as the one in May. Every presentation was superb, but in a way that offered opportunities for refreshment of spirit alongside the personal conversations, meetings of many new-found friends, and the experience of music, art, poetry, and even a hands-on session in the MacDonald archive. See the schedule above. For the latter, Malcolm recorded the following “Spell in the Library” short video capturing some of the remarkable documents from the Beinecke MacDonald Collection that we all got to examine:
