The Owen Barfield Society

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     The Owen Barfield Society is an affiliate organization of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), and its meetings are held in conjunction with those of the RMMLA.   The affiliation is described in the attached document.

     The inaugural meeting of the Owen Barfield Society was held on 4 October 2007 in Calgary, Alberta Province, Canada.  A report of the meeting is attached.   Photographs of the meeting, kindly provided by Danny Smitherman, are posted below.

     A report is attached of the Society’s 2008 meeting, which was held on 11 October 2008 in Reno, Nevada. 

     In 2009 the Society held two meetings.  The first of these was a special meeting, focusing on Reminiscences of Owen Barfield.  Owen Barfield’s grandson and namesake, Owen A. Barfield, presented “A Grandson’s Reminiscences, Reflections, and Photos”.  On the following day, Friday, the 9^th of October, the Society held its 2009 business meeting.  The business meeting included a “book club” style discussion of Owen Barfield’s ecological novel Eager Spring (2008; second edition, with revisions, 2009) as well as reports and brainstorming concerning the Society’s online forum and e-journal.  Both meetings were held under the auspices of the 2009 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association in Snowbird, Utah.

     The Society’s 2010 meeting took place on the evening of 15 October in Albuquerque, New Mexico.   The highlight of this meeting was Bill Johnson’s reading of an excerpt from his just-published book A River Without Banks.  There also was a spirited discussion of Barfield’s The Rose on the Ash-Heap.  

     All members of the Owen Barfield Society are welcome to participate in its 2011 meeting, which will be held on the 6th of October in Scottsdale, Arizona.  For detailed information about this meeting, see the “News and Announcements” page of the Society’s Web site.

    RMMLA’s Web site provides information concerning housing and transportation for the convention, as well as a listing of the complete 2011 RMMLA Convention program, including the 2011 Owen Barfield session of the RMMLA (a separate event from the meeting of the Owen Barfield Society).

     All members of the Owen Barfield Society are welcome to participate in  its 2011 meeting.  For information, please contact info@barfieldsociety.org.