Meet Our Speakers

Our keynote speaker for this year's Literary Life Online Conference is Dr. Jason M. Baxter.

Dr. Baxter is associate visiting professor in Notre Dame’s Great Books program and a curricular consultant for St. Thomas More Academy in South Bend, Indiana. He is a speaker and author of several books, including Why Literature Still Matters, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, The Infinite Beauty of the World: Dante's Encyclopedia and the Names of God, and A Beginner’s Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy.

In addition to these books, he writes popular articles on travel and literature, technology in the humanities, and what it’s like to read the great books in a digital culture. You can find those writings linked on his website, www.JasonMBaxter.com, where you can order signed copies of his books, which he will personally mail to you wrapped up in old lecture notes or used scholarly articles.