(†subject to change)

WEEK ONE – OXFORD

MONDAY, July 28

Noon – 5:00 p.m.

CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

6:00 p.m.

Dinner: (for in college registrants)

7:30 p.m.

Opening Service – University Church of St. Mary
Preacher:  Derick Bingham
"Of Children and the Stars: Is Humankind Greater than Matter?"

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Keble College Bar

TUESDAY, July 29

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate's Church
Worship & Meditation: Todd Lake, Institute Chaplain
President’s Welcome Address – Stan Mattson

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy: Introduction of Calaspia Literary Contest and Tour Group

11:30 a.m.

Keynote Address – Richard Mouw
"Restless Hearts in a Search for Meaning"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own) 

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Dinner (for in college registrants)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – St. Aldate’s Church
“Addison’s Walk” Reader’s Theatre: Andrew Harrison, Tony Lawton, Michael Ward

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Keble College Bar

WEDNESDAY, July 30

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate's Church
Worship & Meditation: John Lennox

Plenary Address:  Diana Pavlac Glyer
"C.S. Lewis and the Algebra of Friendship"

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy - Francis Collins, hymn sing

Plenary Address:  Francis Collins,
"The Language of God: A Scientist- Believer Looks at the Human Genome"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Dinner: (for in college registrants)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Orchestral Concert: City of Oxford Orchestra with Institute Chorale, Paul Barnes, pianist; Kate Butler, soloist

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Keble College Bar

THURSDAY, July 31

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate's Church
Worship & Meditation: Gil Bailie

Plenary Address: Richard Swinburne
“Humans Consist of Two Parts, Body and Soul”

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy – Institute Chorale

Plenary Address:  Laurie Beth Jones,
"Understanding the Elemental Love of God"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Dinner: (for in college registrants)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Piano, Poetry and Song: Paul Barnes, Dana Gioia,
Kate Butler, and others

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Keble College Bar

FRIDAY, August 1

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – St. Aldate's Church
Worship & Meditation: Kallistos Ware, Meditation

Plenary Address: Patrick Brennan
"The Human Person in the Eyes of the Law"

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break  

Faculty Forum Award Presentations to Harry Blamires
& Paul Vitz

Plenary Address: Dana Gioia
“Art and the Search for Meaning”

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own) & Free Afternoon

1:00 p.m.

Optional: Faculty Forum Award Luncheon – Pembroke College: Paul Vitz, speaker

Dinner: (for in college registrants)

7:30 p.m.

Closing Service – University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Preacher:  John Guest, “C.S. Lewis: Prophet and Evangelist”

9:00 p.m.

Closing Reception – University Church Courtyard

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Keble College Bar

SATURDAY, August 2            TRANSFER DAY TO CAMBRIDGE

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (for Week One in college registrants)

Coaches depart Oxford promptly at 10:00 a.m. and arrive in Cambridge about 1:00 p.m.

Afternoon free

Final Checkout for those not transferring to Cambridge

7:30 p.m.

Evening free

Optional: C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia Film (2006, Director David Melvin) – Robinson College Theatre

WEEK TWO – CAMBRIDGE

SUNDAY, August 3

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast opens in college for Week One registrants

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

CHECK-IN FOR WEEK TWO REGISTRANTS ONLY

Lunch

On your own

1:30 p.m.

Coaches depart for Ely Cathedral

2:15 p.m.

Walk-about the Cathedral, grounds, and precincts

4:00 p.m.

Service of Evensong - Ely Cathedral
Preacher:  Earl Palmer,
"The Heart Warmed and the Mind Alive"

6:30 p.m.

Opening Reception - Robinson College Gardens

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – Great St. Mary’s Church
An Evening of the Arts: Paul Barnes, pianist; Kate Butler, soloist

Lecture: Bruce Herman
“Outgrowing the iSelf: Beauty, Personhood, and Pop-Culture: An Artist’s Perspective”

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Robinson College Junior Common Room

MONDAY, August 4

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – Great St. Mary's Church
Worship & Meditation: Todd Lake, Institute Chaplain

Keynote Address: Wilfred McClay
"On Losing and Saving the Self"

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy

Plenary Address: Colleen Carroll Campbell,
"The New Faithful: A New Generation Finds Meaning in Christian Orthodoxy"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Evening Session – Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambridgeshire
Traditional English Country Dinner and Dance with the Mellstock Country Band

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Robinson College Junior Common Room

TUESDAY, August 5

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – Great St. Mary's Church
Worship & Meditation: Vishal Mangalwadi
Plenary Address: Nigel Cameron,
"Stewarding the Self: A Human Future for Humans?"

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy

Plenary Address:  Bill Romanowski
"Off to See the Wizard: Cinema, Self and the Search for Meaning"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Dinner in College (in college registrants)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – Robinson College Theatre
Theatre Performance: Tony Lawton in The Great Divorce

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Robinson College Junior Common Room

WEDNESDAY, August 6

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – Great St. Mary's Church
Worship & Meditation: John Polkinghorne

Plenary Address:  Nancey Murphy
“Science, Souls, and Society: Why Christians Should be Nonreductive Physicalists”

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Award Presentation to Sir Malcolm Jeeves

Plenary Address:  Malcolm Guite -
“Be ye transformed: The Way of Personal Transformation in the Writings of C.S. Lewis”

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions
Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Paper Sessions

6:00 p.m.

Dinner: (Group II - in college registrants)

8:00 p.m.

Evening Session – Great St. Mary’s Church
Choral Concert and Poetry Evening: Stanley Roberts directing the Institute Chorale

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Robinson College Junior Common Room

THURSDAY, August 7

7:15 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

Morning prayers in college (optional)

Breakfast (for in-college registrants)

9:00 a.m.

Morning Plenary Sessions – Great St. Mary's Church
Worship & Meditation: Michael Ward

Plenary Address:  Paul Vitz ,
"Hatred, Love, and Transmodern Identity"

10:45 a.m.

Conference Break & Whimsy –Institute Chorale

Plenary Address:  Philip Yancey
"One Self, Many Meanings"

12:45 p.m.

Lunch (on your own) & Free Afternoon

5:30 p.m.

Closing Service of Dedication with Eucharist – Great St. Mary’s Church

Preacher:  Will Willimon
"The Self Saved with C.S. Lewis"

7:00 p.m.

Farewell Reception - Queen's College

10:00 p.m.

Bag-End Cafe – Robinson College Junior Common Room

FRIDAY, August 8

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (for in college registrants)

12:00 p.m.

Final check out of college and departure