C.S. Lewis Summer Institute at Oxbridge
July
26 — August 3, 2011
Paradigms of Hope
Transcending Chaos & Transforming Culture
Preliminary Program Schedule
(Schedule is subject to change)
Check back for more details on the schedule as we have it available.
We will be staying in Oxford from July 26 to 30 and Cambridge from July 30 to the evening of August 3. We will provide bus transportation between the two cities on July 30th. The Summer Institute begins midday on the 26th and ends late evening on August 3rd.
OXFORDTUESDAY, July 26
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tours of The Kilns & Oxford Walking Tours (pre-arranged small groups) Noon - 5:00 pm Conference Check-In Keble College 6:00 p.m. Dinner in College Keble College 7:30 p.m. Opening Service of Evening Prayer
President's WelcomePreacher
University Church of St. Mary
Stan MattsonEarl Palmer
9:00 p.m. Opening Reception University Church Courtyard 10:30 p.m. Bag End Cafe Keble College *Please Note: Small group tours of The Kilns will be offered at various times throughout the week. Sign-ups will take place on-site.WEDNESDAY, July 27 7:15 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college
9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions
Worship and MeditationUniversity Church
Todd Lake, Summer Institute Chaplain9:30 a.m. University Welcome Frances Warner 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address - "Challenging the Darkness: Towards a New Christian Renaissance" Os Guinness 10:45 a.m. Conference Break 11:15 a.m. Whimsy Lamb's Players 11:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "Education: Formation and Transformation" Malcolm Guite 12:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)
2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives - Seminars, Workshops, and Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Roundtable7:00 p.m. Dinner Keble College 8:30 p.m. Evening Session Steve Bell
A Reader’s Theatre reading of “Freud’s Last Session (not open to the public; no extra charge for Summer Institute Registrants)10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe Keble College THURSDAY, July 28 7:15 a.m. / 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college 9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions
Worship & MeditationUniversity Church
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware9:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "Lead Like Jesus: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Ken Blanchard 10:45 a.m. Conference Break
11:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "From Racial Hatred to the Love of Christ: The Role of C.S. Lewis in My Conversion" Joseph Pearce 12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives Seminars, Workshops, & Symposia
Oxbridge Academic Roundtable6:00 p.m. Dinner in College
7:30 p.m. Evening Session - Traditional English Country Dance w/ Mellstock Band - Oxford Town Hall 10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe Keble College FRIDAY, July 29 7:15 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college
9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions
Worship & MeditationUniversity Church
Walter Hooper9:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "Founding the Future: A Christian Response to the Contemporary Academy" Stan Mattson 10:45 a.m. Conference Break
11:15 a.m. Whimsy Summer Institute Choir 11:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "The Challenge of Cultivating Virtue When Men are Without Chests" Charles Colson 12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tours of The Kilns & Oxford Walking Tours (pre-arranged small groups) 6:00 p.m. Dinner On your own 8:00 p.m. Evening Session City of Oxford Orchestra Concert - Sheldonian Theatre 10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe
SATURDAY, July 30 - Transfer Day 7:30 a.m. Breakfast opens in college 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Tours of The Kilns & Oxford Walking tours (pre-arranged small groups) Coach transport from Oxford to Cambridge
Exploring Cambridge (on your own)Dinner (on your own) 8:00 p.m. "'The Hope of Better Days': William Wilberforce and Building the Good Society" Kevin Belmonte, Micheal Flaherty CAMBRIDGE SUNDAY, July 31 7:15 a.m./
7:30 a.m.Morning Prayers / Breakfast opens in college 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Exploring Cambridge (on your own) 1:15 p.m. Board coaches for transport to Ely, Cambridgeshire 2:15 p.m. Walkabout City of Ely and Cathedral 3:45 p.m. Evensong Worship Service
"Science and Hope"Ely Cathedral
John Polkinghorne5:30 p.m. Board coaches for return to Cambridge 6:00 p.m. Dinner in College 8:00 p.m. Performances Group 1: "Bread of Life," Springs Dance Co. Performance
Group 2: "Till We Have Faces," Lamb's Players Theatre10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe Robinson College MONDAY, August 1 7:15 a.m. / 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college 9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary Sessions
University Welcome
Worship & MeditationGreat St. Mary's Church
Helen Cooper
Scott Key9:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "From Power to Prison to Hope"
Jonathan Aitken
10:45 a.m. Conference Break 11:15 a.m. Whimsy Summer Institute Choir 11:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "The Biblical Meaning of the Resurrection, New Earth, and Heaven" Randy Alcorn 12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Oxbridge Academic Roundtable6:00 p.m. Dinner in College 8:00 p.m. Performances Group 1: "Till We Have Faces," Lamb's Players Theatre
Group 2:"Bread of Life," Springs Dance Co. Performance10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe Robinson College TUESDAY, August 2 7:15 a.m. / 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college TBA 9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary Sessions
Worship & Meditation
Richard Kannwisher
9:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "Culture of Hope is a Matter of Philosophy" Vishal Mangalwadi 10:45 a.m. Conference Break 11:15 a.m. Whimsy Steve Bell 11:30 a.m. Plenary - "Worthy is the Lamb: Christian Response to Global Poverty" Roberta Hestenes 12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Electives Seminars, Workshops & Symposia
Faculty Forum Academic Roundtable6:00 p.m. Dinner in college 8:00 p.m. Choral Concert w/ Institute Chorale, John Dickson, Director Summer Institute Chorale 10:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe
WEDNESDAY, August 3 7:15 a.m. / 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers / breakfast opens in college 9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary Serssions
Worship & Meditation
Michael Ward9:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "The Chaos of Secularism: Transcending the Diminishment of the Academy and Culture with the Hope that is Christ" Mary Poplin 10:45 a.m. Conference Break 11:15 a.m. Whimsy Lamb's Players 11:30 a.m. Plenary Address - "Encouragement in Hard Times: Christianity Among the Intellectuals in China" David Lyle Jeffrey 12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Free Afternoon 5:30 p.m. Closing Service of Dedication with Eucharist - "Be Ye Transformed"
Great St. Mary's Church
Malcolm Guite
7:00 p.m. Farewell Reception Robinson College Gardens 9:00 p.m. Bag End Cafe Robinson College THURSDAY, August 4 7:30 a.m. Breakfast Check-out of College