Event Archives

2016

Dates Event Theme Location
July 8 – 10 C.S. Lewis
Summer Conference		 Faith, Freedom, & the Public Square
 University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
July 16 – 22 C.S. Lewis Summer Seminars – Week 1 The Life Journey of C.S. Lewis
 Oxford, England
July 24 – 30 C.S. Lewis Summer Seminars – Week 2 The Life Journey of C.S. Lewis
 Oxford, England

2015
Oct. 30 –
Nov. 1		 The C.S. Lewis Retreat Of This & Other Worlds:
C.S. Lewis & the Call of Deep Heaven

Camp Allen,
Navasota, Texas
July 11-17;
July 19-25		 C.S. Lewis Summer Seminars The Enduring Legacy of C.S. Lewis

The Kilns,
Oxford, England

2014

July 21 – 31, 2014

The C.S. Lewis Summer Institute (“Oxbridge 2014”)

“Reclaiming the Virtues: Human Flourishing in the 21st Century”

Oxford & Cambridge, England

2013

Nov. 8-10

C.S. Lewis Fall Conference
The Forge of Friendship:
Tolkien, Lewis, & the Creative Impulse

Houston, Texas

July 6-12

July 14-20

Oxford, England

June 21-23

C.S. Lewis Summer Conference
Living the Legacy:
The Vision, Voice, and Vocation of C.S. Lewis

University of San Diego
San Diego, CA

2012

Nov. 9-11

The C.S. Lewis Retreat
Choosing Heaven:
 Eternity in the Here & Now

 

Camp Allen,
Navasota,
Texas

2011

Oct. 27 – 30

2011 Southwest Regional Retreat &
Writers Workshop
Fling Wide the Gates:
C.S. Lewis & the Pursuit of Joy

Camp Allen,
Navasota, Texas

 

July 26 – Aug. 3

Oxbridge 2011 Summer Institute
Paradigms of Hope:
Transcending Chaos & Transforming Culture

Oxford &
Cambridge,
England

 

June 5 – 11,
June 12 – 18

Northfield,
Massachusetts

July 2 – 8,
July 10 – 16

Oxford,
England

2010

Oct 29 – 31

 

Southwest Regional Retreat & Writers Workshop
Retreat: The Weight of Glory:
Reflections on Longing & Belonging

Workshop: Writing Past the Watchful Dragons

Camp Allen,
Navasota, Texas

 

July 11 – 17,
July 18-24 &
July 25-31

Northfield,
Massachusetts

July 10 – 16,
July 18-24, &
July 1 – Aug 6

Oxford,
England

2009

Oct 29 – 31

 

Southwest Regional Retreat
& Writers Workshop
Retreat: The Company We Keep:
Creativity & Community with C.S. Lewis & the Inklings

Workshop: More Than A Hobby:
Letting Community Take Your Creativity to a New Level

Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas

 
July 11 – 17,
July 19-25, &
Aug 1 – 7

Oxford,
England

2008
Oct 31 – Nov 2
Southwest Regional Retreat
Redeeming the Time:
Overcoming “Screwtape” in our Everyday Lives

Camp Allen,
Navasota, Texas
July 28 – Aug. 8
Oxbridge 2008 Summer Institute
The Self and the Search for Meaning

Oxford & Cambridge,
England

July 5 – 11, &
July 13 – 19

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at The Kilns

Oxford,
England

2007
Nov. 9 – 11
Southwest Regional Retreat
Seas, Islands, and Solid Ground:
Navigating the False Infinites with C.S. Lewis
Camp Allen,
Navasota, TX

Oct. 5 – 6

National Faculty Forum
The Crisis of the University:
Freedom, Tolerance,
and the Pursuit of Truth

Univ. of Colorado
at Boulder,
Boulder, CO

Sep. 15

Southeast Regional Conference
Faith Set Free: C.S. Lewis
and the Quest for Joy

Belmont Univ.,
Nashville, TN

July 7 – 13,
July 15 – 21, &
July 28 – Aug 3

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at The Kilns
C.S. Lewis: Reason and Imagination

Oxford,
England

June 28 – July 1

Summer Conference
Finding the Way: C.S. Lewis
as Pilgrim Guide in a Pluralistic Age

First United Methodist Church
& Univ. of San
Diego, San Diego, CA

2006

Nov 10 – 12

Southwest Regional Retreat
Growing Up with C.S. Lewis
(and Staying Young with Jack!)

Camp Allen,
Navasota, TX

July 8 – 14,
July 16 – 22, &
July 29 – Aug 4

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at The Kilns
A Great Destination

Oxford,
England
July 7 – 16

Summer Institute
Love Among the Ruins:
On the Renewal of Character & Culture
Williams College,
Williamstown, MA

2005

Nov. 18 – 20

Southwest Regional Retreat
Aslan on the Move:
Narnia Revisited

Camp Allen,
Navasota, TX

July 24 – Aug 5

Oxbridge 2005 Summer Institute
Making All Things New:
The Good, the True, and the
Beautiful in the 21st Century

Oxford & Cambridge,
England

July 2 – 8 &
July 10 – 16

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at The Kilns
C.S. Lewis and the Permanent Things

Oxford,
England

2004

Nov. 19 – 21

Southwest Regional Retreat
Wrestling with Culture:
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Spiritual Mentors

Camp Allen,
Navasota, TX

Aug 18 – 29

C.S. Lewis Study Tour and Cruise
Dawn Treader Voyages

England, Ireland,
& Wales

July 24 – 30 &
Aug 1-7

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at the Kilns
C.S. Lewis & the Integrated Life:
Critic, Apologist, Mythmaker

Oxford,
England

July 3-9 &
July 11-17

Summer Seminars-in-Residence
at the Kilns
Poets and Poetry:
C. S. Lewis, Joy Gresham & Ruth Pitter

Oxford,
England

June 24-27

Summer Conference
The Fantastic Worlds of C. S. Lewis
and J. R. R. Tolkien

Univ. of San Diego,
San Diego, CA

April 16-17

The University of Texas Ethics Conference
Foundations for Ethical Education
in a Post-Enron Age

Univ. of Texas,
Austin, TX

Feb. 27-29

Southeast Regional Retreat
Re-Enchanting the Cosmos:
The Imaginative Legacy of C.S. Lewis

The Cove,
Asheville, NC

2003

Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Southwest Regional Retreat
Discovering Reality with C.S. Lewis

Camp Allen,
Navasota, TX

Oct. 11

National Faculty Forum Conference
Free Speech: Academic Freedom
and Religious Expression

Univ. of California
Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA

July 13 – 19,
July 27 – Aug 2,
Aug 3 – 9

Summer Seminars in Residence
at the Kilns
C.S. Lewis and the Soul’s Journey

Oxford,
England

June 19 -22

Summer Conference
A Celebration of Mere Christianity

Univ. of San Diego,
San Diego, CA

Feb. 21 – 23

Southeast Regional Retreat
Discovering Reality with C.S. Lewis

The Cove,
Asheville, NC

2002

July 14 – 27

Oxbridge 2002 Summer Institute
Time & Eternity

Oxford & Cambridge,
England