Through its English counterpart, The Kilns (Oxford) Limited, the Foundation has acquired and maintains "The Kilns," C.S. Lewis’ former home in Oxford. Since 1993, hundreds from America and Britain, all lovers of C.S. Lewis, have labored to restore and furnish the home as a Christian study centre. To the greater glory of God, the restoration was completed in 2001, and The Kilns was dedicated in July 2002 to serve as a focal point of Christian hospitality, study, reflection and learned conversation between Christian scholars, artists, and laity the world over.

The C.S. Lewis Study Centre at The Kilns began with its Summer Seminars-in-Residence program in 2001 and has continued and expanded each summer since then. A maximum of eight participants each week enjoy the intimate seminar setting at The Kilns with a C.S. Lewis scholar in residence. To this end, the Foundation provides three principal ways in which one may experience “life at The Kilns”:

Scholars-in-Residence Program: From September to June of each year, The Kilns is home to a small intentional Christian community of visiting scholars and advanced graduate students, all engaged in some aspect of research and study at Oxford University.

Tours: Upon request, individual and group tours can usually be arranged in advance. In the interest of ensuring a quality study experience for all in residence at The Kilns, visitors are respectfully urged to respect the fact that The Kilns is not a museum. Rather, it is the Foundation’s intention to honor the memory of C.S. Lewis by encouraging its continued use as a quiet place of study, fellowship and creative scholarly work, much in the manner that characterized Lewis’ own period of residency there. Please visit our Tour the Kilns page for more information and to schedule an appointment.

Summer Seminars-in-Residence: The C.S. Lewis Study Centre at The Kilns launched its Summer Seminars-in-Residence program in 2001 and has continued and expanded this unusual program each summer since then. A maximum of eight participants each week enjoy the intimate seminar setting at The Kilns with discussions hosted by a distinguished C.S. Lewis scholar in residence.

2001	Dr. James Como, Professor of Rhetoric and Public Communication, City University of New York
2002 & 2003	Jerry Root, Professor of Christian Education, Wheaton College
2004	Dr. Don King, Professor of English, Montreat College Dr. Bruce Edwards, Professor of English and Associate Dean, Distance Education & International Programs, Bowling Green State University (OH)
2005	Michael Macdonald, Professor of European Studies (German) and Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University
2006	Jerry Root, Professor of Christian Education, Wheaton College Walter Hooper Aiden Mackey Stan Mattson, Founder and President of the C.S. Lewis Foundation
2007	Malcolm Guite, Professor of Literature and Pastoral Theology and Chaplain and Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge; Jerry Root, Professor of Christian Education, Wheaton College
2008	Dr. Chris Mitchell, Director of the Marion E. Wade Center and Professor of Theology, Wheaton College Dr. Devin Brown, Author and Professor of English, Asbury College
2009	Dr. Don W. King, Professor of English, Montreat College Rev. Derick Bingham, Teaching Pastor, Christchurch, Belfast, North Ireland. Dr. George Musacchio, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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