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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.

 


OXFORD
TUESDAY, 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 Welcome

Preacher

University Church of St. Mary


Stan Mattson

Earl 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 Meditation
University Church

Todd Lake, Summer Institute Chaplain
9:30 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 Roundtable
 
7:00 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 & Meditation
University Church

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
9:30 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 Roundtable
6:00 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 & Meditation
University Church

Walter Hooper
9:30 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 Polkinghorne
5:30 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 Theatre
10:00 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 & Meditation
Great St. Mary's Church

Helen Cooper

Scott Key
9:30 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 Roundtable
6:00 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. Performance
10:00 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 Roundtable
6:00 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 Ward

9:30 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  

 

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