Oxbridge 2017 includes a variety of afternoon seminars and workshops. The afternoon program takes place the Tuesday and Thursday in Oxford and the Monday and Tuesday in Cambridge, from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.

While most seminars and workshops take place over the entire four days, some of the options are only offered over the course of two days in either Oxford or Cambridge. Attendees will choose either 1 Full Conference Seminar or 1 of each Oxford and Cambridge Seminars.

A few months before the conference begins, attendees will be sent an email to make their choice of afternoon programs. Click on the link for each course title to go to its description. Course descriptions will be posted as we receive them.

Option A (Choose One Session to Attend for the Whole Conference) 

Full Conference Seminars – 4 Sessions

(each seminar is a mini “course” with sessions from 2:30-5:00 p.m. on 7/25, 7/27, 7/31, and 8/1)

1. “A Cloud of Creative Witnesses: Exploring Some of the Greatest Creative Expressions of Faith” (visual art, music, literature, poetry, and architecture) – Terry Glaspey COURSE FULL / CLOSED FOR REGISTRATION
2. “Answering Aslan: Calling in the Chronicles of Narnia” – Andrew Lazo with special guest Joseph Pearce
3. “Calling in the Arts” – Lancia E. Smith with guest Andrew Peterson and others.
4. Business Seminar — Helen Mitchell, Greg Leith, and Chris McCluskey
5. Academic Roundtable – Scott Key & Rod Miller (by application/paper submission only) **NOTE: Participants in the Academic Roundtable will meet from 2:00-5:00 p.m.**

Option B (Choose One from Each of the Two Cities)

Oxford Seminars – 2 Sessions

(each seminar is a mini “course” with sessions from 2:30-5:00 p.m. on 7/25 and 7/27)

• “Further Up, Further In: Calling Women to a Deeper Life” – Christin Ditchfield Lazo
• “Imaginative Apologetics” – Holly Ordway COURSE FULL / CLOSED FOR REGISTRATION
• Creative Writing Workshop – Davis Bunn
• “The Intersection of Christian Faith and Public Schools” – Carrie Birmingham
• “The Romantic Theology of the Inklings” – Michael Christensen
• “Follow Me: Identity, Vocation, and a Uniquely Christian Conception of Calling” – Ryan Pemberton COURSE FULL / CLOSED FOR REGISTRATION
• Sketching Workshop – Gail Standish Ward
• “The Universal and Particular: Finding ‘Calling’ in the Classics” – Text: Cicero’s On Duties– Francis Fast

Cambridge Seminars – 2 Sessions

(each seminar is a mini “course” with sessions from 2:30-5:00 p.m. on 7/31 and 8/1)

• “C.S. Lewis Remembered” – Kim Gilnett with Special Guests Walter Hooper and Aidan Mackey COURSE FULL / CLOSED FOR REGISTRATION
• “The Route to Spiritual Formation” – Larry Crabb – COURSE FULL / CLOSED FOR REGISTRATION
• “The Narnia Project” (Character Education Development using Narnian Virtues) – Mark Pike
• Poetry Workshop; “Poetry as Dialogue” – Malcolm Guite
• Sketching Workshop – Gail Standish Ward
• “Transforming Culture: Tending Your Garden in Your Own Backyard” – Randy Steele
• “The Universal and Particular: Finding ‘Calling’ in the Classics” – Text: Augustine’s Confessions – Francis Fast

* Note: offered topics, titles, speakers, seminars, and workshops are not guaranteed and may change due to circumstances out of our control.