The countdown for the first ever stateside C. S. Lewis Summer Institute has begun! The staff of the C. S. Lewis Foundation is hard at work preparing for yet another extraordinary summer-institute experience, this time to be held on the historic New England campus of Williams College, nestled amid the scenic Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Our theme is Love among the Ruins: On the Renewal of Character and Culture. This conference is sure to instruct, challenge, and inspire all who take part.
The ten-day conference will be in session from Friday, July 7, through Sunday, July 16. Faculty and speakers include Tom Howard, Joseph Pearce, Armand Nicholi, Jim Como, James Emery White, Nigel Goodwin, Jeanne Murray Walker, Malcolm Guite, Karen Mulder, Dick Staub, and Ben Patterson, among many others. (Note: If you can't join us for the entire institute, by all means do come for one of the two weekends: July 7-9 or July 14-16.
Weekday seminars will permit small-group discussion of a wide array of topics relating to the theme, while workshops in dance, drama, the visual arts, and creative writing will offer unique opportunities to explore the same through the arts. An innovative children's track, featuring storytelling, arts and crafts, and a children's choir, will also be offered. Special programs include outstanding arts performances in theater, film, poetry, and New England Country Dance, and visits to Tanglewood to experience the Boston Symphony with pianist, Emanuel Ax, as well as the Boston Pops and the Tanglewood Vocal Fellows in "Bernstein on Broadway." Central to all will be the joy of Christians of many traditions joining in worship together throughout the week. In short, the 2006 C. S. Lewis Summer Institute at Williams College is simply not to be missed!
