Seminars
Our active seminar programme, organised jointly with World Christianities in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, offers students, scholars, and visitors an opportunity to learn more about aspects of Christian history and contemporary Christianity. They are in a blended format – face to face in the Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, and on Zoom.
Current Seminars
Download the full calendar of events for 2024-25 here.
Information about our past seminars and other past events here.
You may listen to all our seminars on our YouTube channel.
Lent 2025
Wednesday 22nd January 2025, 4.00-5:30pm GMT
ANNUAL CCCW DAY LECTURE
Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in-person.
WHAT DOES WORLD CHRISTIANITY MEAN FOR MISSION STUDIES? EXPLORATIONS IN CHRISTIANITY WORLDWIDE
Professor Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA
More Information here.
Tuesday 11th February 2025, 4.00-5:30pm GMT
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in-person.
WHEN WORLD CHRISTIANITY MEETS GLOBAL MICROHISTORY: TWO LIVES BETWEEN EGYPT, INDIA, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES
Professor Heather J Sharkey, University of Pennsylvania, USA
More information to follow.
Tuesday 11th March 2025, 4.00-5:30pm GMT
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join online.
WORLD CHRISTIANITY IN INDO-MYANMAR: CULTURE, CONFLICT AND CHRIST
Professor Atola Longkumer, United Theological College, Bangalore, India
More Information to follow.
Easter 2025
Tuesday 6th May 2025, 4.00-5:30pm BST
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in-person.
‘SAFARI FOR SOULS’: BILLY GRAHAM, US EVANGELICALISM, AND THE COLD WAR IN AFRICA IN 1960
Professor Uta Balbier, University of Oxford
More information to follow.
Tuesday 27th May 2025, 4.00-5:30pm BST
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in-person.
WHEN ASSEMBLING MISSIOANRY KNOWLEDGE: THE MAKING AND READING OF EVANGELICAL PERIODICALS IN BRITIAN AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC, 1793-1820
Dr Kate Tilson, University of Cambridge
More information to follow.
Michaelmas 2024
Tuesday 8th October 2024, 4.00-5:30pm BST
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in-person.
GREAT COMMISSION AND AGENCY: CRITICAL INSIGHTS FROM THE UNDERSIDE
Professor Rohan P Gideon, United Theological College, Bangalore, India
More Information to follow.
Wednesday 6th November 2024, 4.00-5:30pm BST
Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online. The speaker will join in person.
HENRY MARTYN DAY LECTURE: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MISSIONARY ENTHUSIAMS? THE TRANSFORMATION OF PROTESTANT GLOBALISM FROM BISHOP SELWYN’S CAMBRIDGE SERMONS IN 1854 TO TODAY
Prof Brian Stanley, Professor Emeritus of World in Christianity, University of Edinburgh
More information here.
Tuesday 19th November 2024, 4.00-5:30pm BST
Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online.
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ASSEMBLY IN NEW DELHI 1961 AND PROCESSES OF DE-WESTERNISATION: APPROACHES, NEGOTIATIONS AND TRANSLOYALITIES IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, INDIA AND NIGERIA
Prof Frieder Ludwig, Faculty of Theology and Social Sciences, VID Specialized University, Norway
More information here.
Past Seminars
Please click here for information about our past seminars.