Summer Study in Cambridge
Davidson College
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Location:
| Cambridge - United Kingdom | |
Host Institution:
| University of Cambridge | |
Highlights:
| 2002 marks the twenty-second year of Davidson College's summer program at Cambridge University, England. | |
Term(s):
| Summer | |
Language:
| English | |
English Instruction:
| Yes | |
Academic Credit:
| (1 - 1) | |
Included:
| Excursions, Housing | |
Participants:
| Undergraduates | |
Description:
| 2002 marks the twenty-second year of Davidson College's summer program at Cambridge University, England. Jointly sponsored by the departments of English and History, the six-week program explores the history and literature of Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Dr. Zoran Kuzmonovich of Davidson's English Department will accompany the group to Cambridge as this summer's Resident Director.
The course spans the "Age of Revolution" and the "Age of Romanticism," using as its starting and ending points the American Revolution and the Reform Act of 1832. These turbulent times witnessed crucial stages in Britain's transformation from an early modern to a modern nation, and provide rich ground for an interdisciplinary study of its history and literature. Themes to be considered include: the British response to revolution abroad and the nature of reaction at home; the rise and influence of Romanticism; the effects of industrialization and urbanization on work patterns, class relations, gender roles, literary expression and the British countryside. Close attention will also be paid to music, the visual arts, architecture, and landscape architecture.
The program is designed to immerse student participants in British culture. To that end, all teaching is done by British scholars, most of them from the Cambridge University community, and the curriculum replicates the British educational system by combining lectures and tutorials. Topics of study are specifically chosen which take advantage of the students' presence in Britain and ability to experience their subjects first-hand.
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URL:
| http://www.davidson.edu/study_abroad/ |
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