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Study Abroad - London, England - Slide ShowThe London Program provides students with the opportunity to study in London with two faculty members. The program involves two separate courses, one on Gender and Literature in London and a second on Postcolonial Studies in London. The two-week course involves daily discussion sections and outings to study archival materials and related art and design exhibits in London museums. Students will also take day trips to various locations, such as Oxford, and have a chance to live and study in the heart of Bloomsbury. More photos are available in the Study Abroad photo gallery. Literary London: June 13-29, 2008The London Program features two separate courses for undergraduates and graduate students, and a variety of content-related learning experiences in central London. Jan McVicker will teach 427/510 and Adrienne McCormick will teach 499/520. ENGL 427.01/510.01 Major Authors: Virginia Woolf will focus on the life and writing of Woolf, positioning her in the Bloomsbury group, feminist studies, and literary modernism. We will read a selection of her writings, to include The London Scene, A Room of One's Own, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, Three Guineas and selections from her later writings as well. ENGL 499.01/520.01 Women's Lit in London will focus on women writers of the 20th century, exploring British women's experiences centered in London history. We begin with The Emporer's Babe, a novel in verse by Bernardine Evaristo exploring gender and race in Roman Londinium via 20th century chick lit. From there, we move to Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier on militant suffragists at the turn of the 20th century, and then to Sarah Waters' The Night Watch, which explores the experiences of women during the Blitz and WWII London. The second week of the course will turn to representations of the contemporary period, featuring explorations of postcolonial and postmodern London via such works as Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Monica Ali's Brick Lane, Penelope Lively's City of the Mind, plays by Caryl Churchill, and poems by Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, and Moniza Alvi. Excursions of interest feature an angel tour at Highgate Cemetary, archival research on suffragists at the Museum of London, and on Virginia Woolf at the Women's Library, as well as theater trips to view the works of women playwrights. lectures on the effects of British colonialism on Indian art at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Textiles and Design, exploring the Indian communities of London at Brick Lane, as well as related art exhibits at the British Museum, Tate Modern and the Institute for Contemporary Arts. Students will also get to spend a few days studying in Oxford, touring the campuses and seeing what college life in England is like. Time in London will also be allowed for general sightseeing, so that students can experience the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, and the like. Students will have a free weekend during which they can travel outside of London, and/or set their own itineraries. Please contact Adrienne McCormick for additional information. adrienne.mccormick@fredonia.edu Application deadline: February 2008. The program cost covers airfare from NYC to London, all travel costs in London and Oxford, all fees for museums and plays, hotel costs, and breakfasts. Applications are available in the International Studies Office in LoGrasso, or from Dr. McCormick's office in Fenton Hall, 278.
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