London: Reading and Writing Its Past, Present, and Future

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This London-based summer study-abroad program will explore the literature, culture, history, and politics of London with Brown students. After two weeks of reading, students will spend three weeks on-site in London, living in Regent’s University, ideally located inside one of London’s most central parks. Classroom discussions and daily trips to museums, theaters, and art galleries will take students to London landmarks like St. Paul’s, the Globe Theatre, the Tate art museums, the Cabinet War Rooms, and the Houses of Parliament. Weekend excursions include Cambridge, Oxford, Bath, and the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Texts include literature by Shakespeare, Dickens, Woolf, Smith, Selvon, and Hall, plus numerous plays, musicals, and films. Co-taught by two Brown English faculty members, Ravit Reichman and Jonathan Readey, and a number of London-based lecturers, the faculty will be thrilled to share our love of London with Brown students.