The London Program
The London Program offers intensive seminars in London for University of Utah students. Students in these courses explore the cultural resources of London according to the focus of each seminar, guided by our faculty and by our colleagues in various institutions in Great Britain. These courses are offered during a five-week period early each summer. The program is made possible by the Gordon B. Hinckley Endowment for British Studies.
Past Themes:
2010:The London Eye (Professors Disa Gambera and Tom Stillinger)
2011: The Bloomsbury Group and England Between the Wars: 1910-1939
2012: Graphic London
2013: Street Scenes: Imagining London from Blake to Post-Colonialism (Professors Stacey Margolis and Matthew Potolsky)
2014: Underground London: Crime and Disorder, 1720-1840 (Professors Scott Black and Andrew Franta)
Program for Summer 2015: Cabinets of Wonder: Art, Literature, and the Logic of Display
May 16-June 20, 2015
Course Description
Experience the art and literature of London and Oxford firsthand while examining the rise of display culture that began with Charles I’s kunstkabinett and reached its height of popularity during the Victorian era. From shop-window displays to “raree-shows,” anatomical theaters to taxidermic wonders, human zoos to public museums, 18th and 19th century London offered its visitors cornucopia of cultural delights. Students will use these displays as theoretical frameworks for examining changing attitudes about such topics as British imperialism, consumerism, fetishism, race, science, gender, and exploration.
Students will explore London and Oxford through extensive site visits to world class museums, galleries, and collections, including: The British Museum, Natural History Museum, Sir John Soane’s Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Tate Britain, Museum of London, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, The National Gallery, The Wellcome Collection, Strawberry Hill, The National Portrait Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Pitt Rivers Museum
Students will also engage in a course-long project designing their own virtual “cabinet of wonder,” a website that they will curate by selecting objects and sites and writing either critical object labels or creative short works, depending on their major.
Authors, poets and artists studied in this class will include: Edward Burne-Jones, Lord Byron, John Constable, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, John Keats, John Everett Millais, William Morris, Ann Radcliffe, Joshua Reynolds, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, J.M.W. Turner, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, Wordsworth, Joseph Wright of Derby
Credit
Students earn 6 hours of University of Utah Credit, 3 credit hours in English 5660 (a repeatable course) and 3 credit hours in Art History 3700 (a repeatable course). With permission, the course may also be used to fulfill the Advanced Seminar requirement for the English Department or Art History major.
Honors credit can also be awarded with permission from the Honors College. Participation in the program will fulfill the Bachelor degree International Requirement.
Travel Dates
Depart U.S. May 15
Arrive London May 16
Depart London June 20
Accommodation
Students will live in Regent's College, a campus situated in Central London in Regent's Park. Facilities include computers and internet access, a library, a dining hall, and convenience stores. Classes will also meet in the college buildings.
Program Cost
(Estimated) $4,400 for U of U students; $5,400 for non-U of U students
The program cost for U of U students has been subsidized with funds provided by the Gordon B. Hinckley Endowment for British Studies.
Includes: Tuition and educational costs, accommodation, meals, local transportation pass, and international health insurance.
Does not Include: Airfare, passport, some meals, personal expenses, and independent travel
Eligibility Requirements
Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
Minimum age of 18
U of U Students, students at other colleges or universities, alumni and qualified members of the community are welcome to apply to participate in U of U study abroad programs.
Application Deadline
13 February 2015
Program Directors
Paisley Rekdal paisley.rekdal@utah.edu
Lela Graybill lela.graybill@utah.edu
Application Process
- Go to learningabroad.utah.edu
- Click "Search and Apply"
- If you are a current U of U student, click "U of U Students" to log in using your uNID and CIS password. If you are not a current U of U student, click "Non-U of U Students" to create a user account.
- Search for the program you wish to apply for by clicking Search Programs. To narrow your search you can select Destination. You can also select "Faculty-Led" under "Type" to see only University of Utah summer faculty-led programs
- Once you find the program, click "Apply"
- The following are the main steps in the application:
$500 program deposit paid at the Cashier's Window in SSB 105. You will download a payment form from the online application to take to the Cashier and then submit to the Study Abroad Office once it has been stamped "Paid".
A one page personal statement descirbing how the program meets your academic and personal goals for the study abroad program. You will be able to upload your statement into your online application.
One letter of recommendation from a university level instructor. In the online application, you will submit the name and email of the person you wish to be your recommender. Once you enter that information, an email will automatically be sent to that person requesting a recommendation. The recommender will then complete an on,ine recommendation forjm. Please note: It is essential that you contact he recommender before you enter their email address to s/he is aware that you wwould like them to complete a recommendation.
All applications will be reviewed by the Program Director(s) and Study Abroad Advisor to determine eligibility. You will be notified through your Umail address regarding your acceptance into the program.
It is your responsibility to ensure that all the components of your application are completed prior to the application deadline.
For more information, please visit the Study Abroad website at learningabroad.utah.edu