Welcome to
British Studies at Oxford 2009

Brasenose College Oxford University Oxford, England Four-week, four-credit courses of study in British Culture (Global Perspectives), Literature, Medieval Studies (Western Civilization), Political Science, and History Courses taught by local faculty incorporating local resources (archives, museums, guest speakers, performances,and field trips) Residence at Brasenose College, Oxford University Excursion to London and the Globe Theatre; each course also organizes excursions to relevant local resources including the National Theatre, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the British Library, and Christ Church College; optional excursions available to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Avebury, Warwick Castle, Blenheim Palace, and the city of Bath Now in our 37th year, the British Studies at Oxford Program is designed to immerse students in the historical, artistic, political, cultural, and commercial milieu that has informed the literary and political works, communication and educational theories, and the fine arts studied in our courses. While designed for second- and third-year undergraduates, most courses are open to graduate students as well as to those who can demonstrate university-level academic proficiency. Courses may be taken for university credit or may be audited.

Four weeks: July 5 - July 31, 2009 Important: Date change! Brasenose College has requested that our program be held a week later than originally scheduled. Our new program schedule has us convening at Brasenose on Sunday, July 5, for a welcome dinner; classes begin on Monday, July 6, and continue to July 30; we depart from Brasenose on Friday, July 31. One more information meeting for prospective participants will be scheduled in January 2010. Date and time will be announced here once it has been scheduled. Program status: Two spaces left: We have begun accepting applications for the eighteen spaces we have reserved with Brasenose College. Sixteen applicants have been provisionally accepted and have begun to secure their spaces by paying deposits. Once we have received four more deposits, the program will be confirmed. If all sixteen accepted applicants secure their spots in the program, we will still have two spaces left. We urge potential applicants to apply as soon as possible, and we urge those who have been accepted into the program to secure their spots by placing a deposit as soon as possible. Information about the Alumni Association and Sharp scholarships for study abroad is available on the International education website. An internship (ENG 491) with a stipend of $500 is available for an English major to assist the director during the winter semester with publicity, newsletters, and communications. The intern would also be expected to assist on several occasions on site in Oxford. Information about ENG 491: Internship is available from the English department's website. Please email inquiries about the internship or about the program to Professor Connery..