English Department's Study Abroad Program

Study Abroad Program to the United Kingdom offers:

• Interest meeting: Wednesday 11/9 at 2pm in Cramer 202
• 2 weeks in the United Kingdom with an overnight trips to Scotland and London. Program will run abroad from June 1- June 15, 2023.
• Lodging at Harlaxton College, a Victorian Manor House in the beautiful English countryside.
• Includes tours of Stratford-upon-Avon, Edinburgh, Nottingham, London and much more.
• Experience world-class theatre, including productions in Stratford and the Globe.
• Trip open to any major.
• Graduate or undergraduate credit available.

  • EN 496/596: Special Topics: The Literary Tourist (3): We will explore travel writing as well as the phenomena and impact of literary tourism. We will especially examine how the experience of literary tourism shapes our contemporary understandings of both the past and writers such as Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. (Price)

    EN 494/594: Special Topics in Film: British Theatre on Film and Stage (3): explores the history of British theatre from the Renaissance to today, tracing developments in dramatic form and staging, including the possibilities and complications of transferring works of theatre from the stage to the screen.  Examining key moments in the development of British theatre, including the Elizabethan, Restoration, 19^th century, and contemporary periods, we’ll address the challenges of bringing plays to life in the very different mediums of theatre, film, and television. (Wardell)

Scholarships available:

• The Provost's study abroad scholarship
• The Albert S. Johnston study abroad scholarship for students working on Shakespeare and the Renaissance.
• The Susan Brill de Ramirez scholarship for students focusing on issues pertinent to women's and gender studies, sexuality studies, philosophy, linguistics, or oral traditions. 

For full information on the trip, including costs and itinerary, please watch the video recording of the interest meeting by clicking here.