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Study Abroad in England
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.
Different elements of London have served as themes for the course since it was initiated in 2002.
2002: Renaissance Plays and Modern Theater (Professor Mark Matheson)
2003: The Art and Literature of Contemporary London (Professor Norman Council)
2004: “Unreal City”: Imagining London (Professors Tom Stillinger & Disa Gambera)
2005: Poetry and the Visual Arts, 1780-1895 (Professors Andrew Franta & Matthew Potolsky)
2006: Victorian London and Its Discontents: 1865-1910 (Professors Stuart Culver and Barry Weller)
2007: Bridging the Gap: Olaudah Equiano to Contemporary London--Black Writers in Britain: 1789 – 2006 (Professor Wilfred Samuels)
2008: The art and literature of the English Renaissance (Professors Norman Council and Mark Matheson).
Program for Summer 2009:
Underground London: Crime and Disorder, 1720-1840, May 15 – June 20
This course explored eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London from the bottom up. Focusing on outlaws, criminals, and deviants, we examined changing representations of the city as well as the development of genres like the criminal biography, satire, the lyric, and the novel. We explored why some of the most graphic and compelling accounts of London focus on the city’s criminal element. Courses in 2009 were taught by Professors Andrew Franta and Scott Black of the University of Utah Department of English. Visiting faculty from Regent's College and other educational institutions contributed to the course. More information at: >http://www.sa.utah.edu/inter/sap/summer/british.asp.