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Begin with Several Days in London, Exploring the Tower, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Globe Theatre and More! T © Begin with several days in London, exploring the Tower, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Globe Theatre and more! Then explore one of the most interesting, historic cities in Western Europe. Stay right in the heart of old Oxford at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; walk the halls of the world famous Oxford University; go punting on the Thames; re-live the sites of the Harry Potter novels; investigate centuries-old ―town-gown‖ relations of Oxford; eat jacket potatoes in world famous pubs; get lost in the endlessly fascinating Blackwell’s bookstore and on and on. The trip also includes a day trip and theatre performance in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Course instructors include Oxford professors and EC English professors, Dr. Ted Lerud and Dr. Mary Kay Mulvaney, Director of the Honors Program. (See summer itinerary on the reverse side.) The course earns .5 Honors Program credit and carries EXP and G tag credits. (Open to non-HP members by instructor permission.)Course participants must attend two preparatory class sessions in late April and early May. Dates TBA. © *Note: City-as-Text methodology is based largely upon the work of cultural anthropologist, Clifford Geertz, and the work of learning theorist David A. Kolb, author of Experiential Learning: Experience as a Source of Learning and Development, who was informed by Dewey and Piaget. Kolb posits a model of learning as a circular process moving from ―concrete experience‖ to ―observation and reflection‖ to ―formation of abstract concepts and generalizations‖ to ―testing implications of concepts in new situations and then repeating the cycle.‖ Trip estimate: $3500 includes: airfare, accommodations, theatre performances, ―tube‖ pass, site admissions, daily breakfast, and some dinners Partial scholarship funds may be If you are interested, please contact Dr. Mulvaney available on a competitive basis. [email protected] or Dr. Ted Lerud [email protected] Tentative Agenda and Estimated Costs © Oxford: City-as-Text — May 28–June 8, 2013 Date Location/Activities Housing 5/28 Tues Leave O’Hare Airport 5/29 Wed Arrive in London; Tour of Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Royal National Hotel Buckingham Palace; group dinner (or comparable hotel) 5/30 Thurs Tour of Tower of London; St. Paul’s Cathedral Royal National Hotel 5/31 Fri Tour Globe Theatre, Covent Garden, Theatre District,: Royal National Hotel performance at the Globe 6/1 Sat Bus to Oxford; get settled at CMRS — orientation by CMRS staff; Center for Medieval & Walkabout in City Centre; Museum of Oxford visit; Jericho for Renaissance Studies group dinner (CMRS) 6/2 Sun Oxford Tour— optional church services; Site research; CMRS — Exploration of Cowley Road; Group session focused on ―initial St. Michael’s Hall impressions‖ of Oxford 6/3 Mon Oxford – Site research (cont’d); – Lecture: CMRS professor, Dr. CMRS — Nicholas Crowe, ―Myths of Oxford‖; Tour of the Oxford Castle; St. Michael’s Hall small group dinner/book discussion 6/4 Tues Oxford – Lecture: CMRS professor, Dr. Mark Philpott on CMRS — Oxfordian history and Oxonian relations; Prep session for St. Michael’s Hall Shakespearean experience; Tour of the Bodleian Library; Site research report; small group dinner/book discussion; 6/5 Wed Excursion to Stratford-Upon-Avon; Tour Shakespeare’s CMRS — birthplace, burial site, Anne Hathaway’s home; attend scheduled St. Michael’s Hall play at the Courtyard Theatre 6/6 Thurs Oxford – Tour of Oxford University Press, home of the Oxford CMRS — English Dictionary; Site research report; small group dinner/book St. Michael’s Hall discussion 6/7 Fri Oxford – – Site research report; Final explorations of Oxford CMRS — Museums: Ashmolean, Pitts-River; Scavenger hunt in Oxford; free St. Michael’s Hall time; farewell wrap-up and group dinner 6/8 Sat Depart Oxford for London-Heathrow for Chicago; completion of CMRS — learning log on the plane St. Michael’s Hall TOTAL approx. $3500/per student** (assuming 15 student participants) **Costs included: Airfare – Chicago O’Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport Transportation to and from the airport in London to hotel and to Oxford 3-day tube pass in London Three night accommodations in London hotel; eight night accommodations including Internet access at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford Transportation to and from Stratford-Upon-Avon Theatre tickets in London and Stratford-Upon- Avon Course content led by two Elmhurst College professors and .5 credit for ENG 350H (no additional tuition) Lectures by the British professors of the CMRS on appropriate topics Specially-guided tours: Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Stratford-Upon- Avon sites, Oxford Castle, Bodleian Library, Oxford University Press, numerous Oxford University Colleges, Oxford museums Daily breakfast; two restaurant group dinners; food allowance for some CMRS meals .
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