British Studies At Oxford
2008
Provisional Schedule of Non-Classroom Activities
Week 1
Sunday 29 June Participants arrive
Monday 30 June Orientation Day
Opening Dinner
Tuesday 1 July Teaching Day 1
Wednesday 2 July Teaching Day 2
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stratford) – Shakespeare: Page & Stage seminar
Thursday 3 July Teaching Day 3
Friday 4 July Teaching Day 4
Optional afternoon excursion to Blenheim Palace
Sunday 6 July Optional excursion to London.
Possible sites connected to our program:
The British Museum Enlightenment Galleries
Week 2
Monday 7 July Teaching Day 5
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Globe) – Shakespeare: Page & Stage seminar
Tuesday 8 July Teaching Day 6
Wednesday 9 July Teaching Day 7
Afternoon: Plenary excursion to Stowe House and Landscape
Thursday 10 July Teaching Day 8
Sunday 13 July Optional excursions to Bath and Bristol
Week 3
Monday 14 July Teaching Day 9
Tuesday 15 July Teaching Day 10
Wednesday 16 July Plenary excursions:
Morning: Tate Britain
Afternoon: The Merry Wives of Windsor,
The Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Bankside, London
Thursday 17 July Teaching Day 11
Sunday 20 July Optional excursion to Stourhead and Stonehenge
Week 4
Monday 21 July Teaching Day 12
Tuesday 22 July Teaching Day 13
Wednesday 23 July Two optional excursions:
Rousham Park, Oxfordshire, or
London, Sugar, and Slavery, The Museum in Docklands, London
Evening Shakespeare: Page & Stage: The Winter’s Tale
Wimbledon Cannizaro Park Festival
Thursday 24 July Teaching Day 14
Sunday 27 July Walking tour of the Cotswolds (optional)
Week 5
Monday 28 July Teaching Day 15
Tuesday 29 July Teaching Day 16
Optional afternoon visit to West Wycombe
Evening Shakespeare, Page & Stage: Much Ado About Nothing
Oxford Prison Unlocked Castleyard Theatre
Wednesday 30 July Reading Day
Thursday 31 July Teaching Day 17
Optional afternoon visit to Sezincote
Friday 1 August Teaching Day 18
Sunday 3 August Exams in afternoon
Week 6
Monday 4 August Exams in morning
Closing Convocation
Closing Dinner
Tuesday 5 August Students depart