BRITISH LIFE AND CULTURE
(HUMN 350)
(Upper Division Theme Course)
This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of contemporary British social processes; a framework with which to analyze and reflect their experience of ‘culture difference’; and to actively engage in the social ecology of everyday life while studying in London.
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WESTERN HUMANITIES: 1500 TO PRESENT
(HUMN 301)
(Upper Division Theme Course)
The purpose of this class is to provide an overview of the artistic and intellectual heritage of western culture from the Renaissance and Reformation of the sixteenth century to the present. London’s extensive public museum collections and rich cultural history will allow us to examine, explore and compare (where appropriate non western cultures -e.g. Islam, Asia, the Americas, etc.) and contextualize them historically and artistically.

INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE IN LONDON
(THEA 110L)
London is arguably the world’s best theatre city, and it is difficult to imagine a better “introduction to theatre” than studying plays being produced there. You will be seeing at least eight plays, including one performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon; we will also visit the Theatre Museum and the restored Globe Theatre. In the classroom, we will discuss these productions, as well as theatre history and several masterpieces of English and continental drama.


CITY AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD:
LONDON AND THE VRITISH IMPERIAL EXPERIENCE
This course will look at the history of the British Empire through the imprint it made on London.  The greatest period of the Empire, lasting two centuries from the 1750s until the middle of the twentieth century will come alive through important places, monuments, museums and archives in and around the city, as well as the immigrant communities that arrived during this period. The Empire created unprecedented opportunities for profit which shaped the way that London developed and filled its museums with treasures, but the problems associated with imperial rule such as war, famine and disease also ended up draining its resources and manpower.  Endeavoring to understand the wonder that was the British Empire, this course will examine the ideological, political, technological, social, psychological and economic dimensions of this period and their effects on London.

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