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Yale in London
Yale in London continues to offer dynamic and stimulating courses taught by distinguished academics from Yale, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and from across the United Kingdom. The programme continued to accept applications from Yale’s sister campus, Yale-NUS, for the spring term.
Spring Term
14 January–26 April 2019
There were five students enrolled in the spring term, all of whom were from Yale University and were housed in flats near Paddington. Four courses were taught during the spring term: ‘Discovering Literary London’ and ‘Shakespeare in London Today’, both taught by Cynthia Zarin; ‘Monuments and Memory, 1600–2018’, taught by Roger Bowdler, consultant and independent scholar; and ‘The Tudors and the English Renaissance, 1509–1603’, taught by John Guy, Cambridge University.
About the courses
The spring term saw the students participate in a wide variety of activities and visits, including visiting key London destinations as part of their studies. The ‘Discovering Literary London’ course saw the students capture their experiences of visiting sites, streets and places referred to in British literature through writing a series of themed reflections. ‘Monuments and Memory’ asked students to examine the concept and theories behind memorialisation from the seventeenth century through to the modern period. As part of this course, students visited the Cenotaph, Westminster Abbey and Runnymede, and took a longer trip around Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, exploring monuments such as the standing stones at Avebury and the Rhodes sculpture in Oxford. ‘Shakespeare in London Today’ took students to a variety of theatre productions of Shakespeare’s works, from traditional approaches at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse to contemporary adaptations by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Finally, ‘The Tudors and the English Renaissance’ course examined the artistic and literary works being produced during the Tudor period.
Summer Session One
3 June–12 July 2019
The six students enrolled in the first summer session were housed in flats in Paddington. During this session the students undertook two courses: ‘Contemporary British Theatre’, taught by Marc Robinson, Yale University; and ‘The British Country House: Collecting and Display’, taught by Martin Postle, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
About the courses
The students participated in a wide variety of activities and visits, including visiting key London destinations as part of their studies. For their course on country houses, the students visited Syon House, Wilton House, Blenheim Palace, Strawberry Hill and Castle Howard. For the theatre course, students went to see Top Girls at the National Theatre, The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre, After Dark at the Finborough Theatre and several other productions.
Summer Session Two
1 July–9 August 2019
The seven students enrolled in the second summer session were housed in flats near Euston. During this session the students took two courses: ‘History of British Gardens, Landscape Parks, and Country House Architecture, 1500–1750’, taught by Bryan Fuermann, Yale University; and ‘Taking on the World: Twentieth-Century British Visual Culture’, taught by Kate Aspinall, independent scholar and artist.
About the courses
The students participated in a wide variety of activities and visits, including visiting key London destinations as part of their studies. The course on twentiethcentury British visual culture took the students to Charleston, Farleys House & Gallery and the prints and drawings room at Tate Britain. The course on British gardens took the students to Stowe, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace and Rousham.
