LONDON

GATEWAY TO MARVELS AND MYSTERIES: MEDIEVAL SCIENCE AND MODERN STAGE

Spend a month in London with Honors Director Dr. Brenda Glascott, a rhetoric scholar, and Professor Harry York, a medieval historian. Read and study texts about theater and London’s history, explore locations discussed in class, and earn 8 credits of HON 407 Junior Seminars. Find more information and apply on the Education Abroad website.

HON 407: LONDON AS STAGE

The heart of Dr. Glascott’s course will be four theater performances, ranging from the West End to fringe theater, that will root our inquiry into intersectional matrices (gender, race, class, sexuality, religion, etc) for experiencing and understanding identity in particular contexts. Dr. Glascott's course will explore how identity is shaped by and shapes the "stage" of the global city of London through the plays and supplemental readings.

HON 407: URBAN LIFE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN LONDON

Dr. York’s class will view London and England from a medieval “scientific” perspective. Readings and discussions will focus on medieval science and technology and how they reflect understandings of the “marvels” of the natural world, geography, cosmography, health and disease, and alchemy.