I would say today started like the rest of the other days, but that would have been a lie. We all got to sleep in an extra couple of hours, which, in my opinion, was very well needed. The focus for today was the author Virginia Woolf and her modernist novel Mrs. Dalloway. After a … Keep reading »
Cultural Perspectives, Fictions of Empire in London
In this immersive, London-based course, students explore the cultural afterlives of empire by reading contemporary British literature that engages the history of colonialism; interacting with London diaspora communities (e.g. African, South Asian); and completing a series of experiential, self-directed assignments in settings like the British Museum and Globe Theatre.
Woolf’s Westminster, Shakespeare’s Globe
We kicked off the day at 8:30am by having our usual class meeting in the basement of the St. Athans Hotel, discussing the ending of our novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith. We also read through the first couple pages of Virginia Woolf’s London-based novel Mrs Dalloway. This sent us on our way to Westminster … Keep reading »
From Buckingham Palace to Jamaican Patties
I think we all surprise ourselves at how awake we are for our first full day in London! Most of us powered through the exhaustion the day before and took the chance to explore the city and orient ourselves while completing a scavenger hunt activity and finding lunch and dinner. Today, we’re finding our feet … Keep reading »
We’ve arrived!
All twenty London students arrived safe and sound (if a bit sleepy) yesterday morning around 8:30am British Summer Time. I (Peter) met them at the airport, and we took a bus into city center. Our lodgings are at St Athans, the “eco hotel” in the Bloomsbury neighborhood that GC has long used for London-based courses. … Keep reading »