BYU London Centre Spring

IMAGINING THE BRITISH EMPIRE THROUGH ART AND HISTORY

With BYU’s historic London Centre as its home base, this immersive seven-week program will explore the intersections of art, memory, war, empire, fashion, and religion in modern Britain. These themes will lead us to castles, museums, military monuments, botanical gardens, manor houses, and cathedrals in London and in other storied cities such as Oxford, Salisbury, Dover, and Canterbury. A highlight of the program will be a week in France to explore the battlefields of Normandy and the museums of Paris, including the Louvre and Napoleon’s tomb. We will also journey to Ireland and Northern Ireland to contemplate the complex imperial legacies that resulted in the partition of neighborhoods, cities, and the island itself along political and religious lines. Students in this program will receive six credits that can fulfill General Education requirements or be counted toward certain majors or minors. More importantly, they will emerge with a lifelong appreciation for how art and history are interwoven in the fabric of the British Empire and how their legacies continue to reverberate today. London is one of the world’s great cities and we can’t wait to explore it with you!

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