BYU London Centre Winter

TRAVERSING TIME & PLACE IN GREAT BRITAIN

Why do countless individuals set out to explore the past and foreign places? How does exploring and interpreting transform our individual, community, and national identities? Together this semester, we will undertake the travel of time and place as we study some of the events, individuals, literature, archaeological remains, religious cultures, and spaces that have transformed this fascinating corner of the world. The city of London will be our classroom as we spend as much time as possible in the city exploring and interpreting iconic aspects of British culture such as Westminster Abbey and the Tower Bridge, biblical artifacts in the British museum, masterpieces in the National Gallery, rare biblical manuscripts in the British Library, and the remnants of Charles Dickens’ and Sherlock Holmes’ London. We will also come to know the new London as we serve in wards and branches throughout the city, visit markets and restaurants, attend plays and musicals in the West End, and spend time in London’s ethnically and culturally diverse neighborhoods. Trips away from the city that find us cycling through Cotswolds’ country lanes, picnicking in Jane Austen’s gardens, hiking along Hadrian’s Wall, exploring ancient Roman villas in the British countryside, sketching in Wordsworth’s picturesque Lake District, marveling at the architectural splendors of Edinburgh, and singing karaoke at the birthplace of the Beatles will all contribute to our ability to meaningfully explore and interpret Britain’s past and present. Transformative travel requires time—time that a semester-long experience at the London Center uniquely provides.

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