BSOP - July 2012SUNDAY
1
Arrive and check-in at
Brasenose College
Orientation tours: 12:30 &
3:00
Welcome dinner 7:00
8
MONDAY
2
Classes begin:
Drama: 9:00 – 11:00
Medieval World: 11:00-1:00
World Affairs: 11:00 – 1:00
Walking tour of north
Oxford parks and museums
2:00
Webcam rendezvous:
4:30 (9:30 EST)
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
3
4
5
6
7
Classes meet.
To London! Dress for all
weathers, with comfortable
walking shoes. Meet by the
Porter’s Lodge @ 8:30 AM
Classes meet
Classes meet.
Ancient Britain Tour:
Meet at the Porter’s Lodge
at 9:00 AM; we’ll return to
the college around 7:00 PM.
Dress for all weathers; wear
the most waterproof
footgear you’ve got that isn’t
flip flops.
2:00 London prep; what
happens in Taming of the
Shrew.
Walking tour of south
Oxford inc. St. Mary’s
Church and Christ Church
College 2:45
2:00 Bodleian Library Tour
Taming of the Shew at
the Globe Theatre, 7:30
(arrive by 7:00 PM)
Alice Day – Oxford
Oxford Moonlight Strol
9
10
11
12
13
Classes meet.
Classes meet
Classes meet
Classes meet
City of Bath Excursion:
Meet at the Porter’s Lodge
at 8:45 AM. Return around
6:30.
20
7:30 Drama class:
Midsummer Night’s Dream by
Oxford Shakespeare
Company, Wadham College
gardens. Dress warmly.
British 10K – London
Alice Day pt. 2, Oxford
15
TUESDAY
Punting?! Meet at the
Porter’s Lodge at 2:00 PM
16
17
18
19
Classes meet
Classes meet
Drama class to London: One
Man Two Gu’vnors, 2:30, at
the Haymarket Theatre and
Antigone, 7:30 at the National
Theatre.
Classes meet
l
14
21
Warwick Castle
Excursion: Meet at the
Porter’s Lodge at 9:00 AM.
Return around 6:00.
(Other classes probably
going to London as well.)
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Classes meet
Classes meet
7:45 Drama Class: Hamlet by
the Globe Touring
Company, Bodleian Library
Quad
Classes meet
Final exams
Students check out of BNC
by 12:00; breakfast only.
Connery departs
Gala Dinner
Address at Brasenose College:
Student’s Name
c/o Oakland University
Brasenose College,
Oxford,
OX1 4AJ
UK
To leave a message by phone, call the Porter’s Lodge. From the USA, dial 011 44 1865 277830. (011 is the code to get an international line out of the US; 44 is the UK
international dialing code; 1865 is the Oxford area code; 277830 is the local phone number for the BNC Porter’s Lodge.)
Contact info for Professor Connery: Email: connery@oakland.edu . Upon my arrival in Oxford, I will email to interested parents and friends my land line number at
Brasenose and my cell phone number. If you call, please remember that it is five hours later in Oxford than in the Detroit Metro area. In anything less than an emergency, given
my minimal competence with both voice mail and cellphones, I suggest either leaving a message for me at the Porter’s Lodge (above) or emailing me and asking that I call you. I
check my email several times a day, and the Porter will leave any messages for me in my mailbox in the Lodge, which I also check two or three times a day. Parents and friends
are also welcome to “friend” the group at “British Studies at Oxford Program” on Facebook, where, when I have time, I will post photographs of the group.
Webcam rendezvous: A live webcam is set up in the center of Oxford, though it operates fitfully. You can find it at http://webcam.oii.ox.ac.uk/. I will try to have the group
live on camera at approximately 9:30 AM EST on Monday, July 2. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Websites for events or venues mentioned in the calendar:
Oxford webcam: http://webcam.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Alice Day (s), July 7-8: http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/alice
Oxford Moonlight Stroll, July 7: http://www.oxfordmoonlightstroll.org.uk/
British 10K, London, 9:35 AM July 8: http://www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk/
Spitalfields Market is actually 5 markets, plus galleries, an improvised food court set up in a giant parking lot, and more. Crafts, boutique
designs, art, antiques. http://www.visitspitalfields.com/index.html
The Portobello Rd. Market, open on Saturdays, is also a thrift-shop aficionado’s paradise: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/
Dennis Severs’s House (aka Jervis House): http://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/
Art in Action Festival, July 15-18: http://www.artinaction.org.uk/
Globe Theatre presents Taming of the Shew July 4, http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/calendar/c/theatre-productions/d/4-7-2012
Oxford Shakespeare Company production of Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented at Wadham College.
http://www.oxfordshakespearecompany.co.uk/
Blenheim Palace: http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
Roman Baths: http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/
Warwick Castle: http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/
Oxford museums for a rainy afternoon:
Oxford Museum of the History of Science: “The Renaissance in Astronomy,” http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs, rocks, fossils, the dodo bird, http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/index.htm *
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, “The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour.”
http://www.ashmolean.org/
Pitt-Rivers Museum of Anthropology, “Made for Trade” and “The Nature of Curious Objects.” http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
Modern Art Oxford, “Exercise (Djibouti) 2012, John Gerrard, The Legacy Fellowship,” http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/
University of Oxford Botanic Garden, http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/
London: Major museums and galleries:
National Gallery (British and European Fine Arts): “Take One Picture: Primary School Children Inspired by Veronese,” and “Titians First
Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt.” http://nationalgallery.org.uk/
Tate Modern (International modern and contemporary art): “Damien Hirst.” http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
Tate Britain “Picasso and Modern British Art” and “London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Game Posters” http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
Royal Academy of Arts (Fine Arts, British): Annual summer exhibition by invited artists and “The Red Studio,”
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
Saatchi Gallery (Contemporary art): “Out of Focus: Photography,” http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/ . Convenient to Harrod’s and high-end
shopping.
Victoria and Albert Museum: (Decorative Arts) “Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950” and “British Design 1948-2012 Innovation in the
Modern Age.” http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Convenient to the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum.
Science Museum: “Ariel 1,” Ten Climate Stories,” and “Make it in Great Britain.” http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Natural History Museum: “Animal Inside Out” and “Scotts Last Expedition exhibition.” http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
British Museum: “Shakespeare: staging the world.” http://www.britishmuseum.org/
British Library: “Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands” and “Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games,”
http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/
Tower of London: http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/
Hayward Gallery “Wide Open School” and “Invisible.” http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/home. In the South Bank Centre, close to Tate
Modern, Aquarium, Dali exhibit in the old Town Hall,
Museum of London “London and the Olympics,” http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/
Imperial War Museum “The Poeples War: Second World War Portraits” and “Build the Truce.” http://www.iwm.org.uk/
Walking Tours: Regularly scheduled walking tours with well-informed guides; cost varies, but frequently includes reduced admission fees.
Good people to go with for standard fare like Westminster Abbey; good tour of Greenwich with boat trip; the Jack the Ripper tour is
internationally famous but offered only occasionally. http://www.walks.com/ Downloadable pdf file with full schedule.