UNC Charlotte's Shakespeare in England Study Abroad Program

SHAKESPEARE IN ENGLAND

LONDON & STRATFORD UPON AVON, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 5 - MARCH 14, 2010

This is part of an on-campus spring term course. You must be enrolled in the course to participate in the program. See the Office of Education Abroad (CHHS 256) for Details

Course Overview

Skakespeare in England flyer This course presents a unique opportunity to discover Shakespeare, his world and his theatrical legacy in England. After a three-week pre-session at UNC Charlotte, students will spend ten days in London and Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s birthplace), exploring the places that shaped the playwright's personal and professional life and seeing and the best productions of his work that modern British theatre has to offer. In between trips to sights like the Tower of London, to spectacular royal residences like Hampton Court Palace, to London’s many museums, and to the places where Shakespeare lived and worked, they will study his plays through a combination of literary study and rehearsal room practice. Course cost includes tickets to theatres such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre, and the recreated New Globe, where students will have a special seminar on the construction and use of this remarkable space. All such theatre trips will provide the raw material for wide range of discussions and debates, about actorly performances, about staging choices, and about the meanings of the productions themselves.

 

Gray's Inn, where The Comedy of Errors was first staged
Course Leader:
Kirk Melnikoff is Associate Professor of English at UNC Charlotte, and holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Drama from Boston University (2003). Dr. Melnikoff is a Research Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, has worked for five years on the editorial staff of Shakespeare Bulletin (the premier journal of Shakespeare in Performance), has published numerous articles and reviews on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and is editor of Writing Robert Greene. He has also directed Renaissance plays and worked as dramaturg for a number of different theatrical productions.
Where:
Class will explore Shakespeare's plays through a combination of literary study and rehearsal room practice. Study will take place in Charlotte, London and Stratford -upon-Avon, and ultimately include many excursions to those landmarks which shaped Shakespeare's life and work. Class-time will be concentrated, allowing students to explore London on their own (if they so choose) and plenty of time to explore different theatres in London. Students must be in residence and attend all program activities.
Academics:
Students can earn three hours of undergraduate or graduate credit on this program but must take one of the following courses throughout the spring semester at UNC Charlotte: Please note that to earn graduate credit you must be matriculated in a graduate program during the program.
When:
The program will leave for the UK on Friday March 5, 2010 and return to the States on March 14, 2010.
Costs:
Program cost, payable to UNC Charlotte, is $2,150.00 (plus a non-refundable $10 application fee). The application deadline for the program has been extended to December 1, 2009. Your application will only be forwarded to the Faculty Director of the program for consideration upon receipt of your $10 application fee. $100 of the $1,100 program deposit is refundable if written notice of cancellation is received by the Office of Education Abroad by December 1, 2009. Your place on the program can only be held upon your acceptance and the receipt of your $1,100.00 program deposit. *All rates are based on tariffs, costs, and exchange rates at publication and are subject to change based on these factors.

A payment schedule is available here.
Once more unto the Globe
The program cost includes:
What you pay individually and in addition:
Remember, financial aid for which you qualify can be applied toward this program.


UNC Charlotte will refund the extent of money recoverable for committed expenditures if a request to the Office of Education Abroad is made in writing no later than January 30, 2010. No refunds are possible after that date.


On the Millenium Bridge to St. Pauls

*Scholarship information is available here.

Responsibility — UNC Charlotte, its employees and agents, act only as agents in operating this program and are not liable for any loss, delay, injury, or damage to person or property resulting from any cause beyond the control of the operating agents. The operating agents reserve the right to alter this program at their discretion without prior notice to participants. The program director reserves the right to refuse to retain any person as a member of this program in which case no refund is made. No refunds are possible for service not used by participants after the program is in operation. Any additional expense resulting from illness, accident, natural disasters, wars, strikes, riots, acts of governments, improper passports, visas or necessary traveling documents, or from any conditions whatsoever beyond the control of the operating company are to be borne by the individual participant. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission, or event during time passengers are not on board their planes. The passengers' contract in use by the airlines concerned, when issued shall constitute the sole contract in use between the airlines and purchasers and/or passengers. Any IATA carrier may be flown.
 

To Apply:
Applications are linked below.
The application deadline for the program has been extended to December 1, 2009. Your application will only be forwarded to the Faculty Director of the program for consideration upon receipt of your $10 application fee. $100 of the $1,100 program deposit is refundable if written notice of cancellation is received by the Office of Education Abroad by December 7, 2009. Your place on the program can only be held upon your acceptance and the receipt of your $1,100.00 program deposit.

If you are currently enrolled at UNC Charlotte APPLY HERE.

If you are not a currently enrolled UNC Charlotte student APPLY HERE.

If you have any problems with the online application, please contact the Office of Education Abroad in CHHS 256 or at (704) 687 7747.

For further information about this program, please contact:

The Program Director:
Dr. Kirk Melnikoff
Department of English
Phone: (704) 687 6159

OR

Dr. Andrew Hartley
Department of Dance and Theatre
Phone: (704) 687 2776

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