Study Abroad 2026: British Study Abroad Program

These courses will examine the works of writers and filmmakers who have captured the nuances of colonization based on their unique perspectives and positions within the British Empire. Students will travel to Great Britain and visit literary and cultural sites, see physical representations and artifacts of the empire, and be immersed in the intermingling of cultures that feeds the literary works and cinema they study.

Both courses are structured to work in tandem. All field trips are designed for participation by students in both courses, and the course content of both courses, as it relates to colonial theory, requires similar readings. Students can take both the literature and the cinema courses without the need for any prerequisites, and both meet General Education requirements

Courses Offered :

• ENGL-2095 Literary Legacy of the Crown: Example of India
  • Professor: Rita Kumar
  • 3.0 credits
  • BoKs: (SCE) Society, Culture, and Ethics and (HU) Humanities and Literature
• AMEC-1082 World Cinema: Curry, Cricket, and the Crown
  • Professor: Matt Bennett
  • 3.0 credits
  • BoKs: (HP) Historical Perspectives and (FA) Fine Arts

**No prerequisites required**

• Location: England: Harlaxton (Grantham), Cambridge, Leicester, Brighton, Isle of Wight, London
  
• Tentative Dates: May 9 – June 6, 2026
• Estimated Cost: $5,150.50 (based on 20 students enrolled) + the cost of tuition

Program Cost Includes:

• International airfare
• Housing / accommodations
• Meals at Harlaxton
• Some breakfast on excursions
• Cultural excursions/entrance fees
• In-country transportation for program-planned activities
• CISI insurance

Not Included in Program Cost:

• Tuition – (at your standard tuition rate)
• Passport application/renewal fees 
• Some meals
• Personal spending/souvenirs 
• UK Transit Visa application/processing fees
   

ENGL-2095 Literary Legacy of the Crown: Example of India

• 3 credit hours
  
• Professor Rita Kumar

At its prime, the British Empire presented a vast communications network. Besides being represented by symbols like the Royal Navy, Queen Victoria, and the One Race and One Flag, it was also represented by texts. Colonial settlement was extensively expressed textually. In this course we will explore how from the early days of colonization, not only texts in general, but literature, broadly defined, underpinned efforts to interpret other lands to offer audiences back home a means of processing exploration, western conquest, national valor, and new colonial acquisitions.

Through the study of literary texts, presentations, field trips to the residence of authors who lived in and wrote about the colonies, colonial artifacts in the urban landscape and architectural memorialization of colonization, we will understand the literary legacy of the crown. We will explore its role in the complex relationship between the colonized and colonizer and its impact in modern day Britain.

AMEC-1082 World Cinema: Curry, Cricket, and the Crown

• 3 credit hours
• Professor Matt Bennett

In this course, we will examine the works of filmmakers who have captured the nuances of colonization based on their unique perspectives and positions within the British Empire. We will explore historic and contemporary filmmaking in the national cinema traditions of Britain, India, Pakistan, Canada, and the United States through the study of representative films and critical film literature. Students will travel to Great Britain and visit film-related and cultural sites, interact with physical representations and artifacts of empire, and be immersed in the intermingling of cultures that feeds the national cinemas they are studying.

Through in-class lecture, film screenings, readings, presentations, and on-site excursions, we will investigate the complex interrelationship of Britain and India, colonizer and colonized, as it has been depicted in cinematic art and reflected in other cultural artifacts. Students will hone distinct film analysis techniques and varied approaches to the study of film, such as formalist film analysis, national cinemas, and genre studies, while applying those techniques and approaches to assigned screenings.

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