Office of Global Engagement

SUMMER 2025 - LONDON: Reading and Writing its Past, Present, and Future

In this Brown Global Summer Program, students will explore London through the lens of literature, culture, art, and history.

OVERVIEW

This immersive summer course invites students to discover the rich literary, cultural, and historical context of the United Kingdom’s capital city. The past, present, and future of London are brought to life through engagement with foundational texts, participation in interactive assignments, and firsthand discovery of the city’s most important artistic, cultural, and historical institutions.  

Program Highlights:

  • An online asynchronous summer course with a mandatory three-week in-country residential travel component in London, United Kingdom;
  • Ideal program location at Regent’s University London, which rests inside the beautiful and expansive Regent’s Park;
  • Intensive, multifaceted exploration of London through daily classroom discussions with program faculty and visits to theaters, art galleries, museums, and the city at large;
  • Guided tours of a wide range of cultural landmarks, including St. Paul’s, the Globe Theatre, the Tate Britain Museum, the Tate Modern Museum, Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House, the National Theatre, the Imperial War Museum, the Cabinet War Rooms, the Royal Court Theatre, and the Houses of Parliament;
  • Special guest lectures from London-based experts on theater, architecture, art history, and politics;
  • Weekend excursions to Bath, Cambridge University, and Oxford University.

FACULTY MEMBERS

Ravit Reichman (English) and Jonathan Readey (English) 

COURSEWORK

  • Course Title: ENGL 1762S: LONDON: Reading and Writing its Past, Present, and Future
  • Credit: Participants will earn one unit of credit, equivalent to four semester hours.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Language of instruction: All classes are delivered in English.

DATES

*June 16, 2025 – August 1, 2025

 *Please note that program dates and itinerary are tentative and will be finalized in Spring 2025.

ITINERARY

June 16 – June 29, 2025

Pre-travel coursework (online/asynchronous)

June 30, 2025

Arrival in London; check in to program-arranged housing

June 30 – July 18, 2025

Delivery of in-country program – London, UK

July 18, 2025

End of in-country program; check out of program-arranged housing

July 21 - August 1, 2025

Post-travel coursework (online/asynchronous)

August 1, 2025

Course ends; submit final assignment(s)

HOUSING

In London, students will be housed in student residences at Regent’s University London in multiple occupancy rooms with shared bathrooms.

Please note that all participants are required to stay in program-arranged housing. Independently arranged housing will not be permitted.

Some meals will be provided as part of program activities. Otherwise, students should budget accordingly to provide for the remaining cost of their meals.

PROGRAM COST

Brown Global Summer Program participants are billed for Brown Summer Session Tuition and a Global Housing, Meal & Activity Fee that covers housing, program activities, and some meals while in-country.  The tuition and fees for Summer Session 2025 will be published on the Student Financial Services website. The estimated Global Housing, Meal & Activity Fee for this program is $4,900.

This program also has anticipated expenses, including airfare, that will not be billed by Brown.  We will be uploading detailed estimates of the unbilled expenses for this program in the coming weeks on this website.

SUMMER GRANTS

Brown undergraduates who receive financial aid during the academic year may be eligible for a Summer Grant towards their Summer Session charges. Eligible students will be contacted by the Office of Financial aid in late February/early March with information about their eligibility.

TIMELINES 

Please make note of the following deadlines for Summer 2025 programs.  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

  • Saturday, February 1: Preferred Application Deadline
  • Saturday, March 1: Final Application Deadline
  • Friday, March 7:  Admissions Decision
  • Saturday, March 15:  Commitment Deadline
  • April 1 - April 15: Students Purchase Flights

VISITING STUDENTS 

Visiting students from other (i.e., non-Brown) colleges and universities are welcome and encouraged to submit a visiting student application to any Brown Global Summer Program.  

As part of the application process, visiting students must also submit an official academic transcript to demonstrate that they meet the following two eligibility criteria:

  • Active enrollment as a degree-seeking, undergraduate student at the time of program delivery (i.e., graduating seniors are not eligible)
  • Good academic standing

Instructions for submitting an official transcript as a visiting student are provided in the online application for each program.

CONTACTS

Chris Van Booven, Assistant Director of Global Programs