Join Christopher Day as he gives an entertaining, illustrated lecture of the University of Oxford's history. The town of Oxford has a history that goes back 1,200 years. Yet it is the university, a mere 900 years old, that has most attracted the world's attention. Many of the great movements of English history were acted out at the university in part or in miniature: medieval monasticism; the Reformation; the English Civil War (when Oxford was garrisoned by the King and then taken by the Parliamentarians); the early modern burgeoning of art, literature and science; 18th-century grandeur; Victorian dynamism; and the 20th-century technological revolution have all left solid memorials in the city or its environs. Specifically, the history of Oxford provides a lens for the study of past developments and urgent current issues in Western education.
2010 will mark the 41st anniversary of the Oxford-Berkeley Program, bringing together two of the world's great universities. This will be an opportunity to learn more about this exciting program, and about the university's rich and storied history.
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