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This courses explores cultural and historical expressions of Englishness from the early middle ages to the twenty-first century.  Notions of Englishness are always embedded in specific contexts: there is no ahistorical core to English identity.  Yet some themes have been remarkably pervasive through the centuries, even while being reiterated in new circumstances: we will return again and again to questions of language, gender, and relations with non-English communities in the British Isles and beyond.

Three quarter credits.In Preservation Field Practicum: Restoration and Revitalization Efforts of Traditional Stone Environments
 you will work alongside University of Oregon faculty and local professionals of traditional practice to begin various phases of a rural revitalization project for the island of Brač, just off the Dalmatian Coast in the Adriatic Sea. The course will cover the fundamentals of masonry and wood construction in a hands-on format: from methods of dressing and laying stone, to wood preservation techniques in the context of traditional Croatian practices.



Three quarter credits.Discussion groups and application models, directed by the academic instructors, will focus on heritage conservation issues, heritage protection policies, and architectural documentation requirements—comparing practices in the US with those in Croatia. The history of urban growth and the changes in town form within the region will provide a framework for policy and preservation practice discussions led by professionals from the Trogir Ministry of Culture, professors of Ethnography from the University of Zagreb, and University of Oregon faculty.

This course is designed to develop, improve, and professionalize students’ reporting, story development and storytelling skills -- from the discovery of subject matter and characters to the creation of a well-told news story.

Students study interview techniques in the classroom and engage in field work with news-making interviewees. Guests with specific types of interviewing experiences may join the class during the term. Guest lecturers who use the interview in their work periodically may speak to the class. Three interviews are assigned, as is a fourth feature story final project.

Students will study and practice photojournalism and documentary filmmaking/storytelling in and around London and on excursions throughout Britain.

Living in Siena offers you two important learning experiences. The first (more obvious) one concerns Italian life and culture, specifically as it is lived out around you in Siena day by day. What is important to people here? What patterns are woven into their lives? What about their history, their hopes, their daily dilemmas? The second learning opportunity involves coming to understand the cultural baggage that you have (inevitably) brought with you to Siena and the implicit assumptions that you use in understanding Sienese life.

Required for all beginner and elementary students.Les objectifs sont:Parler de soi, de la vie quotidienne et sociale, des activités, des sorties… au passé, au présent et au futur proche de l’indicatifAcquérir et s’approprier, par la manipulation, les outils travaillés dans le cours de langue du niveau.Prendre conscience de la place de la communication non-verbale dans l’oralitéAcquérir l’habitude de s’autocorrigerIdentifier toutes les dimensions d’une situation de communication donnéeSe familiariser avec la prosodie de l’oralAcquérir des stratégies d’écoute adaptées et les partagerApprendre à

This course is offered each term for all levels (A2-C1).

This course is offered to all levels each term. This is a required course if you are at the beginner level.Les objectifs sont:Développer la perception et la prononciation des phénomènes phonétiques et phonologiques du français actuelGagner en spontanéitéDévelopper et affiner ses capacités de compréhension de l’oralPercevoir les nuances intonatives afin de les reproduireApprendre les lieux d’articulation des phonèmesDevenir plus autonome dans l’appropriation de la langueSyllabiPhonétique A2Phonétique B1