Highlights '07

The 2007 Summer School included a total of over 20 formal lectures and discussion sessions by members of St Hugh’s College and other colleges within the University of Oxford on subjects ranging from Art amd Architecture to Philosophy of Religion.

Dr Margaret Clerici, Shakespeare scholar and tutor in Literature
Mr Andrew Dilnot, CBE, Principal of St Hugh's College
Dr George Garnett, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in History
Rev Jerry Gilpin, Chaplain, St Hugh's College
Prof Robert Green, Professor of Art and Art History
Dr Martin Holmes, Lecturer in Politics, St Hugh's College
Dr John Iles, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Biological Sciences
Dr Peter McDonald, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Literature
Dr Peter Mitchell, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Archaeology/Anthropology
Dr Adrian Moore, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Philosophy
Dr Nicholas Perkins, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in English
Miss Deborah Quare, Librarian, St Hugh's College
Dr David Robertson, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Politics
Dr Emanuele Senici, Fellow of St Hugh's College and tutor in Music
Dr Henry Speck, Director of Extramural Programmes, St Hugh's College
Dr Rob van der Hart, Plato scholar and tutor in Philosophy

In addition to lectures and discussion sessions, students visited Oxford's famous colleges, monuments, museums, bookstores and markets, wandered the city's beautiful parks, meadows and gardens, toured Christ Church College and attended performances of Baroque music in the Sheldonian Theatre and of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night’s Dream" in Wadham College Gardens.

Other Highlights

•Three full-day excursions to London, including museums and historical sites

• A performance of "Les Miserables" at The Queen's Theatre in London

• Performances of Shakespeare's "Othello" (Session I) and
“Merchant of Venice” (Session II) at the Globe Theatre in London

• A full-day excursion to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral

• A full-day excursion to Gloucester and Tintern Abbey

• A half-day excursion to Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Winston Churchill

[The 2008 10th anniversary programme will be similar but not identical.]