Welcome, Friends of Oxford

It is with pride and excitement that I welcome you to the newly formed Friends of Oxford. This year, with support from Presi­dent Michael Adams, we have formed a group of alumni, faculty, students, and an­glophiles to expand and strengthen the uni­versity’s programs at Oxford University. Our goal is to offer several academic and social events during the year that enhance the linkage between UGA and Oxford. We hope that this year’s second debate with the Oxford Union is the beginning of a tradition. UGA is the only public research univer­sity in the United States that operates three year­round residential study abroad pro­grams – Oxford, England; Cortona, Italy; and Ecolodge San Luis, Costa Rica. These campuses, owned by the UGA Foundation and the UGA Real Estate Foundation, are the result of numerous private donations to UGA, both large and small, from people like you. The university’s efforts to expand its international educational opportunities for students have been paying off. Currently, UGA ranks 12th in the nation in the number of students who study abroad as part of their undergraduate experience. In short term study abroad (less than one semester), we rank fourth. The Office of International Affairs administers over 75 faculty directed study abroad programs and exchanges. Our goal is to move UGA into the top ten of American universities in study abroad. Oxford is the crown jewel of interna­tional education at UGA. We hope that you will make a gesture of financial support to help it continue to shine. See you at the debate! Dr. Mark Lusk ________ Mark Lusk is Associate Provost for Interna­tional Affairs

UGA at Oxford was established in 1989 by Dr. Judith Shaw under the aus­pices of the English Department and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. That first year, thirteen gifted students spent the summer studying English lit­erature with Dr. Shaw at Jesus College, a sixteenth­century college founded by Queen Elizabeth I. As those of you who participated in that first program know, the endeavor was overwhelmingly suc­cessful, and many of those students still consider their summer in Oxford the best experience of their college years. Since that first year, UGA at Oxford has grown into the University’s most popular study­abroad program. In May, 1999 President Adams with the assis­tance of the University of Georgia Foun­dation purchased a three­story Victorian house in North Oxford, making UGA one of only three universities—and the only public institution—in the United States to operate a year­round residential center in Oxford. The program now of­fers an expanded curriculum which fea­tures classes not only in British literature, history and political science but also in architecture, anthropology, biology, re­ligion, sociology and classics. Students take most of their classes from Oxfor­

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The new UGA at Oxford Residential Center at 106 Banbury Road

Friends of Oxford Established

UGA at Oxford

326A Park Hall

Athens, GA 30602

706‐542‐2244 (phone)

706‐583‐0604 (fax)

Ox‐ford@parallel.park.uga.ed

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The Oxford BulldogThe Oxford BulldogThe Oxford Bulldog A PUBLICATION OF THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD

UGA to Debate Union 2

SPIA at Oxford 2

Greetings from Dr. Shaw 3

Faculty Research 4

British Studies in June 4

Ian Archer Meets Uga VI

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Alumni News 6

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“In the last decade, UGA at Ox­ford has become one of the leading study­abroad programs in Oxford, and it is now one of only three American programs to operate year­round,” says Dr. Shaw, Director of UGA at Oxford. “Many UGA stu­dents join the Union upon arriving in Oxford, and, because of UGA’s status as a respected sister institu­tion, a healthy rivalry has developed between Oxonians and UGA stu­dents.” Last February, the president and three officers of the Union traveled to Athens to debate the Demosthe­nian Literary Society, the oldest debating organization at UGA. Among the distinguished judges for that first debate were Chief Justice Norman Fletcher of the Georgia Supreme Court, Dr. Michael Ad­ams, UGA President, and Cynthia

Tucker, Editorial Page Editor of the Atlanta Journal­Constitution. The team from UGA (which of course included UGA at Oxford alumni!) won that first debate, but the British competitors immediately challenged UGA to an Oxford­style rematch. This second debate, then, should be especially exciting. At this point, several prominent figures have accepted our invitation to judge the competition, including Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Chief Justice Norman Fletcher and Presiding Justice Leah Ward Sears of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Vince Dooley, and British Consul­General Michael Bates. The event is free and open to the public. Last year’s debate drew an unex­pectedly large crowd for an aca­demic event, so plan to arrive early.

Union Society, which since its foundation in 1823 has remained a leading forum for political debate “SPIA's inaugural program was a great success. Since all the stu­dents had a strong interest in poli­tics, it was a very cohesive group. That common interest made our excursion to Parliament especially meaningful, and allowed for discus­sions about tutorials to carry over into ‘after­hours.’ Students found the tutors very demanding, but they were invigorated by the challenge, appreciated the individual attention they received from their tutors, and still found time for a variety of ex­tracurricular activities. For example, several acted in student plays with other Oxford students,” says Dr. Maltese.

This January, the new School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) launched its first study­abroad program at the residential center in Oxford. Twenty­five stu­dents spent Hilary term studying with Dr. John Maltese, Associate Professor in the Department of Po­litical Science and Director of SPIA at Oxford.

The program offers an intensive course in political science and international affairs, and stu­dents take classes from SPIA fac­ulty as well as from Oxford dons. Like the Franklin at Oxford pro­grams which operate during Michaelmas and Trinity terms, SPIA students hold associate mem­bership at Keble College. Students also can join the famous Oxford

Political Science is a tradi­tional subject at Oxford, where it is called “Politics, Philosophy, and Economics,” and tutorials in these subjects have always been popular among UGA at Oxford students. Oxford itself is a very global city, and the new SPIA program offers UGA students the rare opportunity to experience the dynamic interna­tional environment at Oxford while studying with world­class profes­sors.

“The world our students will inherit is a globalized world. National boundaries are challenged by transnational institutions. Capi­tal, facilitated by electronic devices, now moves quickly and easily among markets around the world. The aim of SPIA's study abroad

The British are Coming: UGA to Debate Union

SPIA at Oxford Established

For the second time, the Oxford Union Society has challenged the University of Georgia to a formal debate, and UGA’s debating socie­ties have accepted this challenge. On Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at 8:00 p.m., Mr. Fraser Campbell, current president of the Union, and several of that famous organiza­tion’s best debaters will compete against an elite UGA team. The Oxford Union was founded in 1823 as an arena for the free exchange of ideas among students, and it soon became the forum for political debate in Oxford. Many British prime ministers have served as past presidents of the Oxford Union, and world figures such as Robert Kennedy, Mother Theresa, Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, and Nelson Mandela have addressed its members.

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UGA at Oxford Residential

Study­Abroad Center

2002­2003 Calendar of Programs

Franklin at Oxford

September 8­ November 29, 2002

(Michaelmas Term, Oxford)

SPIA at Oxford January 9­March 16, 2003 (Spring Semester Credit)

(Hilary Term, Oxford)

Franklin at Oxford March 30­June 20, 2003

(Spring Semester Credit) (Trinity Term, Oxford)

British Studies Junemester

June 23­July 3, 2003

Terry at Oxford July 3­August 15, 2003

Franklin at Oxford

Summer Program at Jesus College

July 6­August 15, 2003

“Discovering Earthly Paradise: Oxford, the Pre­Raphaelites, and the Arts and Crafts

Movement” A Study Trip for the Young­at­Art Committee of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

August 24­September 2, 2003

Greetings from Dr. Shaw Looking back over fourteen years of classlists from UGA at Oxford has brought back many memories for me. There was that first group of thirteen students from 1989, all of whom had to study me­dieval literature, no matter what their major, because I was their only teacher. The following year we hired our first Oxford dons, two of whom, Drs. David Bradshaw and Lawrence Goldman, are still with us. Then, there are the many students who shared the strange world of CMRS with me. You would be very jealous of today’s students who call the light­filled, high­ceilinged rooms of the Oxford Center home. Who would have thought fourteen years ago that in 2003 the University of Georgia would have a beautiful Victorian mansion in Oxford, where UGA students could study year­round? I hope that many of you, for­mer students, parents, faculty, and fellow Anglophiles will join the Friends of Oxford. We need your support now more than ever. I hope too that you will be able to join us for the first Friends get­together, a

reception before the Georgia­Oxford debate on October 15th. Our last debate against the Ox­ford Union was great fun, not least of all because we won; this rematch promises to be even more exciting since we will be following parliamentary rules, which allow for interruptions. Even if you cannot attend the debate, I want to hear from you. We plan to publish this newslet­ter twice a year. In addition to news from alumni, we want to include poems, journal and diary entries, pictures, or other remem­brances of your time in Oxford, so scour your scrapbooks and photo albums. In the future, we want to bring some of the dons to Georgia for a High Table talks and host a Friends of Oxford reunion in the Oxford Center itself, so please keep in touch and send us news of what you’re doing. Dr. Judith Shaw

Jesus College Chocolate Cake

250g plain chocolate 175g butter 125g caster sugar (powdered sugar) 200g ground almonds 4 eggs separated Melt 175g chocolate in bowl. Cream 125g butter with caster sugar. Stir in ground almonds, egg yolks and melted chocolate, and beat together. Whisk egg whites until stiff and fold into chocolate mixture. Pour into 8 inch tin and bake for 50 ­ 55 minutes until firm to touch. Cut remaining butter in pieces and put with remaining chocolate into a bowl, over a pan of simmering water. When melted, stir and spread over the top of cake.

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programs is to enrich the education of students and enhance their ability to contribute to and enjoy the glob­alized world they will inherit,” says Dr. Thomas Lauth, Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs.

SPIA at Oxford will oper­ate yearly during Hilary term.

During Hilary Term 2002 I was the UGA Scholar in Residence as part of the UGA at Oxford program. Spending six weeks in Oxford was a great experience, and afforded me the first extended time back in Brit­ain since I finished my undergradu­ate degree in 1986! When I was not teaching my Geography seminar at Keble, I used my time in Oxford –and the resources available to me there– to work on two papers which will appear in print this year. The first looked at issues of labor union internationalism and will appear in the Social Science History journal in a special issue on labor interna­

tionalism and globalization. The second will appear later this year in a special issue of International Labor and Working­Class History related to “Workers, suburbs and labor geogra­phy.” I also attended a number of seminars whilst at Oxford, including one by Umberto Eco on the politics of translating and working in several different languages. In sum, my six weeks at Oxford was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I look for­ward to being able to repeat it in the future! Dr. Andrew Herod, Geography

time in Oxford free for peripatetic lectures and visits to the sites they

have read about. The Shakespeare class will tour the Globe Complex in London as well as Shake­speare’s birthplace and related sites at Stratford­on­Avon, and they will attend performances of four plays. The Roman Britain class will visit Bath, Avebury, St. Al­bans, and London and Oxford museums, while the class on Literary Ox­bridge will visit both uni­

For ten days this June sixteen UGA students will take part in the University’s first British Studies Program at Ox­ford. This year, students will have three courses to choose from Litera­ture of Oxford and Cambridge from 1200 to 1640, Shakespeare at the Theatre, and Ro­man Britain. By the time they arrive in Ox­ford, students will have read and discussed all the material for their courses; this leaves the

versity towns as well as Canterbury. One of the requirements for the new British Studies certificate being instituted at Georgia is that students take at least three hours of approved British Studies courses in England. “As director of the Oxford Center, I have seen how students begin to understand Shakespeare, British history and politics in an entirely new way as the result of being on­site. This program aims to give Georgia students a glimpse of this more integrated view of British Studies,” says Dr. Judith Shaw, who is terribly excited about this new initiative.

SPIA at Oxford Continued

UGA Faculty Research in Oxford: Dr. Andrew Herod

NEW BRITISH STUDIES JUNEMESTER PROGRAM

UGA at Oxford is proud to intro­duce its new mascot, the official Oxford Dawg. Cleopatra is a white, eight­year­old English bull terrier who was born deaf. Cleo was chosen for the new mascot both because of her English heri­tage and because UGA’s early canine leaders were white bull terriers. Look for Cleo at upcom­ing UGA at Oxford events.

A New Oxford Dawg

King’s College Cambridge

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Ian Archer Meets Uga

All of us in the UGA at Oxford office were thrilled when Dr. Ian Archer agreed to give a talk at UGA last year. Dr. Archer is one of our most popular dons, and UGA at Oxford students often re­member their tutorials with him with special fondness. “I run into program alumni all the time in Athens, and they always ask me about Ian Archer and his famous cat, Europa,” says Christine Al­bright, Associate Director of UGA of Oxford. “The effect he has on students is amazing. At first he terrifies them, ask­ing them pointed questions and then re­futing their arguments with ease. He makes students think about the material as scholars, and he motivates them to push themselves intellectually. His stu­dents come to adore him absolutely.” Dr. Archer delivered his talk on Queen Elizabeth I to a packed auditorium, which included many of his former stu­dents. Afterwards, Dr. Archer visited with former students and enjoyed dinner at the Porterhouse Grill with them. He stayed on for a few days to do some sightseeing and shopping, but the high point of his stay was the football game that Saturday. Dr. Archer had never been to an American football game, and UGA at Oxford made sure he experienced the event like a true Georgia Dawg. Ian had arrived suitably attired for the pre­game festivities, wearing a neatly

pressed red shirt and a black leather jacket. His former students hosted a proper tailgate for him, where he en­joyed traditional Southern food and sipped Bud Light. He eventually made it to the game and was awed by the sea of red and black and the roar of the crowd. His escort, Natalie Cox, who had taken his class in Oxford the year before, arranged for him to meet Uga VI on the sidelines. He waved his pom­pom with gusto and cheered with the students, although in the end (and after considerable deliberation) he refused to woof. After the game, he enjoyed several post­game parties, and rumors have circulated that his students took him to a fraternity house for further fun. Still, he was no worse for wear at a valedictory brunch the next morning. Clayton Foggin, an alumna from the summer 1991­1992 programs and a Senior Academic Advisor in the Franklin College, served as Dr. Archer’s hostess at one of the post­game parties. “It was amazing,” she recalls. “Ian knew more people on campus than I do. We had our tailgate near the Chapel on North Campus, and people were constantly stopping by because they recognized Ian.” UGA at Oxford expects to host other Oxford dons in Athens in the future, so listen for conspicuous Brit­

ish accents when you hear “Go Dawgs!” at Sanford Stadium.

UGA at Oxford

Director

Judith Shaw (706) 542­2269 jshaw@uga.edu

Associate Director

Christine Albright (706) 583­0455

calbrigh@uga.edu

Assistant Director

Margaret Perry (706) 542­2244

mfpoxford@aol.com

Business Manager

Angela Pfile (706) 542­2408 aepfile@uga.edu

326A Park Hall

Athens, GA 30602

706‐542‐2244 (phone)

706‐583‐0604 (fax)

Ox‐ford@parallel.park.uga.

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Steve Miss is pursuing a Ph.D. in English at UGA and is currently looking for a job as a college bas­ketball coach. James Mixson (Summer 1989) earned a postgraduate diploma in classics as a Rotary Foundation Scholar at the University of Edin­burgh in 1993. He continued his graduate education at Notre Dame, where he earned a Ph.D. in Medie­val Studies in 2002. He is now Assistant Professor in the Depart­ment of History at the University of Alabama. Baxter Morgan (Spring, 2000) is currently finishing up his first year of law school at the University of Texas. He will intern for a federal district judge in Brunswick, Georgia this summer (2003). Angela Pfile has been hired by UGA at Oxford to be the business manager for the program. She is currently working on her disserta­tion and plans to finish her Ph.D. in English at UGA in May, 2004. Carl Pyrdum is currently working on his Ph.D. in English at Yale Uni­versity. Catherine Anglin Sanders gradu­ated from UGA in 2000 as a double major in English and French and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa that same year. She is currently enrolled in the MBA program at Oglethorpe University and just ran a marathon in Nashville. Catherine volunteers at the Atlanta Humane Society, reads books for the blind, and is involved in pet therapy at nursing homes.

Alumni News dons in traditional Oxford­style tutorials, which never have more than three students and frequently are one­on­one. Although more than 250 UGA undergraduates now study in Oxford every year, UGA at Oxford remains academically rigor­ous, and its participants often return to UGA with new intellectual inter­est and academic motivation. As UGA at Oxford has grown over the last decade, so have its needs. We need to raise money for scholarships and for the mainte­nance of the property in Oxford, so we have formed a new organization, the “Friends of Oxford.” The Friends of Oxford will include stu­dents, alumni, and others in the community who are interested in UGA at Oxford and the United Kingdom. The organization will offer several academic and social events each year to promote the partnership between UGA and the University and Oxford. Members can join at graduated levels, from Student to Principal, and the funds which are generated from member­ships will support the activities of the Friends and also help meet the financial needs of UGA at Oxford. We will introduce the Friends of Oxford on October 15, 2003 by hosting a kick­off reception on cam­pus for program alumni and their families, faculty, administrators, and members of the community. The event will culminate in a for­mal debate between UGA and the Oxford Union Society. “We’ve never hosted a UGA at Oxford re­union, so we expect the kick­off party to serve as a reunion for all alumni. We hope everyone will join the Friends of Oxford and cele­brate with us in the Fall, so mark the date on your calendar,” says Dr. Shaw. UGA at Oxford is still searching for addresses for program alumni, so please send us any infor­mation you have.

Friends of Oxford Continued

Scott Anderson (Summer 1995) graduated summa cum laude from UGA in 1996 and did graduate work in Celtic Studies at Jesus College. He has been working as a management consultant in the banking industry and will start law school at Emory this fall (2003) with a full scholarship. Darlene Ciraulo married Andrew Greenhalgh (whom she met in Oxford) in June, 2001 and now lives in Oxford, where she serves as Program Coordinator for UGA at Oxford. Darlene will finish her Ph.D. in English at UGA in Au­gust, 2003. Claire Foggin (Summer, 1995)works as an advisor for the Frank­lin College here in Athens. Jonathan Foggin (Summer, 1992, Spring 1994) married Clay­ton Blalock (Summer 1991, Spring 1992) in September, 1995. Jonathan completed a master’s degree in Late Roman and Byzan­tine Studies at St. Andrew’s in Scotland before enrolling in the Ph.D. program in English at UGA. Clayton completed an M.Ed. in English Education in 1995 and now works as a Senior Advisor for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. They are expecting their first child this Au­gust (2003). Matt Kozusko finished his Ph.D. in English at UGA in May, 2002 and has landed a tenure­track job teaching English at Ursinus Col­lege in Pennsylvania. Matt has returned to Oxford for the Spring, 2003 Program and will teach a class on “Shakespeare and Per­formance” during the new British Studies Junemester. Kasee Laster finished her Ph.D. in English at UGA in 1999 and is now a department head at Shorter College in North Georgia. Kasee and husband Jonathan are proud parents of a two­year­old daugh­ter.

If you have news you would like to appear in the

newsletter, please e­mail your information to

jshaw@uga.edu

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Address_______________________________________________________________________________________

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I would like to contribute to the University of Georgia Foundation by joining the Friends of Oxford.

I would like to join for one year at the following level:

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Individual ($30.00) __________

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Tutor ($100.00) __________

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Fellow ($1000.00) __________

Principal’s Circle ($5000.00 and above) __________

Members of the Friends will receive information about upcoming academic events, newsletters, and invitations to receptions and parties. Members who join as Fellows and Principals will re­ceive two complementary tickets to all events as part of their membership.

Reply now to the Kick­off celebration on October 15, 2003 I would like to attend the kick­off celebration for the Friends of Oxford on October 15, 2003 for an additional $10.00 per person. I have enclosed $___________ for ___________ tickets to this event. (Fellows and Principals will receive two complementary tickets for this event.)

Please send this form with your check, made payable to the University of Georgia Foundation,

to UGA at Oxford, 326A Park Hall, Athens, GA, 30602.

Summer 2002 was the first time I taught the ‘Romance of King Arthur’, a course taught in the past with much success by Dr Shaw. My fascination with Arthur goes back to my undergraduate days when I was a member, and subse­

Join the Friends of Oxford

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not all text based though; the highlight of the sum­mer was a weekend ex­cursion to Tintagel in Cornwall, the supposed birthplace of Arthur. Along the route we stopped off to see, among other things, the Neolithic stone circles of Avebury, the Round Table at Win­chester, and the mystical I s l e o f A v a l o n (Glastonbury) ­ the final resting place of The Once and Future King. I am very much looking for­ward to repeating the whole experience with a new set of students this summer. Dr. Kalpen Trivedi

quently, Treasurer of the Oxford Arthurian Society (http://users.ox.ac.uk/~arthsoc/). The aim of the course was to explore the legends of Arthur as they grow out of the fre­quently piecemeal and murky references in Latin and Welsh chronicles and into the dominant na­tional myth of Norman and post­Norman Eng­land. Through their study of the documents and texts of Arthuriana, stu­dents were able to con­front and deconstruct the popular and romantic ideas of the Arthurian legend that derive largely from the 19th century. I was very impressed by the students’ ability to bring their understanding of these early historical texts to a sophisticated reading of later Middle English texts like Sir Ga­wain and the Green Knight and the Morte Darthur. The course was

Discovering Arthur: Dr. Trivedi’s Summer 2002 Class

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Tintagel Castle, Arthur’s Birth­place, or not.

The ‘Round Table’ at Winchester—a fine piece of late­medieval forgery.

The Isle of Avalon (a.k.a. Glastonbury Tor) ­ hic iacet artvrvs rex qvondam rexque fvtvrvs!