Sunday
Seminar 1: Introduction: Great Britain and America, 1607-1776
Seminar 2: The Founding Fathers: Who They Were & What They Did
Monday
Seminar 3: On the Frontier of the British Empire: Washington’s English Childhood in Virginia, 1732-1750
Seminar 4: Sources of Personal Resentment Against Britain (1): The Seven Years’ War & Washington’s Failure to become A British Officer
Tuesday
Seminar 5: Sources of Personal Resentment (2): The Tobacco Business & Washington’s Struggles with English Bankers
Seminar 6: Visit to Sulgrave Manor— Washington’s Ancestral Home
Wednesday
Seminar 7: The Road To 1776 & The Declaration of Independence
Seminar 8: Putting Revolutionary Words into Action (1): Washington as Commander-in-Chief in the War of Independence: 1775-1783
Thursday
Seminar 9: Putting Revolutionary Words into Action (2): Washington as Unifier-in-Chief in the Constitutional Convention, 1787-1789
Seminar 10: Putting Revolutionary Words into Action (3): Washington as Citizen-in-Chief in his two terms as President, 1789-1797
Friday
Seminar 11: Washington, The U.S. and the Failure to Abolish Slavery
Seminar 12: Washington’s Legacy: The Past, Present and Future
Programme timetable
The daily timetable will normally be as follows:
Saturdays
14.00–16.30 - Registration
16.30–17.00 - Orientation meeting
17.00–17.30 - Classroom orientation for tutor and students
17.30–18.00 - Drinks reception
18.00–20.00 - Welcome dinner
Sundays – Fridays
09.00–10.30 - Seminar
10.30–11.00 - Tea/coffee break
11.00–12.30 - Seminar
12.30–13.30 - Lunch
13.30–18.00 - Afternoons are free for tutorials, individual study, course-related field trips or exploring the many places of interest in and around Oxford.
18.00–19.00 - Dinner (There is a formal gala dinner every Friday to close each week of the programme)
A range of optional social events will be offered throughout the summer school. These are likely to include: a quiz night, visit to historic pubs in Oxford, visit to Christ Church for Evensong and after-dinner talks and discussions.