Naturally, amazing learning experiences occur in our classrooms every day, but here at Winthrop, we believe that equally amazing ones can take place in other parts of the world as well!
We currently offer English classes such as Paris and the Jazz Age and London's Calling: Longing, Love, & Lust in British Literature. These classes include travel to European cities such as Paris, Rome, Florence, and London. In addition to earning 3.0 credit hours, student travelers earn a number of global cultural event credits as well.
We live in a global society, and travel abroad expands horizons, broadens minds, and enhances cultural understanding, all of which help prepare students for their future roles in today's world.
Please consider joining us for one of our travel courses. Make your textbooks come alive!
Sample Program of Study for English Majors Wishing to Study Abroad (PDF - 61.7 KB).
Each year, the English department awards Geraldine Trammell Hurley Fellowships for Study and Travel to provide financial travel support for undergraduate students majoring in English. Students who receive a Hurley Fellowship have the opportunity to design their own international travel adventures to conduct independent study/research overseas (the Hurley Fellowships do not involve academic study abroad programs at international institutions). Eligible students must be Winthrop University English majors who have not graduated by the time of travel.
Past recipients have used these fellowships, made possible by the generosity of the Hurley family, to conduct independent studies in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Vietnam, China, Spain, and Portugal! For more application information, visit our "English Scholarships and Awards" page. To see what past Hurley Fellowship recipients have said about their trips, go to our "Hurley Fellowship Testimonials" page.
Each year, we take a group of English majors to the American Shakespeare Center in Virginia for a weekend of plays and educational workshops at the award-winning Blackfriars Playhouse, the world's only recreation of Shakespeare's indoor theatre.
Students see four Renaissance and Restoration plays performed in historically-accurate theatre conditions, attend a lecture with the founder of the ASC, and participate in educational workshops and tours, all in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley!
Our Shakespeare Spring Break trip has become a beloved and integral part of our students' learning experience at Winthrop!
Each year, many of our undergraduate and graduate students travel to prestigious conferences with funding support from the English department. Conferences that our students have presented at include the National Council of Teachers of English Conference (NCTE), the Victorians Institute Conference, the Toni Morrison: Literature & Public Life Symposium, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, the College English Association Conference, the Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum, and the Southeastern Medieval Association Conference.
If you are an English major or English graduate student seeking funding for conference travel, please reach out to our Department Chair for more information.
