Each day during the Cambridge Teacher Seminar, we had a full day of sessions, activities, and discussions planned.

Here is a brief overview:

Sunday, July 4
Walking tour of Cambridge by Suzanne Lynch; this was our quick orientation to the village of Cambridge, the nearby colleges, and how to get back to Westcott House

Monday, July 5
9-12:30 Visual Experience discussed “What is art?”
2-4:30 “Writing England: Viriginia Woolf and Questions of National Identity” by Dr. Suzanne Lynch
4:30-5:30 “Cambridge University in 1,000 Steps” which was a guided tour by Dr. Nicholas James and an explanation of the Cambridge undergraduate educational system

Tuesday, July 6
9-12:30 Visual Experience learned about architecture from the medieval period to the modern and then took a walking tour of various colleges to see examples
2-4:30 A Poetry reading by Andrew Motion, former poet laureate of Great Britain
4:30-6:00 “Literature Makes History: How Poets Helped End Slavery” by Professor James Basker, the founder of the Oxbridge Summer Programs
8:00-9:00 “Emotions and the Good Life” by Dr. Nick Treanor

Wednesday, July 7
9-12:30 Visual Experience discussed various aspects of art: line, color, form, compostion, etc and then took a tour of the FitzWilliam Museum
2-4:30 A tour of the FitzWilliam by Hannah Malone
5-6:00 Choral Evensong at King’s College Chapel
8-9:00 Cambridge Voices a cappella concert in the Wesley Church

Thursday, July 8
9-12:30 Visual Experience learned about Funerary architecture
4:30-6:00 “Oliver Cromwell: A Great, Bad Man” by John Morrill
6:30-9:00 Reception with the Gates Scholars and staff from the Cambridge Tradition and the Cambridge Prep Experience

Friday, July 9
9-12:30 Visual Experience discussed Impressionist Painters, their techniques and their popularity
2-4:00 “Trip to the Whipple Museum and Cambridge Science” led by Dr. Simon Mitton
4:30-5:30 “Animals and Ethics” by Professor Michael Banner

Saturday, July 10
9-12:30 Visual Experience learned about the history of burials and cemeteries and visited a graveyard
6:30-9:30 Farewell banquet hosted by Professor James Basker in The Prioress’s Room, Jesus College