Presented by: J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Seminar in Freedom of Speech and Legal Communication & Cultures

June 29 - July 19, 2008

Program Description

Course Offerings

Faculty

Accomodations

Field Trips

Program Costs

Payment Schedule

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Eligibility

Deadline

Further Information

How to Apply

Program Description

This three week seminar is open to undergraduates, graduates and other members of the intellectual community. The group will spend 10 days at the University of Cambridge and 10 days at the University of Oxford. Seminar members will receive the reading materials in late May and will have ample opportunity to read the selections (or do additional background reading) before leaving for Cambridge.

Course Offerings/Descriptions

COMM 3983/5913 Seminar in Freedom of Speech

The seminar will focus on the history and philosophy of freedom of expression, examining the arguments about individual liberty and community order in republics from Plato to the present. We will be reading selected works and discussing the ideas of writers such as Plato, Machiavelli, Milton, Spinoza, Filmer, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, James Burgh, Richard Price, Joseph Priestley, Blackstone, Bentham, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Jefferson, Madison, Tunis Wortman, Kant, Constant, Tocqueville, Hegel, Grimke, Schofield, Schroeder, Chafee, Meiklejohn, Marcuse, Emerson, Haiman, Gates, MacKinnon and others.

COMM 3983/5913 Legal Communication and Cultures

The seminar will focus on the communicative aspects that shape legal cultures, specifically observing the differences in legal argument and constitutional assumptions in other nations. We will be examining selections ranging from the Code of Hammurabi to the recent South African constitution, observing British trial courts, and meeting with legal scholars on the law faculties at Cambridge and Oxford. 

COMM 4903/5903 Special Problems

Students will pursue a program of directed readings and individual research in such that can be best investigated while at Oxford and Cambridge.

Faculty

Professor Stephen Smith, Professor in the Department of Communication, libertas@uark.edu

Professor Lindsley Smith, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, lfsmith@uark.edu

Accommodations

Students will stay in Emmanuel College in Cambridge and Brasenose College in Oxford.  All rooms are single rooms and include breakfast.

Field Trips

There will be two field trips to London, where we will visit the Houses of Parliament, the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court, the Tower of London and Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, as well as a day trip to Warwick Castle and Stratford-upon-Avon for a Shakespeare tour.

Program Costs

Program Fee: $3,200 plus UA tuition* 

UA tuition: $954.30 (6 hrs. undergraduate); $1,683.90 (6 hrs. graduate credit)

*Tuition discounts are not allowed

Included in the costs are accommodation and breakfast, reading materials, all administrative fees, field trips to London, Warwick, and Stratford

Not included are airfare, personal expenses, passport fees

Payment Schedule TBA

Financial Aid/Scholarships

Financial aid and scholarships are available for UA students.  Visiting students must apply for financial aid through their home institution.  Honors College students should apply for study abroad grants through the UA Honors College.  Contact the UA Office of Study Abroad for applications and deadlines or visit the Honors College website.

Eligibility

Students must have completed a minimum of 24 hours by the beginning of the program with a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or better. Applicants should complete a brief interview with one of the program leaders. In addition, one academic recommendation from a faculty member or academic advisor is required.

Deadline

Enrollment in the seminar is limited to 15 participants, and the deadline for registration is March 3, 2008.  Applications will be considered after this date on a space available basis.  A deposit is required upon acceptance to the program.

Further Information

For  assistance with applications, costs, travel arrangements, etc., contact:

Laura Moix
UA Faculty Led Short Term Programs
Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange
lmoix@uark.edu 
479-575-7582

For addition  information about courses or program content, contact:

Dr. Stephen Smith and Lindsley Smith 
575-3046
or by e-mail at libertas@uark.edu or lfsmith@uark.edu

How to Apply

Applications are available at the Office of Study Abroad, 722 W. Maple, Fayetteville , AR 72701 or by clicking on the links at the top of the page.

The University of Arkansas reserves the right to alter program costs or content, or to cancel the program should extraordinary circumstances require it.