Free Speech at Oxford & Cambridge

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This special three‐week communication seminar will be offered from July 7-July 27, 2013 at the University of Cambridge (10 days) and the University of Oxford (10 days), and is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and other members of the intellectual community.

The Free Speech 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. An addtional three hours of credit can be earned through independent study with Professor Steven Smith on a mutually agreed upon topic.

Included in the trip are two field trips to London, where students visit the Houses of Parliament, the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court, the Tower of London, and Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner, as well as a day trip to Warwick Castle and Stratford‐upon‐Avon for a Shakespeare Tour.

Leadership for the program comes from the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

2013 Summer Program Flyer

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