* Academic Programme Particulars: Each session is comprised of two weeks of tuition.

* Delegates are welcome to participate in multiple sessions. Each week, students will participate in a course of their choice in their preferred track.

* Each track offers courses in one academic discipline.

* It is possible for delegates to choose a course that is not in their track.

* As the beginning of the programme nears, enrolled delegates will be asked to select their courses.

* Delegates will be assigned to courses, subject to availability. While we are able to allocate most students to their preferred courses, on some occasions students will be allocated their second choice.

* Delegates are welcome to extend their stay by participating in multiple sessions either in Oxford or our sister-programme Summer Institute at Oriel College, Oxford.

For a typical week at Cambridge Summer Institute, please click here.

Draft schedule for Cambridge Summer Institute (click to enlarge)

*Disclaimer* Changes to the course description, topics, programme structure, and schedules may occur due to the availability of faculty members at the actual time of the programme.

As part of Cambridge Summer Institute, you have the opportunity to attend courses to expand your historical knowledge. By spending part of your summer in the UK, there is the option of taking British history courses which provide an excellent background to understanding British culture and political systems today. With such a rich history and noteworthy empire, the study of Britain both past and present is an excellent complement to other Cambridge Summer Institute courses. With many delegates taking courses in International Business Management, there is also the choice to study the history of economics, and why today’s systems have been adopted. Courses will look at important historical events such as the Great Depression, Industrialisation, as well as the more recent financial crash to look at why these events occurred and how they are resolved.

1. The Origins of the Industrial Revolution

This course will look at the history of economics from the Renaissance period including Machiavelli up until Industrialisation. Delegates will learn about the foundations of economics from a historical context and how these original theories were applied. In addition, the evolution of economics over these centuries will be studied in order for delegates to understand how it has changed.

2. The British Industrial Revolution in Global Context

Following on from Economics I, this course will analyse the development of economics from Industrialisation until post World War II and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Delegates will look at the development of the modern economic system and how it has been adopted globally as well as identifying how historical events have impacted on economics.

3. British History

The World of Magna Carta: The Magna Carta has been established as one of the most eminent documents throughout world history and recently celebrated its 800th anniversary. This course provides participants with essential knowledge about the issue of the grant, its implications and effect on history by looking at more modern examples of declarations, and treaties such as the American Declaration of Independence.

4. Tudor England, 1500- 1603 Religion, Power and Nation

This course provides an advanced introduction to a decisive period in the history of England. It begins with an overview of the issues central to Tudor government, and the Kings and Queens who shaped the period, with a particular focus on Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Finally, it examines how the expansion of trade, and England’s religious turmoil affected the people, economy and culture of England in the Tudor period.

Whilst the course has a strong focus on the history of the Tudor period, the sessions also explore more general theories of legality and power which are applicable to politics more broadly. Moreover, the Tudor period is an excellent case study which will allow students to consider the emergence of modern patterns of trade, finance, social control and the development of the modern state.

5. Espionage and International Terrorism (c. 1990 – the Present Day)

This course covers the world of espionage from the Cambridge Spies to the ‘War on Terror’. The course explores the role Cambridge has played both in generating code-breakers during World war II and, more notoriously, in nurturing Soviet agents; especially since the 1930s, with the emergence and subsequent influence on international affairs of the ‘Cambridge Spies’. The course takes as its wider theme, the history and role of intelligence gathering in the twentieth century; exploring key themes in this fascinating history including the Fenian Bombing Campaign in Late Victorian Britain; the ‘Red Menace’ (1920s), the Cambridge Spies, British Intelligence and Fascism, Churchill and British Intelligence during World War II; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the CIA and Student Radicalism during the 1960s; Britain and the Irish Troubles since 1968; 9/11; Afghanistan and Iraq; and the ‘War on Terror’.

For details please see our Faculty page: https://cambridgesummerinstitute.com/our-faculty/