The University of Glasgow is hosting a History International Summer School during Summer 2025.

History students at Northern Illinois University interested in the Glasgow program or other study abroad programs should contact me via email.

Here is the announcement from the University of Glasgow:

It is a six week, credit bearing, programme where undergraduate students complete a personal research project associated with a list of topics which changes every year.

Students who successfully complete the summer school will be eligible for an alumni discount for postgraduate study at Glasgow.

This year we have a range of courses relating to Poland, Russia, Byzantium, Britain / Scotland, Slavery Studies, Medieval Queenship, Animal Studies. 

• A Collective Biography of Scotland in the First World War
• Britain’s Toy Soldiers: Representations of War and Conflict
• ‘A New System of Slavery’? Unfree Labour after Abolition in the British Empire
• The Reports of the Protectors of Slaves: Enslaved Life in British Guiana, 1819-1834
• A Person-centred Approach to Examining Slavery in the British Caribbean.
• When Scots Returned from India: Wealth, Race and Cultural Strategies, 1757-1820
• Russian Autocracy: Ideology and Praxis, 1682-1906
• Golden Liberty: Polish Political Thought from 1385 to 1795, and Beyond
• Human and Animal Relationships in Early Modern Scotland, c.1500-1700
• Witch Trials and the Belief in Witchcraft in Early Modern England and Scotland
• Echoes of Empire: Byzantine Culture and the Palaeologan Renaissance, 1261-1453
• Gender and Politics in Medieval England: Three Generations of Political Turmoil
• Medieval London and Queenship: The Cartulary of the Priory of Holy Trinity Aldgate

Full details and descriptions can be found at the link below (dropdown menu “Research Projects 2025”).

The application portal can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiting/internationalsummerschool/ourcourses/historysummerresearchprojectopen/

The general Summer School information page can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiting/internationalsummerschool/

Application advice here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiting/internationalsummerschool/howtoapplyandvisainformation/

Please note, early applications are encouraged. We will try to accommodate as many people as possible but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis. If demand exceeds capacity, a waiting list will be created.