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Wellesley Education Expedition
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Historic Normandy and the British Isles:
Caen to Portsmouth Aboard Sea Cloud II |
June 2-12, 2009
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Discover historic Normandy and the British Isles on
a trip with Wellesley alumnae and friends. Timed to
coincide with the 65th anniversary of D-Day, this journey will
commemorate the ties that
have served the United States, France, and England
throughout history.
Our program will be enriched by
the lectures and insights of Wellesley’s dean of the college
and professor of history Andrew Shennan, Dartmouth
College’s Jere Daniell, professor of history
emeritus, and Priscilla Roosevelt, art historian
and expert on the Roosevelt and Stalin era. This
shared trip with Dartmouth College and the Royal
Oak Foundation offers a unique look at these historic
lands.
From Deauville,
we will visit key sites associated with D-Day,
including the
American Military Cemetery
with its newly-opened visitor center. In Bayeux,
we will view the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts
the events leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion
of England, and in Honfleur we will wander amid
the timber-framed merchants’ houses and see
Impressionist works at its Boudin Museum.
We will pay homage to the countries
involved in the Battle of Normandy at the Peace
Museum in Caen,
where we embark the elegant Sea Cloud II, sister
ship of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s legendary
Sea Cloud, for our six-night cruise.
We will sail to Guernsey and then
travel by ferry to Sark, an island nearly forgotten
by time. We
enter the fortified town of St. Malo and discover
nearby Mont St. Michel, spectacularly situated
on a granite rock in the sea. We will cross the
English Channel for a visit to St. Michael’s
Mount, given to the British National Trust by the
third Lord St. Levan. Then we cruise on to Dartmouth,
a point of embarkation for U.S. troops during the
D-Day invasion, and step ashore at Cowes on the
Isle of Wight for a visit to Osborne House, a favorite
summer residence of Queen Victoria. Our journey
concludes in the naval port of Portsmouth.
Don’t miss the opportunity
to experience this memorable voyage!
Optional London Extension:
June 12–14, 2009
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Andrew Shennan is a professor of history and dean of the college at Wellesley. Professor
Shennan is a graduate of Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, and received his Ph.D. degree from Cambridge
University. He held a Harkness Fellowship in the Department of Government
at Harvard
University and was a research fellow at Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge, before joining the Wellesley faculty in 1988. At
Wellesley, Professor
Shennan has taught a range of courses in modern European
history, with a particular emphasis on the 20th century, the history
of modern France,
and World War II. He was a founding co-director of
Wellesley’s
International Relations program and was awarded the
Pinanski Prize for excellence in teaching in 1991. From 1999 to 2004,
he served as associate
dean of the college, and was appointed dean of the
college in July 2004.
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More Information
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Trip Details
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and/or a detailed itinerary of this tour, please
contact:
Jayne Lew, Assistant
Director of Travel
Phone: 781-283-2389
Email: travelprograms@alum.wellesley.edu
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Duration: 10 days
Activity Level: Moderate
Cost: TBA
Deposit: TBA
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