- Oxford Academia at:
- 2025 Sessions:
July 19–August 1
- Eligibility:
Completing grades 9–12
Motivated rising 9th graders will also be considered
- Typical Seminar Size:
In this discussion-based seminar, dive into a timeline of major world events and wars through guided readings, engaging discussions, field visits, and guest speakers. Examine historical and political conditions that led to many world wars, and how the outcome of those wars shaped history and human culture. Leading all the way up to WWII, the most recent war that shook Europe to its foundations, learn how England was a major battleground and understand how the memory of the war lives on in England today.
FEATURED FACULTY
University of Oxford, M.Phil., Greek and Roman History
University of Heidelberg, B.A., in History and English Studies
In his doctoral research at Oxford, Joel focuses on the ideological underpinnings of ancient Greek slavery. This project is based on his M.Phil. thesis work on social dimensions of the conceptions of the value of slaves in ancient Greece and Rome and his bachelor’s thesis on the role of paternalism narratives in U.S. slavery. Joel was awarded the Archibald Jackson Prize for his M.Phil. and full joint funding by the Clarendon Fund and the Wolfson Foundation for his doctoral work. Alongside his D.Phil., Joel has worked as a close-up and stage magician for over a decade, including performances at the TEDx University of Glasgow 2019 Conference, the Edinburgh Balmoral, and German National Television.