July 15, 1998 Contact Pauline Austin (541) 346-3129 EUGENE--Imagine teaching Shakespeare in London, exploring Italian Renaissance art in Italy or studying early British folklore in England. Six University of Oregon professors turn that fantasy into reality next year when they travel to England and Italy to teach under the auspices of the Northwest Council on Study Abroad (NCSA), a program that allows faculty and college students from the Pacific Northwest to teach and study in Europe. Dianne Dugaw, a UO professor of English, will travel to London next spring to teach classes on folklore and mythology of the British Isles. She also will teach a course entitled, "English Music Drama and the Onset of Empire, 1600-1750." Jennifer Fiske Rondeau, a UO assistant professor of history, will spend the winter in Siena, Italy, teaching "Art and Religion in the Italian Renaissance." The class will examine how art production was inspired and informed by Italian religion in the middle ages and the Renaissance. She also will teach a class on "The Idea of Italy from Rome to the Risolgimento." Sharon Schuman, a professor at the UO Clark Honors College, will teach for a month next spring at the Universita Degli Studi de Macerata--a school that began in Macerata, Italy in 1290. In her class on Dante, she will teach about his "Inferno" and sections of the Purgatorio and Paradiso, which complete "The Divine Comedy." Shuman's second class on "The Displaced Tourist" will focus on literature that presents people reacting to new contexts, which forces them to reevaluate their roots. English professors Louise Westling and George Wickes will travel to London this fall to co-teach courses in Shakespeare and the Bloomsbury writers and artists. Their class on Shakespeare will emphasize theater in performance with weekly plays, backstage tours and meetings with theater people. The second course will examine a group of writers and artists who worked in Bloomsbury and who played a major role in the creative life of 20th century England. Jenny Young, a UO associate professor of architecture will teach in Siena, Italy this fall. She will teach a class on "Great Italian Buildings," an introduction to some of the most prominent works of architecture on the Italian peninsula. She also will teach a fall course on "Hill Towns of Northern Italy." Space is still available for the winter and spring terms, 1999. Students can contact the UO Office of International Education and Exchange for information and applications at (541) 346-3207. -30- #M-6002/Local,OrDailies,Higher Ed