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If you are applying to a 2025–26 Civilizations, September, or British/Irish direct enrollment program, please only open ONE application, to your first-choice program within these groupings, in Via TRM. You will have the ability to rank alternate choices within. Explore programs

London: Democracy

Equality, Liberty, and the Dilemmas of Self-Government (Social Sciences Core)

Seven students stand together outside, with Big Ben in the background.

Program Term:

Winter

Language Requirement:

None

Manager:

 Dana Currier

Application Deadline:

Final:

Please note: Offered in alternating years. Following the Winter 2025 program, the next program will run in Winter 2027.

London has an enormous trove of resources and activities for the study of democracy, from the holdings of the British Museum and British Library to the Prime Minister’s Questions to ancient Roman sites such as the Basilica and Forum. By taking the Democracy-themed Social Sciences Core Sequence in London, students will have the opportunity to experience democratic themes in a way that provides a through line from ancient times through the age of revolutions to today’s democratic challenges and promises.