Thanks to a generous endowment of $2.1m from the Robert
Kirk Underhill Trust, The Center for British Studies has been established
at the University of California, Berkeley. The Center,
which officially opens in September 2003, will provide
a platform for one of the largest and most distinguished group of
scholars studying British culture, society and history - spread
across the arts, humanities, social sciences and
professional schools - in the United States.
The Center has three objectives:
- Strengthen Berkeley's intellectual and institutional ties to Britain
- Support graduate and undergraduate teaching and research in British Studies
- Support interdisciplinary research that recognises Britain's relationships with
America, Europe and Commonwealth countries and their effects on British economy,
society, politics and culture
James Vernon
Director
Candace Groskreutz
Assistant Director 
