Epiphany term
Epiphany termis the secondacademic termatDurham University,falling betweenMichaelmas termandEaster term,as in the ChristianFeast of the Epiphany,held in January.[1] The term runs from January until March,[2]equivalent to the Spring term at many British universities,Hilary termatTrinity College DublinandOxford,andLent termatCambridge,Canterbury Christ Church,Lancaster,Liverpool,LSEandSwansea.
Historically, the name has been in use at Durham since the university's opening in 1833,[3]and was also used atNewcastle University(formerly King's College of Durham University) until 2004.[4]It was also used at Durham's overseas affiliated colleges:Codrington College,Barbados,[5]andFourah Bay College,Sierra Leone,[6]and is used (as of July 2018) by Sierra Leone Law School.[7]
In theUnited States,the name was in use in the late 19th century atHobart College,[8]and atDivinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin Pennsylvania,[9]and for a period after 1913 atSewanee: the University of the South.[10][11] The name remains in use (interchangeably with "Spring term" ) at theGeneral Theological Seminaryin New York.[12]
See also
[edit]- Michaelmas term
- Hilary term(equivalent term at Dublin and Oxford)
- Lent term(equivalent term at Cambridge, Canterbury Christ Church, Lancaster, Liverpool, LSE and Swansea)
- Easter term
- Epiphany season(liturgical season in the Church of England)
References
[edit]- ^"University Term Times and Vacations".postgrad.com.Postgrad Solutions.Retrieved28 July2018.
- ^"Dates of meetings and events".Durham University.Retrieved28 July2018.
- ^J T Fowler (1904).Appendix VI: 'First calendar' (now so called) of the university, 1833.p. 244.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^"University terms to be renamed?".Newcastle University. 25 February 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2007.
- ^Barbados and the Windwards.Vol. 23. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1878. p. 490.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^"In Sierra Leone Fourah Bay College Turns 190".Sierra Express Media.18 February 2017.
The academic year then was divided into three terms beginning with the Michaelmas, Easter and Epiphany terms quite different from what prevails today; College sessions today are divided into two sessions – First and Second semesters. As a Durham University College overseas the names of the three terms reflected the Durham system of nomenclature.
- ^"Current Calendar".Sierra Leone Law School.Retrieved29 July2018.
- ^Hobart College, Geneva, Ontario County.Vol. 5. New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. 1878.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^American Church Almanac and Year Book.1899.
- ^W. Brown Patterson (2009).The Liberal Arts at Sewanee.Lulu.com. p. 44.ISBN9780918769589.
- ^Catalogue and Announcements.University of the South. 1920. p. 6.
- ^"General Theological Seminary Catalog Academic Year 2017-2018"(PDF).General Theological Seminary.Retrieved29 July2018.