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Modern Greece is a treasure trove of archeological sites, monuments, and museums.
For a taste, visit the Hellenic Ministry of Culture's Interactive Culture Map,
or the Greece page of the UNESCO World Heritage List. It's an incredible legacy,
involving enormous preservation challenges, and huge tourism profits! Some 16 million
tourists flock to Greece every year. Not quite tourists, but just as passionate about Hellas,
are students and scholars coming for research, working at renowned centers like The American
School of Classical Studies in Athens. Dating back to 1881, the ASCS is the third oldest
archeological institute in Greece, and is located next door to The British School.
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This six-credit program lasts five weeks, and is taught in English. You will be introduced to Greece's major historic sites,
and key monuments of art, architecture, and archaeology, spending much of your class time "in the field" and inside museums.
You'll explore the full spectrum of Greece's material culture and history, from archaic through classical to Byzantine and
early Ottoman periods. In the process, you'll strengthen your skills in analyzing and interpreting material culture, and addressing
challenges of historical reconstruction and presentation.
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In the first half of the course, you'll travel about central and southern Greece, studying sites,
monuments and material in Athens, Crete, the Argolid, and the Peloponnese. |
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In the second half of the course, you'll continue your travels in northern Greece, including study visits to Delphi,
Thessaloniki, and the monastery at Meteora. |
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At several points in the course you'll have Athens as your "home base," giving you the opportunity to get to know
its world-class collections, like those in the National Archaeological Museum, the Agora Museum, the Byzantine Museum, and the Benaki.
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You will have three professors guiding you throughout the course, whose specialties range from ancient Greek through
Byzantine history: Dylan Bloy (Gettysburg College), Gary Farney (Rutgers University-Newark), and Stephen Reinert
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Application timetable: |
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Applications should be received by April 1. |
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July 6, 2009 - August 9, 2009 |
| Cost (Summer 2009) |
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$5,195 |
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$6,195 |
Tuition, fees, housing, excursions, and basic medical
insurance are included in this fee.
Travel, food, major medical insurance, and all personal
expenses are not included in this fee.
For more information on program costs, please click here
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This course is special in that your "Local Scene" is nearly the entire country of Greece!
Unlike other summer courses based in a single location, you'll be itinerant -- students on the move, notebooks in hand --
from site to site, museum to museum, with stops here and there so you can enjoy the beaches, and relax by night in the local tavernas.
En route you'll experience the full spectrum of Greek life, from tiny mountain villages in the Peloponnese
(which seem hardly changed since Ottoman times), to the hustle and bustle of Athens, with its brand new subway and exciting night spots like
"The Plaka" and "Kolonaki." You'll even get to know some of the islands, and thus get a feel for sailing through the Aegean.
Your lodgings throughout the course will vary from carefully chosen hotels, when outside of Athens, and shared rooms with kitchens when
settled in Athens. You'll be eating in local Greek tavernas and restaurants, sampling a cuisine not only certifiably
"heart-friendly," but simple and delicious. (Thick yogurt with orange-blossom honey for breakfast? You'll come to love it!).
And with any luck you'll get to know some of the locals, who'll find your interest in their country and history an immediate, genuine common
bond. As the Greeks say ... "kalo taxidi!" ("Have a great trip!").
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