HIST 287 - Supervised Study Abroad: Athens

(CLAS 287) FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014

Prerequisite: Permission of department. Classics, art history, and/or studio in Greece. The credits may be distributed in any way between art and classics, or three credits may be earned in an approved independent study course in any department, including classics.

Spring 2014 Topic:

HIST 287 (CLAS 287): Supervised Study Abroad: Athens: Nation in Ruins: Ancient Heritage and The Making of The Modern Nation-State. (4) Spring Term Abroad. Prerequisite: Permission of the department. The focus of this interdisciplinary course is the role that ancient heritage plays in shaping the modem nation-state of Greece. After one week of preliminary coursework on campus, we spend three weeks in Athens, Greece, exploring the relationship between the past and present through trips to archaeology sites, museums, and historic neighborhoods. Topics include the art and archaeology of Greece, modem Greek history, the role of foreign schools of archaeology, the socio-political role of museums and archaeology sites, antiquities and the “branding” of national identity, and the relationship between Romanticism in Europe and the creation of the modem Greek national identity. Students will design and carry out group projects in Greece. (HU) Laughy, Gildner