The Berlin Program
UC IN BERLIN 2008
A STUDY TOUR OF GERMANY'S
NEW/OLD CAPITAL
DATES
September 1-12, 2008
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15-GRMN-174 / 174H
COST just $2,000!
Includes – roundtrip group airfare from Cincinnati, lodging in Berlin, breakfasts, all local transportation (taxis, light rail), day trips to Potsdam and Dresden, museum admissions, tours etc.
Berlin is a city of contrasts. It has served as the capital of Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the German Democratic Republic, and now the reunified Federal Republic of Germany. During the cold war, the wall that ran through the middle of the city was the most powerful symbol of the division between East and West. On the night of November 9, 1989, the dismantling of that same wall became the symbol of the end one era and the beginning of another. Today, Berlin is the capital of a reunified Germany and is undergoing a massive rebuilding campaign that places it firmly at the center of a new Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.
Berlin’s diverse culture offers something for everyone, from symphonies and operas to techno, from classical theater to avant-garde cabaret, from world-class museums to small art galleries, from 18th-century palaces to the modern shopping arcades of Potsdamer Platz.
ITINERARY
While in Berlin, we receive personally guided tours of – Berlin’s historic center, Jewish Berlin, the new Government District, and sites connected with WWII and the Cold War (East / West). We will visit several of Berlin’s world-class museums. -- Ample free time will be given to allow participants to explore Berlin on their own – theater, music of all kinds . . . classical to rock . . . as well as explorations of Berlin’s legendary nightlife . . . and shopping, of course. -- A day-long excursion to Dresden in Saxony allows participants to sample another capital city. The daytrip to Potsdam gives students connects them to the Prussian past in a smaller town.
COURSE CREDIT TAUGHT ENTIRELY IN ENGLISH ! !
Students from whatever major / whatever college at UC receive credit for Survey of German Culture IV (15-GRMN-174) during Fall Quarter 2008. In addition to fieldwork in Berlin, an independent project is required (to be completed by December2008).
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available on a competitive basis from Global Studies (up to $500), the Taft Foundation (up to $2000), and from German Studies.
YEARS PAST
Check out students' "Sights of and Insights
into Berlin" from past trips.
APPLICATION
Print the application
and submit it by May 1, 2008 to either Professor Richard Schade, Department
of German Studies, Old Chemistry 734 or the department office (Old Chemistry 733). You may also email the application to Richard Schade.
QUESTIONS
For further information, please contact the tour director, Richard Schade, at Richard.Schade@uc.edu or 556-2756
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