Greece

SUMMER 2014

Seminar Dates: TBD

HIS291: History of Ancient and Modern Greek Culture and Religion
HIS691/EDU History of Ancient and Modern Greek Culture and Religion (Graduate Education Track)

Four first-hand weeks of learning in Greece and the Aegean
The History Department's intensive, exciting four-week exploration of ancient and modern Greek culture, art, life and worship is led by Dr. Wick, Gordon's professor of ancient and classical history  and involves students in classroom study and travel in Greece and Turkey. We will focus on ancient history, culture and landscape; New Testament backgrounds and historical culture; modern orthodox, secular and protestant cultures in Greece.

ACADEMICS

All students will take HIS291 History of Ancient and Modern Greek Culture and Christianity. Research projects and course journals can focus on one of the three areas listed below.

• The Cultures of Ancient Greece:  Prehistoric/ancient/Hellenistic Greek history, art, archeology, Roman Greece, the Byzantine world, Greece and Islam

• Paul, the New Testament Greek World and early Christianity:  The sites and cultural flavor of Paul's missionary ventures, the early Church in Greece, the rise and culture of Greek Orthodox Christianity

• A Cross-Cultural Study of some aspect of Modern Greek Life:  Including modern Greek business life, family culture, contemporary urban life in Greece, interaction with the cultures of Eastern Europe and Islam

Fulfills Global Understanding Core when taken with COR210 and 211 through the GEO. Lab Fees apply. See details below.

HIS291 2013 Program Information (PDF)

LOCATIONS

Athens—Orientation and Introduction
The Aegean—Travel in the Greek islands
Athens & Southern Greece
Northern Greece, Macedonia—Katerini (or Leptokaria) & Thessaloniki

COURSE FORMAT

• Informal lectures
• Visits to
  
  • historic sites
  • modern family households
  • businesses
  • churches
• A variety of special interest readings
• Class discussions
• Course journals
• A research paper based on a focus area (ancient or modern)

Learning experiences will move with the group as it travels, mixing the flow and details of ancient Greek history with aspects of the New Testament story of Paul and the contemporary currents that form modern Greece.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2014

Please note, applications will be considered for acceptance in the order received.

• Complete online application (link available to Gordon students only)
• Email david.wickgordon.edu and geogordon.eduexplaining:
  • Which of the three tracks you want to pursue.
  • Identify the professor/supervisor/clergy/etc. who will be sending in a recommendation for you.
• Submit a non-refundable $30 application fee
• Submit a $450 program deposit (deposit will be returned if course does not run or if student in not accepted)

Non-Gordon students interested in applying to HIS291 click on link at upper left.

COURSE REGISTRATION

Registration for international seminars is handled by the GEO. After accepted students have paid their deposit to the GEO, the GEO will send a list of the seminar participants to the Registrar’s office.

GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING CORE CREDIT

Students wishing to fulfill Global Understanding core through participation in the Greece Seminar must:

• Participate in COR210 New Perspectives in Global Understanding 1 (0-credit) in APRIL 2014. Lab fees apply.
• Participate in COR211 New Perspectives in Global Understanding 2 (0-credit) in SEPTEMBER 2014

Pre-Departure: COR210 New Perspectives in Global Understanding 1 is a 1-day seminar class held in April the semester before departure. For students going studying internationally questions regarding the interpretation of cultural difference, ethnocentrism, and culture’s shaping of behaviour and values are not “academic” questions. They will soon be lived reality. This course equips students to reflect purposefully upon the theory and praxis of what it means to be citizen-sojourners.

Re-Entry: COR211 New Perspectives in Global Understanding is a 1-day retreat in September upon return to campus. This course equips students to ask the deeper questions of their global experience and d take up the challenge of being a citizen-sojourner.

Students will be sent the link for COR210/211 Registration with their acceptance information.

Contact GEO for further details.

COST

Program costs include: tuition, airfare, site fees, meals and lodgings, totaling approximately $4,800-$4990 (to be finalized costs may depending on the airline's fees for fuel insurance and the value of the dollar against the euro).

A $30 non-refundable application fee and a $450 program deposit** must accompany the application and. The remainder will be billed to student accounts. Full details available from Student Financial Services. (**The program deposit will be refunded if the course does not run or if the student is not accepted.)