Greece

Deadline for Applications Extended to February 28!

Summer 2009

HI291: History of Ancient and Modern Greek Culture and Religion

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 partners Dr. Wick, Gordon's professor of ancient and classical history with Dr. David and Elizabeth Sparks of the Greek Center for Biblical Studies, involving 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.

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. See a Course Schedule available as download.

Preliminary Course Schedule HI 291 (DOC)