2009 Director: Chad Wellmon
2007 & 2008 Director: Dean Gordon Stewart
Assistant Director: Anna Baker
| The purpose of this program is to introduce American students to the rich, diverse, and problematic history of Germany as centered in Berlin and reflected in its life today. The approach, in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary assessment of Berlin's past and present, weaves together art, literature, political and social history, architecture and city planning. Readings, both primary and secondary, are coordinated with the daily activities to provide background, context, and access to the numerous sites being visited. It's an impossible expectation to capture nearly eight hundred years of fascinating and sometimes turbulent history and culture in a brief interval such as a J-Term course. At the same time such a course provides a unique opportunity, unavailable to students in Charlottesville, to experience and to appreciate the central place Berlin occupies in the European past, present, and future. Welcome to the challenge of making the most of an opportunity to broaden one's horizons while exploring one's own sense of values and beliefs along the way! |
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Interested in seeing all of our
adventures in Berlin last year? Take a look at our itineraries from past J-Terms: Curious about what the 2007 and 2008 J-Termers accomplished? Peruse the various Student Projects and prepare to be impressed! Students interested in applying for next year's program, please go to the International Studies Office website. |
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