Arrival in Berlin  

Check in at Hotel Sylter Hof 

1400    Initial meeting 2:00 pm. Room 3

1445    Walking tour of the neighborhood to Wittenberg Platz,                          Kaufhof des Westens (KaDeWe), the Kaiser Wilhelm                          Memorial Church, Berlin Infostore in the Europa center,                        Kurfürstendamm, and Bahnhof Zoo. Purchase of weekly                      transportation passes, city maps, visit to local bank for                      purchase of Euros.       
          
1800    Dinner together in Savigny Platz at San Remo (included in                  program fee) then free time and  walk/bus back to Hotel                                 Sylter Hof

Day 2                         Sunday, 12-30-07

900    Meeting in lobby, Hotel    
915    Departure “Big Berlin Tour” by bus (Severin & Kuehn)                         Highlights of the capital with the Government                                          area, with a stop at the Brandenburger Gate. This tour will                 show you the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church,                                 Europe-Centre, Bauhaus Museum, New National Gallery,                 Philharmonic Hall, Potsdam Square/Sony-Center, Jewish                 Museum, Gendarmenmarkt, Alexander Square,                                 St.-Nicolai-Quarter, City Hall of Berlin, TV-Tower, the Berlin                 Cathedral, Zeughaus, State Opera, Boulevard ”Unter den                 Linden”, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Goverment Area                     Chancellery, Tiergarten, Bellevue Palace, Siegessäule,                     Charlottenburg Palace, Olympic Stadium, Grunewald Forest,            Radio Tower, ICC, Kurfürstendamm

1300 Lunch following city tour in Kurfürstendamm area (on your own)  
1500 Departure from Hotel for concert 

1600 Johann Strauss New Year’s Concert at the Konzerthaus on the Gendarmenmarkt

900-1000 Class, Room 3, Sylter Hof   Language instruction  

1000 -1100 Discussion of initial impressions of Berlin and projects  

1300-1800   Walk to the Zeughaus, Schloßplatz, Museum Island,         Weihnachtsmarkt  (coffee and Glühwein) and then free time. 

1300 Assignment: Ladd, “Brandenburg Gate,” pp. 70-81; “The             Reichstag,” pp. 84-96.  

1400 Departure for German Historical Museum and then either to         the Alte  Nationalgalerie or to the Altes Museum (both on Museum     Island)  

900-950        Language instruction

1000             Discussion, Brian Ladd, “Berlin Walls,” pp. 7-39; “Jewish Berlin,” pp. 110-114.

                     Introduction to Verdi, “Rigoletto” (gms)

1200-1330     Guided tour of the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate

1330     Walk to Pariser Platz, “Berlin Story” book store, Berlin memorabilia

1800             Departure from hotel for opera.

1900             Komische Oper Giuseppe Verdi, “Rigoletto”

900-950  Introduction to Friedrich Schiller/Jena (ab)

                   Goethe/Weimar (gms)

10:00 Peter Monnerjahn on German youth, current attitudes

1030  Departure from Hotel for the Jewish Museum (Daniel Libeskind)

1100 Guided Tour, Jewish Museum then choice of

      a. stay on at the Museum

      b. accompany Anna Baker to the Neue Synagoge and Scheunenviertel

      c. accompany gms to the Turkish quarter along Oranientstr.   Or

Day 7                         Friday, January 4, 2008

0700 Transfer by bus (Severin and Kuehn) from Hotel to Hauptbahnhof

0753  Departure for Jena with ICE, Hauptbahnhof

1004 Arrival in Jena and walk to Hotel Gasthof “zur Schweiz                Quergasse 15, 07743 Jena       
    Tel: (3641) 52 05 0     www.zur-schweiz.de 

1300   Meeting Dr. Juergen Hendrich at University main building

      Presentation, Jena University       
        Visit to University buildings and Library 

1600   Individual sightseeing 

0900 Meeting Dr. Juergen Hendrich (Auslandsamt, University of Jena) for a

            Historical Sightseeing Tour, Jena

            Visit to the “Schillerhaus”

1200 Lunch

1300 Individual sightseeing 

900 Depart hotel by bus for Buchenwald, audio tour and

1100 Depart Buchenwald for Weimar

1130 Lunch Weimar

1300 Tour of the “Goethehaus”  and walking tour of Weimar (Frau Jane Obst)

Day 10           Monday, January 7, 2008

1100 Discussion of the “Wende” and reunification

Review Brian Ladd, Ghosts of Berlin, “From Bonn to Berlin,” pp. 224-234  “Divided  Berlin,” pp. 175-192. Peter Schneider, The Wall Jumper

1400 Dr. Barbara Gügold, “East –West Feeling in Germany” Humboldt University at the Institute for International Education of Students (IES), Johannes Str 6

Day 11           Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Day trip to Potsdam
Assignment: DK Eyewitness, pp. 191-205, esp. pp. 199-201. BRING DK EYEWITNESS Guide

830 Departure from Hotel for Potsdam by chartered bus (Severin & Kuehn)  

930 Visit to Schloss Sanssouci, guided tour  

1030-1130 Coffee break, Dutch Quarter in Potsdam 

1210 Schloss Cecilienhof (Potsdam Conference, 1945), guided         tour  

Free time in Potsdam, return on own via S-Bahn
 or return with the bus to Berlin after the tour of the Cecilienhof. 

Afternoon, evening: free time in Potsdam and/or projects in Berlin

Day 12           Wednesday, January 9, 2008 

900 Class: discussion of projects 

1030    Margaret Nelson Spethmann and Sara: Dealing with the         Past: the Berlin Schloss (Royal Palace); Brian Ladd, Ghosts of         Berlin pp 47-70 on the Royal Palace

1230 Afternoon and evening free for project and individual                     sightseeing. Suggestions to  be made.

1800 Leave Hotel for Berlin Alexanderplatz, Nicolai Quarter and         dinner (prepaid) at

Day 13           Thursday, January 10, 2008

700 depart hotel for Berliner Ensemble (Brecht’s theater)

915 Depart from Hotel for the Berliner Ensemble (Brecht’s theater)

1000-1130  Guided tour by Herr Riemann of the Theater

1130-1300 Discussion of Brecht’s Threepenny Opera at nearby         restaurant. 

Day 14           Friday, January 11, 2008
 
900-1015 Introduction to the musical “Cabaret” and discussion of         projects  

1030     Departure from Hotel for the Neue Nationalgalerie

1100-1200  Guided tour of the permanent 20^th Century collection,         Neue Nationalgalerie 

1830 Theater, Bar jeder Vernunft for light supper and “Cabaret”

Day 15           Saturday, January 12, 2008        

900-1100 Class and interim reports, class projects. To be                     submitted: Proposal with thesis statement, Outline and annotated     blibliography of projects

1100  Free time with attractive choices, suggestions

    Charlottenburg; Film Museum; Fernsehturm; shopping; Olympic         Stadium, Film Museum, Sachsenhausen, Sony Center,                     Gemaeldegalerie, Flee Market, Treptower Park (Soviet War             Memorial), Turkish community in Kreuzberg  

1900 Abschiedsfeier/Dinner, Meinecke X Restaurant, Meinecke str.     (included in program fee) 

Day 16           Sunday, January 13, 2008          

Departure, Tegel Airport (Taxi or Bus 109 from Bhf Zoo)