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Pre-departure Information

The 2007 Faculty Director of the Athens Program is Dr. Christopher Johnstone, Associate Professor of Rhetoric in the department of Communication Arts and Sciences and chair of the faculty committee that coordinates the Athens Program. Dr. Johnstone is a specialist in the origins and early development of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, and in the architecture of classical oratorical settings. He has articles and chapters on Greek speaking sites, the philosophy of Aristotle and Socrates, and Greek rhetorical theory, and is the editor of Theory, Text, Context: Issues in Greek Rhetoric and Oratory. He served as Faculty Director of the 1991, 1997, and 2002 Athens Programs.

An information session about the 2007 program will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in 410 Boucke Bldg. Come learn about the program from the Faculty Director and former student participants.

Scheduled Course Offerings

CAS/CAMS 499: Communicating in Classical Contexts (3 credits) -- Dr. Christopher Johnstone.
This course examines the role of speech, oratory, and conversation in the civic and private lives of the ancient Greeks. Daily life in Athens and elsewhere during the Classical period will be reconstructed from archaeological and textual evidence, and the roles and contexts of speech will be investigated. Includes field trips within Athens and to other sites throughout Greece.

CAS/CAMS/PHIL 499: Wisdom and Words in Early Greek Thought (3 credits) -- Dr. Christopher Johnstone.
This course examines the idea of wisdom and its connections with speech and writing as these evolved through the mythopoeic tradition of the poets, the teachings and writings of the Presocratic philosophers and the Older Sophists, and the teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

ART HIST/CAMS/HIST 499: Archaeology of Ancient Greece (3 credits: Dr. Steven Diamant - Athens Centre) A survey of the major historical monuments and sites, from the prehistoric period to Classical times. Includes field trips.

GREEK 099: Modern Greek Language and Culture (3 credits: Athens Centre Staff) An intensive introduction to spoken modern Greek designed to enable students to use the language in their daily contact with the Greek people.

HIST/CAMS 399: Byzantine Greece (3 credits: Dr. Vasso Penna - Athens Centre) A survey of medieval Greece from the collapse of the western Roman Empire, through the rise of the Byzantine Empire, to the Ottoman conquest of the 15th century. Includes field trips.

2007 Program Calendar

Arrival Date: Thursday, January 11
Orientation: Friday-Saturday, January 12-13
Welcome Dinner: Friday, January 12
Classes Begin: Monday, January 15
Spring Break: Saturday, March 10-Sunday, March 18
Easter Break: Friday, April 6-Monday, April 9
Classes End: Monday, April 30
Exams: Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3
Farewell Dinner: Friday, May 4
Move Out: Saturday, May 5 by noon

2007 FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE

Download the Field Trip Schedule as a Word document