The Hellenic Studies Program, in collaboration with Douglas College, is pleased to offer a field school to the cradle of western civilization, Greece.
Students will spend two weeks in the Greek capital of Athens, home of democracy, philosophy, and theatre. Today Athens contains some of the world's richest museums (The Archaeological Museum) and site of the Acropolis, Parthenon, and Acropolis Museum, where ideas of classicism, democratic sovereignty, imperialism, and cultural appropriation can be fruitfully explored. Accommodations in the Greek capital are at the American College in Greece - DEREE, a modern campus located on the slopes of Mt. Hymetos.
Students will then travel to the Aegean island of Lesvos, where they will stay for the remainder of the field school. The island of Lesvos is the third largest in Greece and has played host to important developments in Greek history and culture since antiquity. Home to Archaic era poets Alcaeus, Arion, and Sappho and the historian Theophrastos, the island was known in antiquity as a place of refinement. The island has passed under Roman, Byzantine, Genoese, and Ottoman rule, and was host to the legendary pirate admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa.
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Students will take three courses (ten credits), taught by the field school director and SFU Hellenic Studies professor Dimitris Krallis and Julian Brooks, an instructor in the Department of History at Douglas College. HS / HIST 277-3: History of Greek Civilization HS 303-4: ST: The Greek City: The Laboratory of Civilization HS 216-3: STT: War & Society |
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Early March |
Mandatory Pre-Departure Orientation Session |
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May 6 |
Study in Greece |
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June 24 |
End of Program |
*These dates are provided as guidelines and are subject to change.
