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How to Apply
Rice students currently in their freshmen, sophomore, and junior years are eligible to apply for this course. Preference will be given to upperclassmen and students with a background in classical studies.
To apply submit a recent transcript and a one page single-spaced statement detailing your reasons for wishing to participate in the course. Deliver this material to Leticia Gonzales, Department Coordinator, Department of Classical Studies, Rayzor Hall 207.
Application Deadline:
1 December 2007
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Logistics
The course runs eighteen days, from Tuesday, 6 May to Saturday, 24 May 2008. Students who participate in the course will earn three credits from either the Department of Classical Studies(CLAS 321) or the Department of Art History(HART 318).
The cost of the course will be about $2200. This includes round trip airfare on Air France from Houston, George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Rome, Fiumicino Airport; ground transfers, accommodations for 16 nights in the Albergo del Sole, a family-run pensione centrally located in Rome; two dinners; and site and museum entrance fees. The remaining meals and entertainment are excluded in order to give you greater control over your budget.
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Overview
This two-week course will introduce you to the major monuments of Rome and Campania. We will be in class almost every day from 9-5, focusing not only on the history and functions of these monuments in antiquity but also on how their meaning and representation has changed and evolved in the post-classical world.
Rome is known as the eternal city, a title that conjures an image of static monumentality. We, however, will look at Rome as an evolving and dynamic place in antiquity and in later periods. In addition to providing an overview of the ancient city from its mythic foundations to the High Empire, we will reveal how ancient Rome has been constantly remade and redefined by changing political, social, and urban forces. A short trip to Campania will allow us to explore how these issues played out in Rome provincial towns.
While in Rome you will be expected to participate in on-site discussions, give oral presentations alone and in groups, and maintain a journal in which you reflect on the topics covered each day.
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