Summer Program in Berlin

New English-Language IU Program

Summer Course in Berlin, Germany

The Basics

Location: In the very heart of Berlin Time: Four weeks, June 3 – 30, 2012 Course: "Sites of Memory: Berlin, 1871 to the Present" Instructor: Michel Chaouli, Assoc. Professor of Germanic Studies, IUB Size: 15–20 IU students Course info: German E-371, 3 credits, all readings and discussions in English, no knowledge of German required

Requirements: The program counts towards IUB College of Arts and Sciences "Arts & Humanities" requirement and the "World Languages & Cultures" part of the General Education requirement, as well as departmental requirements Cost: $4,138 (Indiana residents); $4,438 (non-residents); includes academic fees, outings, lodging, health insurance, and some meals; financial aid available Application deadline: Feb. 6, 2012 (Apply here) Click here for more details

The City
Berlin is hailed by many as the most exciting metropolis in Europe, with a thriving art and music scene, extraordinary museums, and a boisterous, never-ending street life. Young people flock here from all over the world. It is also a stimulating, engaging, and at times unsettling place. If you want to get a measure of both the promise and the perils that European societies hold today, there is no better place to visit.
The Program
Starting next summer, Indiana University will offer a four-week English-language summer course in Berlin, taught by IU faculty and tailored to IU students. The city will not merely be the setting for the course, but in many ways its key subject. Students will have ample time to explore on their own. Lodging will be in a modern hostel in the city center.
The Course
"Sites of Memory" aims to think of the city not merely as a cluster of streets and buildings, but as a historical text. Like every city, Berlin does not live in the present alone. It consists of many historical layers that often react to one another in unexpected ways.
The course examines the ways Berlin commemorates the past and imagines the future. It also reflects on the deeper question of the roles that memory and forgetting play in modern societies, through readings, discussions, film screenings, meetings with notable figures, and by experiencing the city first hand.
More information at bit.ly/summerinberlin