June 18 - July 19, 2012
12 credits: Honors Interdisciplinary Studies and Honors Humanities (Variation of credits may be available per preapproval with your department)
All UW students are welcome to apply, priority given to College/Interdisciplinary and Departmental Honors students.
Information Session: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Thomson 317
About the Program
Rome is a legendary crossroads of ancient and modern cultures, its history defined by the monuments of the imperial past and the magnificence of the Roman Catholic Church. Every culture builds identity based on its own unique, individual history, yet truly blossoms only on contact with other cultures. This summer Honors students will investigate this 'intercultural blossoming' in Rome, Venice, and Florence based on the exchange of learning, knowledge, and cultural values through the channels of migration, history, and art.
The course will include excursions to main historical sites of the city with instruction in both ancient and contemporary art in Rome and the surrounding area. A sampling of excursions may include: the Pantheon, Vatican City, the Colosseum, Contemporary Art Museum, the Forum, and Ostia Antica. Rome is centrally located and the class will take advantage of day and over night trips to Florence and Venice.
Partnerships
This study abroad is based at the UW Rome Center, housed in the 17th century Palazzo Pio in the heart of historic Rome - the Campo de' Fiori. This piazza is an open-air fruit and vegetable market by day and a gathering place by night. The Rome Center provides classroom space, computer lab, library, logistical assistance, and access to support staff and events such as film night, cooking classes and lectures by local guest speakers. For more information about the UW Rome Center, see their website at: http://depts.washington.edu/roma/
Academic Credit / Program Components
Students will receive 12 credits total. Credits will fulfill Honors Core requirements (Interdisciplinary and Humanities). Other credits may be applicable depending on individual research projects. (Alternative credit may be available to students outside of the Honors Program; this must be arranged in advance with your departmental advisers)
Migration, Markets, and Minorities in the New Europe (5 credits)
In this course we explore historical and contemporary migrations across the Mediterranean. Through readings, discussions, films, guest lecturers, and fieldtrips we study diverse types of migration (refugees, asylum seekers, and labor migrants from all over the world). Immigrant integration and multiculturalism with particular attention to ethnic, national, gender, and religious differences will be discussed, as will increasing efforts to control migration into Europe. Students will work on team projects, in consultation with the professors, throughout the course and present their research during the last week of the program in Rome.
Art and subtext in the fabric of Rome from Ancient to Modern (5 credits)
This course will be structured around visits to the major art and architectural sites of Rome. Students will examine the evolution in Roman visual culture and identify the common connecting threads of this rich historical location. Recent art historical readings and on-site discussions will facilitate this journey through Rome's past from Augustus to Mussolini.
Independent Research (2 credits)
Independent and group research projects related to core courses.
Housing in Rome
Students will be housed in apartments near the Rome Center.
Program Staff
Directors
Resat Kasaba, Professor and Chair, International Studies
Read more: http://faculty.washington.edu/kasaba/
Kathie Friedman, Associate Professor, International Studies
Read more: http://jewdub.org/faculty/kathie-friedman/
Assistant
Lauren Easterling is pursuing a Master's in Art History and is Professional Staff in the UW Study Abroad Office. She has taught courses in Rome and has extensive knowledge of the Rome Center, the city of Rome, and, more broadly, the Italian language and culture. She served as the Rome Center intern during the last year of her undergraduate degree. In spring of 2010 she was the teaching assistant for the Art History in Rome Seminar.
Program Expenses
This program will cost approximately $5,300 per student. Course costs include UWRC student fees, accommodations, classroom and library use, field trips and excursions, admission fees to all museums and exhibits, and some group meals. Students do not pay additional for tuition, equivalent tuition costs are included in the $5,300. Course fee does not include an IP&E concurrent enrollment fee ($275); airfare ($900-$1,600 roundtrip, depending on when and where you buy your ticket); food (about $20-40 per day), and personal spending money.
The Financial Aid office can provide student loans for not only the cost of the course, but also travel, food, and other related costs, such as travel after the class is over, provided you are a fulltime student. In addition, short-term loans are available to cover pre-travel expenses.
Payment Schedule (in development)
IP&E will automatically charge student accounts for all program payments and fees.
Financial Aid
Students may use their regular financial aid and scholarship funds for study abroad. The exception is any scholarship in the form of a tuition waiver. Tuition waivers cannot be used to pay study abroad program fees. You may want to check with the Office of Student Financial Aid in Schmitz Hall for more information.
There are funding opportunities through the Global Opportunities Program, and the Office of International Programs and Exchanges also maintains a funding opportunities list.
Refund Policy
A $350 deposit is required at the time of acceptance. This $350 deposit is non-refundable. Any student withdrawing from the program within 4 months of the program start date will be responsible for a minimum of 25% of the total program fee. In addition, there may be other unrecoverable fixed program costs. Any student withdrawing from the program within 2 months of the program start date will be responsible for 50% of the total program fee. Any student withdrawing from the program within 1 month of the program start date will be responsible for 75% of the total program fee. Withdrawal after a program begins involves the loss of the entire program fee.
Once accepted to the program in order to formally withdraw, you must do the following, in writing:
- Contact the program directors.
- Submit a signed IPE Withdrawal Form to the UW Office of International Programs and Exchanges.
- Provide notice in writing to the program director that you will no longer be participating in the program for which you have signed a contract and accepted a slot.
- Your withdrawal date is considered the date (business day) your withdrawal paperwork is received by the UW Office of International Programs and Exchanges.
Getting There
To Rome
Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Rome. Act quickly to reserve the lowest fares; you may wish to explore budget fares offered on websites such as Travelocity and Expedia, as well as Council Travel on the Ave.
Within Italy
Students and instructors will take several excursions outside of Rome. Possible excursions include Florence, Orvieto, Sienna, and Naples. The program fee covers these group travel expenses. Students will also have some opportunities to travel on their own for two or three day-jaunts.
All participants must have a passport that is valid for not only for the duration of the program, but for 6 months after the program ends. It may take as long as six weeks to obtain or renew a passport.
Application Instructions
Selection to the program is competitive and acceptance into the program will be decided based on application materials, interviews, and student's demonstrated motivation to challenge themselves intellectually across academic disciplines and cultures and to work both individually and in groups.
The Rome faculty and the Honors Program will determine final acceptance. Students applying after the deadline will be admitted on a space-available basis.
For More Information
For more information about the program components, please contact:
- Resat Kasaba, kasaba@uw.edu
- Kathy Friedman, friedman@uw.edu
- Lauren Easterling, laurenee@uw.edu
For questions regarding credits, contact Julie Villegas, villegas@uw.edu
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