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University of Washington Honors Program in Rome


2004 Program Calendar
Week One 1 of 5

Monday, August 23
  Morning:
 
10:00am: Students arrive at UW Rome Center and check into apartments
 
   
  Late Afternoon
 
3:00pm: Orientation to UWRC and other logistics for living in Rome; walking tour of Campo de’ Fiori environs
 
   
  Evening Event
 
4:00pm Introduction to sociology
 
   
Tuesday, August 24
  Art History
 
Roman Forum; Arch of Titus; sack lunch on the Palatine Hill; Column, Forum, and markets of Trajan

*Discussion topics: imperial ideology; the Roman basilica; the role of the Roman triumph and its pervading imagery (the arch), political propaganda and emmulation

Presentations: JE, MW, ZX, (JM)

 
   
  Sociology
 
Guest speaker: Pierpaolo Mudu, Researcher, Interdepartmental Centre for Studies on the Population and Society of Rome. Lecture: “Foreign Immigrants in Contemporary Rome: An Exploration of Their Social Geography”
 
   
Wednesday, August 25
  Art History
 
Museo Nazionale Romano at Palazzo Massimo

*Discussion topics: ancient sculpture, styles and patterns; portraiture; Augustinian agenda. Possible group exercise on site.

Presentations: MB, (SF)

 
   
  Sociology
 
Social stratification: social class and regionalism
 
   
  Evening Events
 
Group Dinner in apartment 422!!
 
   
Thursday, August 26
  Art History
 
Field Trip to Herculaneum / Pompeii with tour guide, Valerie Higgins

*Discussion topics: domestic life – insula and the Roman atrium house; public and private space - bathing, theatre, and games in ancient Roman society;strategies for interior decoration, intro to ancient Roman painting.

Presentations: KW, LD, (AS, CF)
 
   
  Evening Events
 
Overnight in Pompeii at the Hotel Villa of the Mysteries
 
   
Friday, August 27
  Morning:
 
Depart for Naples
 
   
  Sociology
 
The visible social order of Naples; Group lunch

Afternoon: Resume sociological exploration of Naples

 
   
  Evening Events
 
Overnight in Naples at the Hotel Sansevero
 
   
Saturday, August 28
  Art History
 
Naples Archaeological Museum

*Discussion topics: Role of women in ancient Rome

Presentations: ACB
 
   
  Evening Events
 
Return to Rome

Option for students to return on own
 
   
Sunday, August 29