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University of Florida Study Abroad November 20-29, 2005

Bavarians like to refer to Munich as the secret “cultural capital” of Germany. The UF Munich program will focus on the 19th and 20th-century history of the country, as reflected in a number of existing sites in this city, as well as providing an opportunity to explore its outstanding scientific, technical, historical and art museums. Professor Geoffrey Giles, who recently spent a year living in Munich, will act as teacher and guide.

Field trips are included to Neuschwanstein Castle (the model for Disney World’s Cinderella’s Castle), to the historic city of Regensburg (largely undamaged by World War Two bombing), and to the Dachau concentration camp.

Some crucial events in Munich’s 20th-century history took place in its beer halls such as the Hofbräuhaus, so visits will need to be made to a couple of these (—they also sell alcohol-free beer these days, if you wish!). It’s not quite the Oktoberfest, but Thanksgiving Day sees the opening of the Tollwood Festival on the same huge meadow where the Oktoberfest takes place. It’s more about pop music and theater than simply drinking, though there will be big beer tents and Christmas partying there. Our last weekend coincides with the opening of the famous Christmas Market around the Town Hall, with a wide array of handicrafts. The final day of the course will bring the option of a free day for shopping and further sightseeing, or a train ride across the Austrian border to Salzburg, which also has a Christmas market.

2005 Program fee: Undergraduates $775; Graduates $1,035

Fee includes: Tuition for one 2-credit course, nine nights’ lodging with breakfast, a welcome and a farewell dinner, local transportation in Munich, field trip transportation outside Munich, and admission fees.

The fee does not include airfare, which should be approx. $600-750 round trip. Students will make their own arrangements for this, to arrive in Munich on the morning of Sunday, 20 November. The return flight will be on Tuesday, 29 November, in order to avoid the usual post-Thanksgiving chaos in American airports. Letters will be provided for each student, requesting their other professors to release them from their classes on the days missed.

Bright Futures scholarships may be applied toward the cost of the program

HIGHLIGHTS

Visit the sites of:

• The Socialist revolution of 1918

• The assassination of the Bavarian prime minister in 1919

• Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch of 1923

• The arrest and trial of the White Rose student resistance group against Hitler

• The headquarters buildings of the Nazi Party

• Socialist and Communist opposition to the Nazis

Explore

• The palatial villas of the turn-of-the-century artists Lenbach and von Stuck

• The royal palace of the Bavarian kings in Munich

• King Ludwig II’s castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau

• The medieval town center of Regensburg, home of the Reichstag until 1806

• The concentration camp at Dachau

COURSE OFFERING

HIS 4956 The Sites of German History in Munich

Taught by Professor Geoffrey Giles for 2 UF credits.

For history majors, this course will count toward the major, and toward the European history requirement.

Eligibility:

The program is designed as a course enhancement unit for Professor Giles’s German history courses (EUH 4463 & EUH 4464). Due to the high demand for places expected, preference will be given to students who have taken either of these classes, or Prof. Giles’s History of the Holocaust class (EUH 3033). However, other students will also be accepted on a space-available basis. All students should submit a one-page statement to Dr. Giles, expressing what they hope to achieve through participation in the course. Students should have a minimum 2.5 GPA overall.

Application deadline: 30 September 2005 (earlier if all places have been taken).

Housing

This will be in a centrally located hotel in Munich. Three or four students will share a room, most of which have a private shower/bathroom. A continental breakfast is served every morning, and the lounge has a bar, serving draft Munich beer in the evenings The hotel is located two minutes’ walk from the central railway station, and a ten-minute walk (or two subway stops) from the Marienplatz and Town Hall at the very center of Munich.

Academic Credits

Students will be required to keep a journal during the trip, and to write a short essay following the conclusion of it. These will be graded, and the grade credited toward the GPA. Therefore the course credits may be used to satisfy major, minor and university requirements. The course will also satisfy the last 30-hour residency requirement.

Contact information:

Program director: Professor Geoffrey J. Giles

ggiles@history.ufl.edu

392-0271 Ext. 245

208 Keene-Flint Hall

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