Monday and Tuesday (6.00pm) of week 2 : All Students Approach to French Culture (1 hour lecture) Sonia Serafin. Understanding Contemporary Europe (1 hour lecture) Vicki Birchfield. –Dr. ALTERNATIVE 1: Students register for ONE of the following: FRANCE and the EUROPEAN UNION : 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Dr. Vicki Birchfield Site Visits: Centre Européen Robert Schuman, the Maison Schuman (Metz) and the EU Parliament (Strasbourg) by Robert Schuman For Europe EU Guide for Americans http://www.euintheus.org/resources-learning/eu-guide-for-americans/ ROMAN EMPIRE: 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Sonia Serafin Site visits: City of Trier Germany (2 hour guided visit), Museum Cour – (1 hour guided visit), Approach to archeology: European d’Or archeological Park of Bliesbrück (1 hour guided visit), Aqueducts of Metz (free visit). BBC Books Sir Simon Baker Ancient Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire: – (2007) ISBN -13: 978-1846072840 or – Liveright Mary Beard (2016) S.P.Q.R.: A history of Ancient Rome: – ISBN 13: 978-1631492228 – ALSACE LORRAINE THREE WARS: – – 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Sonia Serafin 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian War Museum (1 hour guided visit), Site visits: 1914-1918: Battle of Verdun site (1 hour guided visit), 1939-1945: Maginot Line, Fort Hackenberg (2 hour guided visit), St Avold American WWII cemetery (1 hour guided visit), Fort Queuleu Concentration camp (1h). Reluctant Union, Alsace Lorraine and Imperial Germany, 1871-1918: – Pennsylvania State University Pr. Dan P. Silverman (1972) – ISBN 13: 978-0271011110 by John Lukacs. Yale University Press (1990/2001) The Duel De Gaulle and WWII, BBC World History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gaulle_charles_de.shtml
Monday and Tuesday (6.00pm) of week 2 : All Students Approach to French Culture (1 hour lecture) Sonia Serafin. Understanding Contemporary Europe (1 hour lecture) –Dr. Vicki Birchfield. ALTERNATIVE 1: Students register for ONE of the following: FRANCE and the EUROPEAN UNION : 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Dr. Vicki Birchfield Site Visits: Centre Européen Robert Schuman, the Maison Schuman (Metz) and the EU Parliament (Strasbourg) For Europe by Robert Schuman EU Guide for Americans http://www.euintheus.org/resources-learning/eu-guide-for-americans/ ROMAN EMPIRE: 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Sonia Serafin Site visits: City of Trier – Germany (2 hour guided visit), Museum Cour d’Or (1 hour guided visit), Approach to archeology: European archeological Park of Bliesbrück (1 hour guided visit), Aqueducts of Metz (free visit). Ancient Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire: BBC Books – Sir Simon Baker – (2007) ISBN -13: 978-1846072840 or S.P.Q.R.: A history of Ancient Rome: Liveright – Mary Beard (2016) ISBN – 13: 978-1631492228 ALSACE – LORRAINE – THREE WARS: 30 students max. (2 day week-end) Sonia Serafin Site visits: 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian War Museum (1 hour guided visit), 1914-1918: Battle of Verdun site (1 hour guided visit), 1939-1945: Maginot Line, Fort Hackenberg (2 hour guided visit), St Avold American WWII cemetery (1 hour guided visit), Fort Queuleu Concentration camp (1h). Reluctant Union, Alsace – Lorraine and Imperial Germany, 1871-1918: Pennsylvania State University Pr. – Dan P. Silverman (1972) ISBN 13: 978-0271011110 The Duel by John Lukacs. Yale University Press (1990/2001) De Gaulle and WWII, BBC World History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gaulle_charles_de.shtml