IMPERIAL CAPITALS, IMPERIAL CULTURES
HWC
301, Janterm 2006
Empire has constituted
a pivotal
theme in the history of Western
culture. This travel course, along with its fall shortcourse
component, will be an extended look at a variety of imperial capitals
and the cultures they produced. We will be traveling to Rome,
Vienna, and Istanbul along with some other stops to investigate the
remains and memories of these empires in art, architecture, museums,
and other historical sites. This is will be an intensive
Heritage course, in which attempt, quite seriously, to come to terms
with the heritage of Western culture.