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Honors Italy Rome May/June 2011

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MAY 8

April 4th orientation for

the entire class

April 21st final

orientation and film on

the Roman Colesseum

9

10

Depart Boston

5:45pm

Air Italia

Terminal E 8 hr flight

Please arrive by 3:15pm

11

Arrive Rome - 7:45am

2:00PM

Meeting at the Colosseum

and walk to San Clement

Victor Emmanuel Memorial

& classroom building in the

Jewish Ghetto

12

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-12:30

Film on The Forum

3:00 Meet at

Colosseum/Forum/

Palatine HIll

13

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

How to Do Observations of

Social Life in Italy

4:00 field observation at

Victor Emmanuel

14

Evening Walking Tour of

the Spanish Steps and

Trevi Fountain areas of

Rome after museum tour

15

Required 5PM meeting

for passeggiata at Piazza

de Popolo fountains

16

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Report on Observations to

the Class and lecture on

Overview of Italian Class

Structure and Social Life

17

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Lecture on Slow Food

Movement and

Culture in Italy

7pm - L'Ultimo Bacio

18

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Film: Social Life in Pompeii

1:30-3:00 tour of Pantheon

after class

19

Leave early AM

Herculaneum

Agricultural life, Social life,

preservation project

(lunch and dinner included)

Overnight in Paestum

20

Paestum

Ruins,Tour and Lecture at

Slow Food Facilities

(breakfast, snacks at slow food sites

during the day, dinner included)

Overnight in Paestum

21

Beach lounging - AM

(breakfast included)

Pompeii - afternoon

Return to Rome inevening

22

Recommended - Morning

Mass in St. Peters Sq.

Free Day unless Piazza

Novona Memorial to

Falcone and Borrelini

23

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Reports on Observations

and Overview of Berlusconi

and the Political Economy

of Italy

24

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

The Mafia and the Purple

People Movement in Italy

7pm - I Cento Passi

25

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Guest Speaker: David Lane

on The Mafia and

Government Corruption in

Italy

26

Language 9-11 AM

Tour of Vatican Museums,

Sistine Chapel,

Raphael Room

*Meet at group entrance

2:00pm

27

Class 9-10:30

The Three Economies and

the Crisis of Italian Politics

Language 11AM-1PM

Group 1 cooking class

28

Free Day to Explore Rome

& observe

Optional event AM Flea

Market - Testavare

29

Required 5PM meeting

for passeggiata at Piazza

Navonas central fountain

30

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Reports on Observations

and The State of Italian

Politics

31

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Gender Relations and the

Family

7pm -Il Caimano

June 1

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Italian Politics

2

Class 9:00-10:30

Film on When Rome

Ruled and Review of

Progress on Group

Publication

Language 11AM-1PM

Group 2 cooking class

3

Language 9-11 AM

Class 11:30-1:00

Guest Lecture: Frederika

Randall on the role of the

Vatican in Italian life

Recommend Castle

SantAngelo (evening)

4

Florence Day Trip

Depart Termini 7:15am

Depart Florence 8:40pm

Uffizi or Accademia

5

Going into the Field to

Observe Italian Life

Free Day

6

Language 9-11 AM

Final Publication

Presentations

-on balcony

7

Language 9-11 AM

Final Publication

Presentations

-on balcony

8

Language 9-11 AM

Big Group Publication

Project

11:30-1:00

9

Language 9- 11 AM

Big Group Publication

Project 11:30-1:00

(or longer)

10

Depart Rome

10:45am

Arrive Boston

1:30pm