Culture Wars in Rome

 

   Maymester 2010: Tentative Schedule!

 

1. Wednesday, May 12: Meet in Rome; The Capital of Ancient Pagan Rome

Noon:                    Faculty will be at fountain for individual questions, problems

                              Orientation Exercise

400:                       The Imperial Forums, the Capitoline Hill, and general intro to Pagan Rome

700:                       Group Dinner #1

 

Recommended: Head home early! Tomorrow will be a full day!

 

2. Thursday, May 13: Ancient Pagan Rome and its Legacy

Morn:                         Coliseum

Noon:                         Scavenger Hunt to get to know the city

330:                            The Capitoline Hill and Capitoline Museum (and café!)

Eve:                            Group Dinner #2

 

3. Friday, May 14: Roman Forum, the Civic and Religious Center of Ancient Rome

Morn:                         Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

Aft:                             Ostia Antica, the port city of ancient Rome 

 

4. Saturday, May 15: Augustus and the Empire; St. Peter and the Papacy

Morn:                         Ara Pacis, Mausoleum of Augustus, Castel S. Angelo

1:00                           Group Lunch (group meal #3)

Aft                             St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, and Borgo 

 

5. Sunday, May 16:  Galleria Borghese (Bernini, Bernini, Bernini)

Morn:                       Free time: Race for the Cure (Optional). Terme di Caracalla at 10:00 am

Aft:                           Galleria Borghese and Class on the Grass 

 

6. Monday, May 17: The Vatican Museums: the Renaissance comes to Rome

Morn:                         Piazza del Popolo and S. Maria del Popolo

Aft:                             The Vatican Museums: Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, and more!

 

7. Tuesday, May 18: Full Day Excursion to Orvieto: the Sack of Rome and a Papal Refuge

Morn&Aft:                  Duomo, Chapel of S. Brizio, Papal Palace, Pozzo di S. Patrizio etc.

 

8. Wednesday, May 19: The Campus Martius and the Quirinal Hill

Morn:                       Campo Fiori, Pza. Navona, S. Luigi dei Francesi, Pantheon, Sopra Minerva

Aft:                           Quirinal Hill: S. Carlino, S. Andrea al Quirinale, S. Maria della Vittoria

Eve:                           Optional dinner (?)

 

9. Thursday, May 20: Early Christianity in Rome; Science and the Papacy

Morn:                    Arch of Constantine, San Pietro in Vincoli, San Clemente

Aft:                        Catatacombs in Albano, Castelgandolo, the Vatican Observatory

Eve:                       Group dinner #4 at Sor Capanna

 

10. Friday, May 21: World War II in Italy; Fascism 

Morn&Aft:            Excursion to Monte Cassino

                             The Grotto of Tiberius, Sperlonga and its beach

 

11. Saturday, May 22: Christianization of Ancient Rome/Modernization of Christian Rome

Morn:                    The Aventine Hill and Santa Sabina. Christian appropriation of pagan philosophy

Aft:                        S. Maria in Trastevere, Class on the Risorgimento on the Janiculum (Gianicolo) 

Eve:                       Group Dinner #5

 

12. Sunday, May 23: Course Review

Morn:                    Porta Portese (optional)

Aft:                        Soccer Game (optional)

Late Aft:                Museum of Modern Art and course review

 

13. Monday, May 24: Final Quiz

Morn:               Exam: Most questions on date, places in Rome, and identifications: In bocca al lupo!

Eve:                  Group Dinner #6 and walk to the Trevi Fountain

 

14. Tuesday, May 25:

Morn:                Any last questions?

                         Arrivederci Roma!

 

Lost? Find the Colosseo, the Cavour Metro stop, Pza. Madonna dei Monti

 

 

 

Teatro Marcello, Forum Boarium, the Tiber River, Ghetto, Portico of Octavia,                                 

Protestant Cemetery and Testaccio

Palazzo Venezia, plaque to Aldo Moro (via Caetani)