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VERGILIAN SOCIETY EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
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Greetings!
As a member of the American Classical League, you might also like to know about travel hosted at or sponsored through the Villa Vergiliana for the summer of 2012. Here, I send you descriptions of tours for scholars, teachers and travelers wishing to deepen their appreciation of ancient Italy ( the region of Naples, Rome to Cumae, and Coastal Campania). The Vergilian Society also offers a tour outside of the Naples area, whose destination this year will be Roman Jordan. This e-mail offers you descriptions from the tour directors, and we hope you would consider participating for your study, enjoyment and enrichment.
The Vergilian Society can recommend scholarships so that you might find funding for your travels. Unfortunately, at the time of this present message, the Vergilian Society scholarship deadline has passed (March 1, 2012). These scholarship links, however,will lead you to sources of alternate funding, and you may inquire with those organizations to learn about their submission dates.Feel free to direct your questions about the applications and deposits to our Secretary-Treasurer, Keely Lake at vergsoc@yahoo.com.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Ann Matteo, Ph.D. Second Vice President, Vergilian Society IdealSchools High School, Ashburn, Virginia
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"In the Footsteps of Poets and Painters, Proletarians and Princes: Rediscovering the Bay of Naples
in Greek and Roman Times"
July 2-14, 2012
DIRECTORS: Ann Koloski-Ostrow, Brandeis University; Steven Ostrow, MIT
Residents of Naples Bay hailed from slave and freedmen circles, from the ranks of the free-born poor, from middling traders, artisans and municipal worthies, and ranged upward to top aristocrats, and not a few Emperors themselves. We shall meet many of these souls at home, at work, and at Campanian play. Sites include Sperlonga, Terracina, Cumae, Lake Avernus, Solfatara, Pompeii, Naples, Paestum/Poseidonia, Puteoli/Pozzuoli, Beneventum, Saepinum, Herculaneum, Oplontis (Torre Annunziata), Capri, Baiae, Bacoli, Misenum.
COST: $2,595 detailed itinerary. | |
Roman frescos preserved in Herculaneum
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Roman Jordan
July 7-18, 2012
DIRECTORS: Phillip Stanley, Professor Emeritus; George Perko
Jordan is a bridge between sea and desert and East and West and is a land of mesmerizing beauty and contrast: from the mountains around Amman to the Dead Sea below sea level. Our tour begins in Amman, then we travel north to the Roman city of Jerash, one of the best preserved Greco-Roman cities with its theaters, temples, churches and colonnaded streets. We journey down to the Dead Sea, visiting Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the Promised Land before dying and we visit sites built by Herod. From here we go to Petra, entering through the narrow pass to gradually see unfold the mysteries of the Rose Red City with its spectacular treasuries, royal tombs, burial chambers, and high places of sacrifice. Afterward we journey south to visit the Wadi Rum Desert and explore its moon-like landscape. This is where Lawrence of Arabia stayed and where the movie was filmed. From the desert we travel to Aqaba on the Red Sea. For a sneak preview visit the virtual reality web site at http://www.virtualworldproject.org/vr/core/toc.html.
COST: $2,325
detailed itinerary. | |
Roman façade at Jerash, Jordan
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"The Italy of Caesar and Vergil:
A Workshop for Teachers"
July 12-23, 2012
DIRECTORS: Amy Leonard, Walker School; Steven Tuck, Miami University
This workshop for high school Latin teachers will combine classroom sessions in successful pedagogical practices with fascinating and relevant site visits that illuminate the lives and works of Caesar and Vergil. Morning study sessions will provide ideas and skills to enrich both beginning and advanced courses, with a focus on the readings and abilities required by the revised Advanced Placement syllabus. Afternoon site and museum visits will contextualize the writings of our authors elucidating the common themes of Caesar's commentarii and Vergil's Aeneid. While new and veteran AP teachers stand to gain the most from this experience, all teachers are welcome. Sites include Rome, Cumae, Lake Avernus, Pompeii, Lavinium, and Vesuvius.
COST: $2,595
detailed itinerary.
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Amy Leonard at Vergil's Tomb, 2011
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"The Archaeology of Identity
in Coastal Campania"
July 30-August 11, 2012
DIRECTORS: Anne Haeckl, Kalamazoo College; Christopher Gregg, George Mason University
In Rome's march from isolated village to world domination, Campania and the Bay of Naples were early and influential laboratories for forging a Roman imperial identity. Through a reciprocal process of "Romanization," many formerly hostile peoples of the area (Latins, Etruscans, Volscians, Samnites, Lucanians and Greeks) came to accept a new Roman identity, even as their own cultural contributions enriched and transformed what it meant to be Roman. At spectacular archaeological sites, numinous landscapes and world-class museums, we will explore the full spectrum of Roman self-representation (ethnic, social, political, artistic, religious and individual).
COST: $2,595
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Misenum, where the villa of Pliny was located
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Feel free to contact Keely Lake, our Secretary-Treasurer, with any questions regarding the tours, applications, and deposits. You can reach her by e-mail at vergsoc@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
Chris Ann Matteo
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