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Programs- Summer 2008

How difficult can it be to reunify East and West, Capitalism and Communism?  Discover the difficulties, not only by negotiating German reunification yourself in a classroom simulation, but also by traveling to Berlin, the city literally divided by the Cold War.  Berlin, chosen to be the reunified Germany’s capital, best illustrates Germany’s attempt to integrate its two faces, the East and the West.  Join this program and explore how two opposing worlds, confronted with each other in 1990, struggle to find an identity and a common voice. Germans struggle to find this voice not only politically and economically, but also creatively, through film, literature, architecture, theater and visual arts.  This program includes visits such as:  Stasi Headquarters, a Stasi prison, Checkpoint Charlie; walking tours of Berlin; theater and museum shows with optional day trips to Dresden and Leipzig.

Credits:

6 undergraduate credits in German  (297/497)

Participation:

This program is open to all US college/university students.  Preference will be given to UWM and UWGB students.

Estimated Cost*: $2,090

*Cost includes academic fees, accommodation, academic tours and excursions and Berlin transit pass. 

*Program fees are based on a realistic estimate of participants.  The cost may change if the exchange rate fluctuates or the minimum number of participants is not achieved.

**There are fee differentials for graduate students and non-Wisconsin residents.

***Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Grants can be used for this program.

Faculty Leaders:

Jenny Watson

jwatson@uwm.edu

Jennifer Ham (UWGB)

hamj@uwgb.edu