Program Description

Hofstra in Athens Program
January 4-25, 2013

Another Athens shall arise. 
And to remoter time
Bequeath, like sunset to the skies,
The splendour of its prime; 
– Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas (1822)

THE CITY OF ATHENS, SPRAWLING FROM THE FOOT OF THE ACROPOLIS, has beckoned travelers since its rise as the founding home of democracy in fifth century B.C.  Athens is the main site of a three-week odyssey offered by Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Comparative Literature and Languages in January 2013.  Hofstra University provides a curriculum-related opportunity for students to interact with the landscape and environment that has shaped the basic principles, ethics and aesthetics of their own culture. Athens, Greece is safe, lively, and welcoming. 

Why Athens?

• Walk in the sunny palm, orange, and cypress-tree lined streets that Socrates, Plato and Aristotle also walked.
• Visit the birthplace of democracy and view parliament and the Acropolis from your hotel. Admire the daily changing of the guard (in traditional dress), at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at the foot of the Greek Parliament.
• Enjoy the balmy weather, visit the museums surrounding you, sit outside and sip frappé, have long lunches, share nightly meals (dinners four days a week included in program cost) and make new friends at our favorite nightly restaurant, Diros.
• Take in the culture that a modern European city with a rich history and landscape can offer.
• Enjoy your classes at the ultra-modern Goethe Institute and its wonderful gourmet cafeteria, experience student life in Athens, the city where the first university (Plato’s Academy) was created. 
• Take advantage of the wonderful after-Christmas sales during our visit and discover Athens and other parts of Greece and Europe (if you wish) on your own between Thursday afternoon and Sunday, when you have no classes. For those who remain in Athens during the weekends, we always do something special.

Program Details

Hofstra in Athens Program
January 4-25, 2013

Eligibility

Students from Hofstra and other universities are encouraged to apply.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

For an application, please visit hofstra.edu/studyabroad and click on “Study Abroad Applications” under the “Useful Resources” tab. Download and complete the Hofstra in Athens Program application and the four (4) necessary forms.  Bring the completed application, necessary forms and $400 nonrefundable deposit receipt to the Office of Study Abroad Programs, 107 Roosevelt Hall, South Campus, by Monday, October 8, 2012.

PROGRAM COST*

The registration fee of $3,075 covers tuition and fees for one three-credit course. The program fee of $3,600 includes round-trip airfare; hotel/airport and excursion transportation; the three excursions to Delphi, Mycenae/Epidaurus, three-island cruise with lunch); archaeological site visits and museum fees; hotel accommodations for 20 nights; continental breakfast daily; evening meals (Monday-Thursday); as well as other treats, as our budget allows.

*Program cost is subject to change.  Tuition and fees are subject to change.

Contact

For more information about the program, please contact:

Dr. Barbara Lekatsas
Director, Hofstra in Athens Program
Department of Comparative Literature and Languages
303 Calkins Hall
107 Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York 11549-1070

Phone: 516-463-6553
Fax: 516-463-7082
Email

Available Courses

Hofstra in Athens Program
January 4-25, 2013

In English:

Greek Literature in Comparative Context (CLL 151)
(satisfies a general distribution requirement or the language option; also satisfies the Greek minor) 
CLL 151 can also be taken by graduate-level students as a 2000-level class. The course introduces literature that is linked to the sites we will visit.  Throughout the course, we will read plays by Aristophanes (who set much of his works at the Acropolis), look at travelers’ responses to the same places we will visit, and examine contemporary Greek views on this ancient yet living landscape.  This class is taught by Professor Barbara Lekatsas.

History of Modern Greece (HIST 177)
(satisfies a history requirement and also satisfies a requirement toward the Greek minor) HIST 177 provides one of the few opportunities a student will have to live in Greece while studying modern Greek history and learning about the events that shaped the Greek people today. This class is taught by Professor Efstratios Demertzis.