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Some of the Program Highlights
include:
Accommodations in four-star,
centrally located hotels (five nights
in Vienna, two nights in Budapest)
Breakfast buffet in hotel each
morning and several additional
group meals
Public transit passes that include
discounted admission to many of
Vienna’s cultural venues
Extensive Tourguide course pack
with cultural and historical
background materials
Seminar-style discussions on select
works of Austro-Hungarian culture
Daily sightseeing of important
historical and cultural sites
Excursion to Vienna Woods wine
region of Lower-Austria
Select evening cultural
performances
Fees
$3,095 per person, double
occupancy. Single room
supplement: $300. Price does not
include airfare to and from
destination.
A Fortnight in Oxford
Course Code TSOXFN
June 10–23, 2012
Oxford in early June—the lush
college gardens are at their most
inviting, classes are still in session,
and life fills the quadrangles. For
the past nine years, we have invited
alumni and friends to become a
part of Oxford for a June fortnight
to study a topic in depth in small
classes led by Oxford faculty, to visit
historic landmarks throughout the
district, and to enjoy a series on
medieval and renaissance drama
led by Chicago’s noted Shakespeare
scholar David Bevington. David and
his wife Peggy serve as informal
hosts, a boundless source of information
and good cheer, around
whom our group forms its congenial
company each year.
This year’s program in Oxford will
offer you a choice between two
courses: Royalty, Rivalry & Revolt:
Georgian England 1714–1837 and
The Barsetshire Chronicles. In
addition, we will travel to Stratford-upon-Avon
for an exemplary
performance of Richard III by the
Royal Shakespeare Company. In
recent years, participants have
enjoyed Ian McKellen in the title
role of King Lear and Patrick
Stewart’s performance as Antony in
Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
Oxford is Christ Church, Merton,
Queen’s, and Magdalen—38 colleges
in all, some of which trace their
origins to the 12th century. The
small city that is their home affords
a wealth of bookstores, pubs,
museums, theater groups, and
musical societies, yet everything
is suitably in scale for exploring at
leisure. The libraries contain books
and manuscripts available nowhere
else in the world. The individual
college gardens are splendid. The
fields and meadows behind them
provide a setting that is nearly rural,
even with the bustling city nearby.
Accommodations
Participants will stay in the Rewley
House Residential Centre in Oxford.
Accommodations are similar to
those of a conference center, and
include comfortable bedrooms with
private bathrooms, a dining room,
library, classrooms, and common
rooms.
Fees
$4,650 per person, double
occupancy. Single room
supplement: $550. Price does not
include airfare or ground
transportation to and from Oxford.
Please note that this program fills
quickly. We recommend prompt
registration for those interested in
participating. To receive a program
brochure, call 773.702.1722.
Paris: Capital of Modernity
Course Code TSFNPS
June 14–22, 2012
Join us for a study-tour that revisits
the history and the myths that
made Paris’ reputation as “capital
of modernity” throughout the 19th
century. Our program will offer a
scholarly and inquisitive approach
to a city too often reduced to clichéd
pictures on a tourist brochure.
Combining readings, discussions,
and onsite visits to famous landmarks
and lesser-known cultural
sites, we will discover afresh many
Parisian neighborhoods, historical
landmarks, and cultural sites. A
special highlight includes a day trip
to the medieval town of Vezelay and
the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay,
both UNESCO world heritage sites.
Travel Study
You will discover the beautiful
Burgundy countryside and its rich
gastronomical traditions in this
exclusive outing.
Tour leader
Thomas Dodman received his
PhD in history from the University
of Chicago, where he was a
William Rainey Harper Fellow,
and is currently assistant professor
of modern European history at
George Mason University in Washington,
DC. An adopted Parisian
from across the English Channel,
Dodman also studied at the
Sorbonne and the Paris School of
Economics. He has taught modern
French history at the University
of Chicago, the Institut d’Études
Politiques (“Sciences-Po”) in Paris,
and the University of Chicago Paris
Center.
Some of the program highlights
include:
Accommodations at the four-star
hotel Pullman Paris Bercy Hotel
Breakfast each day, a welcome
dinner, several lunches, wine and
cheese farewell gathering
Public transportation pass
Tour course packet with readings
and background information
Daily seminars and discussion
sessions
Daily walking tour of Parisian
neighborhoods, historical
landmarks, and cultural sites
Guided tours of museums and
landmarks including the Musée
d’Orsay, the Musée de la vie
romantique, the Opéra Garnier, the
Grand Palais, and many more.
Fees
$4,695 per person, double
occupancy. Single room
supplement: $500. Price does
not include airfare or ground
transportation to and from
the hotel.
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