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Berlin: The Capital of the
20th Century
Course Code TSBERL
September 30–October 7, 2012
Join us for an exploration of Berlin’s
cultural landscape, one that has
inspired some of Europe’s greatest
minds from the Enlightenment to
the present. Our focus will be on
the culture and history of modern
(and modernist) Berlin. We will
walk on the “wild side” of Berlin as
described by Christopher Isherwood
in Goodbye to Berlin (basis
for the movie Cabaret), explore the
revolutionary theater of Bertolt
Brecht, and stroll the streets of the
Weimar Republic through the essays
of Joseph Roth and Alfred Döblin’s
modernist classic Berlin Alexanderplatz.
We will trace the history
of Jewish Berlin, its destruction by
the Nazis, and surprising revitalization
in this vibrant, multicultural
city. Together, we will also discover
the cultural legacy of 40 years of
division between East and West,
a history that continues to mark
Berlin even more than 20 years after
unification.
Cary Nathenson
See bio under Vienna & Budapest:
Dream and Reality.
Some of the Program Highlights
include:
Accommodations in a four-star hotel
in central Berlin
Breakfast buffet in hotel each
morning and several other meals in
restaurants that highlight Berlin’s
flair and style
Extensive Tourguide course packet
with orientation texts, literary
readings, and films for seminar-style
discussion
Public transit passes that include
discounted admission to dozens of
Berlin cultural venues
Guided walking tours of historic,
cultural, and architectural
landmarks, including:
The Brandenburg Gate and Unter
den Linden, Berlin’s historic
parkway
The Reichstag, Germany’s old and
new parliament building
The Nikolai Quarter, Berlin’s
reconstructed Medieval district
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The Museum Island, home to the
Pergamon Museum’s collection of
antiquities
The Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin’s
most elegant, French-inspired
square
The Kurfürstendamm, the
“Magnificent Mile” of West Berlin
Charlottenburg Palace and
gardens
Historical and contemporary sites
of Jewish Berlin, including Daniel
Libeskind’s acclaimed Jewish
Museum
Berlin of the Cold War:
Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin
Wall memorial
The Berliner Ensemble, Bertolt
Brecht’s revolutionary theater
The trendy Prenzlauer Berg and
the multicultural Kreuzberg
neighborhoods
Fees
$3,095 per person, double
occupancy. Single room
supplement: $300. Price does not
include airfare to and from Berlin.
For complete information, visit the
Travel-Study webpage at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/tsp,
call
773.702.1723, or email dabuzato@
uchicago.edu.