Students on this program will explore the modern German history while visiting two of the the 20th century's primary cities: Berlin and Munich.
Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany
Summer
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Germany is a country of historical layers. The same could be said for any state or people, but Germany has made an outsized impact on European, Euro-American, and global history especially in the twentieth century. How does a country and people deal with its past? How does it elevate the positive without minimizing the negative? How does it functionally balance Mahnmale (monuments of warning) and other 顿别苍办尘盲濒别谤&苍产蝉辫;(sites and monuments of remembrance)? How does it publicly present the missteps and, in cases, atrocities of the past while leaving space for a more open, positive, and productive present and future? How has Germany turned its twentieth century of turbulence and forty years of division into the foundation to what today has become a vibrant democracy, albeit one still wrought by divisions?
On this program, you will explore these questions and more. In Berlin, we will spend considerable time dealing with the legacies of Nazism (the Holocaust Memorial, Sachsenhausen) and the East German dictatorship (Berlin Hohenschonhausen Memorial prison, Stasi Museum). In Munich, we will visit the Dachau concentration camp. In both cities, we will also embark on tours and self-guided excursions to additional museums, sites of commemoration, and other spaces of historical and contemporary significance.
Program Contact Information
Desiree Dube
Assistant Director, Education Abroad
Email: ddube1@kent.edu
Office Phone: 330-672-7989
Costs for the program will differ for every student. You can use our Cost Calculator to get an estimate of what you might expect for your program.
We also encourage you to meet with your Education Abroad Advisor and the Financial Aid Counselor for Education Abroad to see how your aid may apply to an international program by emailing finaideducationabroad@kent.edu.
