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 Amsterdam
City site (English)
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Amsterdam (Holland), Hanover (Germany), Krakow (Poland), and
Prague (The Czech Republic)
May 21 - June 5, 2007
+ the week before the trip, 36 hours of class on MU campus.
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Faculty: Deborah Slayton, Stephen Frech (left) & Perry Rask (below)
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Millikin
participants' pictures
from the similar 2004 trip
This is a set of courses with integrated content, with the additional
option of approaching the collective content from a Global
Studies perspective. You must take all three courses, but you may
choose a focus within each dependent on what credit you have signed up
for. The courses together will explore the relationships inherent
in the selected cultural, literary, and artistic realms.
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TOTAL COST =
$4500 Includes 9
hours of tuition ($2385); roundtrip airfare;
Eurail pass for travel
in The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, The Czech Republic including 2
nights in sleeping car; hostel lodging each evening of the trip;
ground transportation, museum passes, jazz venues, and some meals
outside of hostel fare.
Tentative itinerary
“I
Sing the Body Electric”: Ekphrastic Writing & the Visual Arts
EN 300
or
EN 340,
Advanced Writing or Studies in
Poetry
Taught by
Stephen
J. Frech, Assistant Professor, English Department
Writers have always looked to the visual arts for
inspiration, image material, and a lens of sensibility for examining
ourselves and the world. Rilke and Hemingway credit art (Cezanne’s
paintings in particular) for teaching them how to write. You will
read ekphrastic literature (writing that treats the visual arts) and,
in the company of some of the greatest paintings available nowhere
else but Amsterdam, think about the aesthetic exchange between the
disciplines.
The
experiential immersion in Amsterdam will give you rare access
to Rembrandt’s, Vermeer’s, and Van Gogh’s art and put you in immediate contact with the Dutch culture that
made fine art accessible and of the highest order. You may pursue an academic/literature or a creative
writing project.
Epidemiologic Foci (IN350, Global Studies)
Taught by Deborah
L. Slayton, Assistant
Professor, School of Nursing
In The
Netherlands, there is a saying, “God made the world, but the Dutch
made Holland.” With a true tenacious spirit to not only live, but to
live HERE, the Dutch people literally claimed Holland from the sea.
Amsterdam
witnessed the life and death of Rembrandt van Rijn, Van Gogh, Vermeer,
and Anne Frank. Explore how the physical environment of Amsterdam
influenced the life and death of its citizens during Rembrandt’s time
and beyond.
Retrace the journey of Anne Frank’s
family from their Amsterdam home to the concentration camps of Eastern
Europe following their capture by the Nazis and examine the
epidemiologic consequences (morbidity and mortality) surrounding the
events of World War II.
Understanding Jazz (MH101)
Taught by
Perry Rask,
Associate Professor, Commercial Music/Music Business
Learn how Jazz,
the “only true American art form” evolved, matured, and eventually
made its way back to European shores, gaining a respect and
appreciation not always found in America. In many cases, jazz was
exported to Europe due to racial tensions here. Explore how a more
conducive European environment attracted many prominent American
performers who expatriated for artistic as well as racial freedom.
In Europe, visit jazz clubs and festivals
where jazz is currently being performed. Meet jazz artists to
discuss issues pertinent to jazz in the Netherlands, Germany,
Poland, and The Czech Republic like “Is there a European style of
jazz?” “What are the reasons contributing to its success?”
Ultimately, we will try to ascertain why jazz is treated as a
serious art form and, indeed, if it is more popular in Europe than
in the US.
Other MU requirements
that can be filled by this trip:
The off-campus requirement will be fulfilled by completing the
above course work in any combination.
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