Kentucky Institute for International Studies

KIIS' Athens & Rome is a five-week study and travel program open to all students over the age of 18. Students (and alumni) in the KIIS consortium colleges are given priority for admission and do not pay extra fees. The KIIS consortium includes many Kentucky colleges, along with Ball State (Indiana), Antioch (Ohio), and Middle Tennessee State U.

This program is unique (as far as we know) in offering a summer study program that travels to both Greece and Italy. The program will travel to Athens, Naxos, Mykonos, Delos, Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae, and Epidauros in Greece--Paestum and Pompeii in Italy--and end with 12 days in Rome.

Each student will register for one or two courses and earn 3 or 6 hours of credit. There are no prerequisites or language requirement. The course offerings are as follows:

Boris Zakic of Georgetown College will offer Beginning and Advanced Drawing. Zakic is an up-and-coming artist whose work has met with national acclaim. he recently had a show at the Fraser Gallery in Washington, D.C., and you can see his work on their web site: http://www.thefrasergallery.com/FraserDC.html.

Christine Shea of Ball State University will offer "Day to Day in Ancient Greece and Rome" (HIS 390) and "Myth and Mythmaking in Ancient Greece and Rome" (ENG 330).

John Svarlien of Transylvania U. will offer "Ancient and Modern Travelers," a look at travel and tourism in the ancient world.

Diane Arnson Svarlien of Georgetown College will offer "Ancient Drama" (ENG 330).

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information and an application, please visit the KIIS Athens and Rome home page: http://www.kiis.org/Athens/Index.htm. (Or, from http://www.kiis.org, choose the Athens and Rome Program.)

Or contact Diane Arnson Svarlien (dasvar00@uky.edu), or John Svarlien (jsvarlien@transy.edu). We are the program's co-directors.

The bottom line: the program fee is $3880, including round-trip airfare from Cincinnati, or $3110. without air travel. The price includes up to 6 hours of tuition credit, bed and breakfast everywhere, and all transportation.