REQUIRED Courses
GER 205: Austria and Europe (Gen. Ed.: Humanities - Hist & Phil, Cultural Studies - Western)
Particularly recommended for ECON, ACES, MULTI, and VDP in Vienna participants but anyone is able to take this course.
Course format:
Intensive instruction in the orientation month (September or February)
Select afternoon instruction throughout the semester (October-December or March-May)
Explore both famous and hidden museums & palaces on attractive excursions!
Experience Austrian history in its global context!
How was the daily life of a Roman soldier in Vindobona, now Vienna? How did the Habsburgs perfect their "Game of Thrones" marriage policies? Did Salieri kill Mozart?
Find answers to these questions...
Final Presentation Topics from Past Semesters:
The Vienna World Fair of 1873 (possible comparison with the Chicago World Fair of 1893)
Otto Wagner and its impact on global Architecture/Design (possible focus on infrastructure)
Ethnic groups/minorities and their migration movements in Europe (e.g. Danube Swabians, Roma & Sinti, Sudeten Germans, etc.)
Stefan Zweig and his exile in London and/or Brazil (1934-1942)
NS-War criminals and their escape (routes) from justice (e.g. Adolf Eichmann in Argentina)
Renaming public spaces (e.g. Karl Lueger-Platz or Columbus-Platz in Vienna)
The Last Habsburg. Charles I and the Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1916-1918)
The Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 as prelude to World War I
Prince Eugene of Savoy. General, Patron of Arts and Statesman