Study/Travel Program

The Ancient Studies Department sponsors annual study/travel programs to Italy, Greece, and other places relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world.

Memories of Greece 2009 by Dina Popovkina

Last March, the Ancient Studies Department organized a study-travel trip to Greece, covering a multitude of sites in Attica, central Greece, and the Peloponnese. The trip began as a sunny afternoon at the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, and continued with staples of Athens - the Acropolis, agora, and museums. Our Greek adventures went on with a tour of the temple to Apollo, treasuries, and stadium at Delphi; we also visited the Roman agora and temple to Apollo at Corinth. We had a chance to see the citadel at Mycenae and the theater at Epidauros before the week wrapped up with a day-long cruise of nearby islands in the Aegean Sea, including a stop at the Temple to Aphaea. The group got to experience firsthand the damp, dark history of the Mycenaean water cistern, tasted the world's best pistachios from the island of Aegina, and witnessed performances by Professor Rivkin as well as a school choir at the theatre at Epidauros. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in many ways, going to Greece was worth a thousand pictures. It was extraordinary to be surrounded by places that so easily inspired the imagination with cloud-covered mountaintops, fields as far as the eye could see, and waters of the Aegean shimmering in the sunlight.

Study/Travel 2010: Roman Spain

The Ancient Studies Department is pleased to announce its 44^th study/travel program.  After preparatory classes at UMBC starting in late January, participants will travel to Spain, leaving on March 12 (from Dulles Airport) and returning on March 20 (to BWI). Participants who wish to earn three university credits may enroll in ANCS 301: Ancient Civilizations, Spain in the Winter 2010 semester.  Credit is optional and not included in the trip cost.

The itinerary includes Madrid (four nights), Seville (two nights), Merida (one night) with visits to Toledo, Segovia, Avila and Italica.  Instructors for the course are Professors Rivkin and Sherwin of the Ancient Studies Department. A preliminary itinerary is available in the Ancient Studies office.

Assistantships were awarded to the following Ancient Studies majors: Matthew Carr, Michelle Kessler, and Dina Popovkina.

The trip is now full. Trip participants should see or email Dr. Sherwin if they have any questions.

Scholarships Available for Study/Travel

Student Assistantships for Study-Travel
Student Assistantships are available to enable qualified, upper-level Ancient Studies majors to participate in the ANCS Study-Travel courses. The application process takes place in the first half of the fall semester and is announced in Ancient Studies Classes. Preference is given to students having completed or currently enrolled in Greek or Latin 201. For more information, contact the professor in charge of the particular course.

Christopher Sherwin Award
Endowed by Jack and Carol Mullen, 1972 graduates of UMBC, in memory of Dr. Walter Sherwin's son Christopher, it enables students to participate in study-travel and excavation opportunities.

Robert and Jane Shedd Award in Ancient Studies
Endowed in honor of Robert Shedd, Chairman of the Division of Humanities when UMBC opened in 1966, a strong supporter of Ancient Studies, to enable students to participate in excavations and study-travel programs.

William and Martha Christopher Scholarship Award
Endowed by Barbara Christopher Quinn, an Ancient Studies major who graduated in 1978, in honor of her parents, to help students participate in excavations and study-travel programs.

2009: Greece

2010: Roman Spain

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Last Updated: March 02, 2010