Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Santa Clara & Pinar del Río

Tentative Itinerary May 17-18 Tour Cienfuegos, including the Paseo del For more trip details including previous trip photos, please Prado and the Malecón; then head to Punta visit our website at http://aysps.gsu.edu/econ/1787.html. The Gorda, the city’s old upper-class university reserves the right to alter program arrangements if required by circumstances. Highlights of the program are neighborhood, and later tour several of Landscapes provided below. Cienfuegos’s cemeteries. Other stops include Parque José Martí, Teatro Tomás Cuba of Memory: Terry, and the Casa de la Cultura History, Culture March 23 Mandatory orientation meeting at GSU Benjamin Duarte. May 8 - 25 May 8 Arrive in Miami on your own May 19-20 Spend two days in Trinidad, with a visit to and Historic May 9 Depart Miami to Havana the Museo de Arquitectura Trinitaria and a 4 HOURS CREDIT stop in the Plaza Santa Ana. Preservation May 9-16 Explore Havana neighborhoods and its significant historical sites. Excursions include May 21 Spend the day in Santa Clara including visits in Cuba guided walking tours of Havana Vieja, the to the Palacio Provincial and the Hotal Santa fortresses Castillo de Los Tres Reyes del Clara Libra; also stroll through El Bulevar Morro and Castillo San Carlos de la and Tren Blinadao and end tour at the Plaza Sponsored by Cabaña, and the many historic plazas. Visit de la Revolucion 2 013 Master of Heritage the Office of the Historian, the Museum May 22-23 Pinar del Río including the Sierra del Preservation Program, of the Revolution, Hotel Sevilla, Hotel Rosarios Biosphere Reserve, Teatro Jose Inglaterra, Bacardi Building, the Capitolio, Department of Jacinto Milanes, the cities of Pinar del Río take you? take and the Grand Theater, among others. and Viñales and Las Terrazas History Revolution Square, the José Martí Memorial May 24 Free day in Havana Museum, and the Colón Cemetery are other

will your will your highlights. There will also be free time. May 25 Depart Havana to Miami; Depart Miami to Atlanta far Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an equal Office of International Initiatives Study Abroad Programs 3987 Box P.O. Georgia 30302-3987 Atlanta, opportunity educational institution and an equal opportunity/affirmative action APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 28, 2013

How How education gsu.edu/studyabroad employer. 13-0241 Cuba: Landscapes of Memory: History, Culture and Historic Preservation

Cienfuegos, called “The Pearl of the South,” a coastal and undergraduates will register for HIST 4345. All for more information. Please refer to the Academic/ city designed in a grid pattern with the Malecón running participants will attend an orientation session on March Registration calendar for the tuition and fees deadline. along the water. 23, 2013, at Georgia State University. Course credit will All tuition and fees must be paid in full before departure. Trinidad, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage be 4 semester hours. Students from other institutions Site due to the number of architectural and historical should follow their school’s regulations concerning FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS sites that have been virtually untouched by the last two transfer credits. Georgia State University students are eligible to apply centuries. for the IEF Study Abroad Scholarship/Georgia State Santa Clara, the capital city of the Cuban province COST University Foundation Scholarship and may be eligible of Villa Clara. This important industrial town, central to Program costs may vary at any time according to currency to apply for the Global Experience Scholarship. Visit the province and country, set the stage for Che Guevara’s fluctuations and changing travel arrangements. The www.gsu.edu/studyabroad or contact the Office of final battle against Batista and retains many sites associated cost is tentatively set at $2,600, PLUS regular Georgia International Initiatives, Study Abroad Programs at with the Rebel Army. State University tuition and fees. Non-resident/out-of- 404-413-2529 for more information. Pinar del Río, a province of Cuba where tobacco and state students will pay in-state tuition plus a $250 fee in Contact the Office of Financial Aid at 404-413-2400 sugarcane are still grown today. The natural resources addition to the program cost. for information on how financial aid might apply toward of Cuba abound in the UNESCO designated biosphere THE PROGRAM the program. reserves, and the city of Pinar del Río boasts many Price Includes The Georgia State University program Landscapes neoclassical buildings with decorative art nouveau frontages. • Charter flight to and from Miami and Havana of Memory: History, Culture and Historic APPLICATION INFORMATION • Hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy; Students interested in applying should find this program’s Preservation in Cuba offers an exciting 15-day study ACCOMMODATIONS single occupancy request will require additional charges) listing at www.gsu.edu/studyabroad under the Programs abroad experience in the “Pearl of the Antilles,” as it Participants will stay in high-quality local hotel • All ground transportation, excursions and entrance fees tab and submit application to the Program Director. has been called. The program is designed to deepen accommodations (three- and four-star hotels) throughout • Educational lectures and cultural events students’ understanding of the history and culture of the various regions of Cuba. • Some meals Transient Students: Please see Transient Student Cuba and how the country is working to preserve its • Health/Evacuation/Repatriation Insurance page at www.gsu.edu/studyabroad. historic sites, parks and cultural landscapes. Disability Accommodations Students with documented disabilities who may need Price Does NOT Include The program will consider the ways in which history International students at Georgia State who hold F-1 accommodations during their study abroad experience • Georgia State tuition and fees visas must contact the Office of International Student is selectively remembered, preserved and presented should discuss these needs with the Program Director and • Transportation to and from Atlanta and Miami and Scholar Services at 404-413-2070 to discuss possible to the public. Students will develop skills in combining the Office of Disability Services at the time of application. • Personal expenses implications of study abroad for their immigration status. and communicating the results of field experiences • Passport and research. Visits to historic sites, parks, places of ELIGIBILITY • Excess baggage charges and tips The program is offered to all students at the graduate memory and cultural landscapes will be interspersed CONTACT level and upper division undergraduates may take the Payment Schedule with lectures and discussion led by the instructors Program Director: Richard Laub course with instructor approval. Program size is limited and local experts in the field. We will visit: January 28, 2013 - $600 deposit with application Heritage Preservation Program and participation is contingent upon acceptance by the February 18, 2013 - $1,000 payment Havana, whose vibrant neighborhoods stretch 34 Peachtree Street, Floor 20 Program Director. March 18, 2013 - $1,000 remaining balance westward in a chronological parade of architectural phone: 404-413-6365 (The deposit is non-refundable after February 8.) e-mail: [email protected] exuberance. The political climate of the last 48 years CREDITS AND COURSES has spared 400 years of urban fabric from the Students wishing to receive academic credit at the Please pay your program deposit by finding the program modern-day ravages of freeway construction and graduate level will register for HIST 8660, Case Studies listing at www.gsu.edu/studyabroad and following APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 28, 2013 urban renewal. in International Preservation, for Maymester 2013 term, the payment instructions. See your Program Director continued...