Metropolis Berlin Academic Session Dates: Spring 2021 On campus: May 3 – 6, 2021 Travel dates: May 7 – 24, 2021 ***Please note: Program Dates, Itinerary and Costs are subject to change***
Itinerary:
Mandatory pre-departure activities Date Location Activity
March 10 Calgary Held at a restaurant close to campus, this will provide students with the opportunity to get to know the instructors and one another. We will also provide practical travel advice, packing lists and information about cultural norms. Date TBD Calgary Pre-departure Orientation: Your group study program advisor will lead a session that will prepare you for group dynamics, cultural immersion, and travel preparations. May 3 - 6 Calgary Pre-departure academic sessions: Course Introductions (GERM 202 / 551.37 / HTST 410) and presentations
In field activities Date Location Activities May 7 Depart Calgary for Berlin May 8 Berlin Morning: Land at Tegel airport, public transport (bus / S-Bahn / U-Bahn) to apartments, check in, and buy groceries Evening: Free May 9 Berlin Morning: Treptower Park, Frankfurter Allee, East Side Gallery (remnants of the Wall, life in the East) Afternoon: classroom Theme: HTST 410: memorialization of WWII and the fall of the wall / GERM202 & 551: conversation time for language classes May 10 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Tour: From the Weimar Republic to the Nazi Regime (1918–1945) and Bücherverbrennung (book burning) memorial at Bebelplatz Theme: HTST410: 20th-C history overview and Nazi censorship / GERM202 & 551: language classes May 11 Leipzig Morning: Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Nazi culture) Afternoon: Walking tour / Gedenkstätte Museum in der “Runden Ecke” Theme: HTST410: Nazi culture, GDR police state, 1989 May 12 Dresden Morning: Bundeswehr Military History Museum Afternoon: Walking tour of Dresden Evening: Group dinner at Radeburger Spezialausschank Theme: HTST410: WWII and 1989 May 13 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Allied Museum Dahlem Theme: GERM202 & 551: language classes / HTST 410: Allied occupation of Germany May 14 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Walking tour of Jewish life Theme: HTST410: Jewish life in Berlin / GERM202 & 551: language classes May 15 Berlin Study Day Metropolis Berlin May 16 Berlin Day: Holocaust memorials: for Jews, T4 (euthanasia) killings, homosexuals, Sinti & Roma (all near Brandenburg gate) Theme: HTST410: Jewish life in Berlin / GERM202 & 551: conversation time for language classes + consultations May 17 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Lunch at Turkish Market, walking tour of Kreuzberg (1970s/80s urban renewal) guest lecturer / Schwules Museum Theme: HTST410: multicultural Berlin and housing / GERM202 & 551: language classes May 18 Potsdam Morning: Wannsee, Glienicke Brücke, Cecilienhof Palace Afternoon: Potsdam: Sanssouci, Russian village, Holländisches Viertel, Film Museum or Museum Barberini Theme: HTST410: 18th century, Holocaust, modern art May 19 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (Stasi) / Dokumentationszentrum NS- Zwangsarbeit (former forced labour camp), Schöneweide Theme: HTST410: GDR police state & Nazi slave labour / GERM202 & 551: language classes May 20 Berlin Afternoon: Tour of the Gasometer (Geschichtsspeicher Fichtebunker) Theme: HTST410: energy/electrification, WWII bombing, Cold War / GERM202 & 551: study time May 21 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Tränenpalast (GDR border-crossing museum) / Memorial of the Berlin Wall (Bernauer Str.) Evening: photo essay presentations Theme: HTST410: division of Germany / GERM202 & 551: language classes May 22 Berlin Morning: seminar at Canadian embassy, guest lecturer Afternoon: hotel rooms Theme: HTST410: refugees / GERM202 & 551: conversation time May 23 Berlin Morning: classroom Afternoon: Tour of Reichstag/Bundestag (90 minutes) Evening: Group Dinner at Käfer Theme: HTST410: German democracy. GERM202 & 551: language classes May 24 Depart for Calgary or independent travel