Duration
30 Jun 2025 - 01 Aug 2025
The course is offered in Dubrovnik, Croatia and presents a multidisciplinary study of the area of Southeastern Europe from antiquity to modernity. The topics include the remnants of the Roman world and Byzantine presence; consequences of the schism between Rome and Constantinople; barbarian kingdoms and the medieval city-states; Ottoman incursions and millets; Renaissance and Baroque; beginning of nationalism and modern national integrations; national revolutions, fascism, communism, and post-communist conflicts; secularization of religion; genocide in post-Yugoslav wars. The course also includes several academic field trips in the Dubrovnik area, such as an afternoon in Cavtat and Konavle and an afternoon on the island of Lokrum, a day trip to the Elaphiti Islands, a three-day visit to Sarajevo and Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an afternoon at the peninsula of Pelješac.