Summer Courses in Weimar, Germany

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Scholarship/Financial aid: limited number of full scholarships are available
Date: 22nd June - 5th July 2008
Location: Weimar, Germany
Deadline: 30th April 2008
Open to: students and all interested

The Weimar Summer Courses – two creative weeks in the centre of European culture! Weimar and Jena are not only known for the “Classics” Goethe and Schiller, but also for the early romanticists Tieck and Novalis, the philosophers Schelling, Hegel und Nietzsche and musicians Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt. The founding of the Bauhaus in 1919 in Weimar heralded a worldwide revolution in architecture and design. The failure of the “Weimar Republic” and later the concentration camp Buchenwald finally also refer to the darker periods in German history.

For this reason, the Weimar Summer Courses intend to stimulate active exposure to cultural heritage: What can poets, philosophers and artists say today? Which directions and thought-provoking impulses can be derived for contemporary challenges? The Summer Courses also offer an intimate insight into the world of well-known heritage sites, from the National Goethe Museum and Nietzsche-Archives to the Bauhaus Workshops. They also give you the opportunity to experience the vibrant cultural life in Weimar.

What is waiting for you in Weimar?

-Two weeks of intensive summer course in small work groups, with lectures, seminars and individual supervising by recognised experts (working hours: 9-12 a.m. and 2-5 p.m.)

-Visits to important cultural and classical sites in Weimar and the surrounding area (see free time and leisure)

-Free access to museums, art collections, libraries and archives in Weimar (free entrance with participant card)

-Guided walking-tours through parks in Weimar and the surrounding area (Ilm Park, Tiefurt, Ettersburg, Belvedere, Oßmannstedt)

-One day excursion (optionally to Erfurt, Jena or Naumburg and Dornburg Castles)

-Two weeks full board and lodging in a modern double room in the centre of Weimar (costs included in the course fees; additional charge for single room)

-On demand health and accident insurance

The total fee is 750 € (250 € course fee, 280 € for accommodation, 220 € for board). For students and participants who do not earn any income of their own, the course fee may be waived if appropriate proof is provided (the participant’s contribution is then 500 Euro). In the case of particular financial hardship a limited number of full scholarships are available providing full support for the total fee (the participant need not contribute).

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