Study History in Ukraine this Summer!

The University of Winnipeg is pleased to offer an international study opportunity in the charming and historic city of Lviv, Ukraine.  A 3-credit lecture and seminar history course (Hist-3312) will be taught August 1-21, 2010.

The course instructor, Prof. Andriy Zayarnyuk of the UofWinnipeg Department of History intends to use the history of Lviv, one of the finest examples of an East European city, to examine a range of topics in East European history from the Middle Ages to present. Histories of Medieval Rus’, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg Empire, World Wars, and the Soviet Union are covered in their local Ukrainian dimension. Lviv's architecture, museums, libraries and people are used to enhance students’ learning experience.

In Lviv, the course will include the following topics and activities, with plenty of guided excursions:

•     Medieval Lviv - excursions to Castle Hill; St. Nicholas, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary of Snow churches; Museum of Medieval Lviv;

•     The Magdeburg City, 14^th – 17^th Century - excursions to Ring Square, patricians’ houses,  Italian Square, Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armenian Cathedral, Walachian Church, Old Jewish Quarter;

•     Baroque Lviv - excursions to the Dominican Church, St. George’s Cathedral, Museum of Religions, Bernadine and Carmelite churches;

•     Under the Austrian Eagle - an overview of the Austrian period;

•     Early 19^th Century Lviv and Romantic Nationalism - Classicism and Biedermeier - excursions to the Ossolineum, Ivan Franko Park, the old University, “Executions Hill,” Ruthenian “National Home,” the Museum of the Ruthenian Triad;

•     Late 19^th–Early 20^th Century Lviv - A Modern City - excursions to the gasworks factory, streetcar museum, City’s central boulevards, Art Nouveau and Early Modernist buildings;

•     Claiming Lviv - Nationalism and the City in Late 19^th–Early 20^th Century;

•     World War I and the Ukrainian-Polish War - the collapse of empires;

•     Interwar Lviv - excursions to the Constructivist housing projects.

Course costs are the applicable UofWinnipeg tuition of $380 (or $160 for auditors), plus a shared accommodation (single supplement available) cost of $275 for the three week period.  Students are responsible for meals, individual travel arrangements to and from Lviv, medical insurance as well as modest entry fees to museums. Financial assistance may be available for full-time Canadian post-secondary students.

Non UofWinnipeg students, auditors and Continuing Education students welcome!

Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

For more information, contact Prof. Andriy Zayarnyuk at a.zayarnyuk@uwinnipeg.ca or phone (204) 786-9371.