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Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary WVU Faculty-led Summer 2012 Study Abroad
• 6 credits: 3 weeks online & 3 weeks on-site (May 29-June 18) in Budapest, Hungary • Instructor: Dr. R.M. Chory, Assoc. Prof. of Comm. Studies, Fulbrighter to Budapest
• Cost $2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201) $500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)
• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)
• Cost of 6 credits of Summer School at WVU in Morgantown– In state tuition: $1,428– Out of state tuition: $4,464
• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST
The Courses (6 credits)• COMM 493: Construction & Comm. of Hungarian Cultural ID (3 credits)• COMM 493: Hungary-USA: Comm & Cultural Connections (3 credits)• Courses count toward Comm major and minor requirements• Topics
– Hungarian history and the city of Budapest– Americans’ and other Westerners’ perceptions of Hungary– Hungarians’ perceptions of themselves, others (including USA), social groups– Surviving Communism– Women, families, friendships, social roles, and social life in Hungary– The world of work in Hungary– Media & politics in Hungary: Adopting American campaign strategies– Historical Hungarian media vs. American media– America through new eyes
• George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict and Aggression
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Accommodations in Budapest• Gold Hotel Buda (or similar) • twin-bedded rooms w/private bath or shower • Breakfast included
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What Will We Do?• Communication and Culture in Budapest, Hungary
will expose students to a culture influenced by Eastern and Western traditions that is reconstructing its cultural identity, along with establishing democratic, market-driven societal systems. It will also teach students to recognize how a culture communicates its identity through language, art, architecture, historical sites, museums, and more.
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Where is Hungary?At the geographic center of Europe
Where is Budapest?In north central Hungary
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Parliament (Parlament in Hungarian)
The Holy Crown of Hungary and the Coronation Regalia on display in Parliament
Bronze Statue of Poet Attila József near Parliament
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Kossuth térKossuth Lajos (1802-1894), Hungary’s leader 1848-49, tried to re-gain Hungary’s independence from the Habsburgs
Formerly the Ministry of Agriculture, today the Museum of Ethnography
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Soviet Monument
US EmbassyLajos Batthány Eternal Flame
Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary during failed 1956 revolution; executed in 1958; today a symbol of freedom
Szabadság tér(Freedom Square)
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Szent István tér(Saint Stephen Square)
Szent István Bazilika
Streets around the square
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Szent István Bazilika
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Hungarian National Museum
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Memento ParkCommunism’s Statues (1949–1989)
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Terror Ház former headquarters of the Nazi
and Communist secret police
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Dohány St. Synagogue2nd largest synagogue in world
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Around the Dohány St. Synagogue
Hungarian Jewish MuseumTree of Life : Memorial of the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs
Memorial Garden Holocaust Memorial 16
Holocaust Memorial Museum17
Heroes’ Square
Monument commemorating the 7 Magyar (Hungarian) tribes' chieftains, lead by Árpád, who settled their people in Hungary ~ 896 AD
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Around Heroes’ SquareMuseum of Fine Arts
Műcsarnok19
Museum of Fine Arts
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Széchenyi Bathshot springs, thermal baths
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Vajdahunyad Castlereplicas of historic Hungarian buildings; 1896
Bust of Béla Lugosi, Dracula in 1931 film, on a corner of Vajdahunyad Castle
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Around Andrássy út
Virag at Easter
Hungarian House of Photography
Szondi György (?-1552), hero against Ottoman invasion, on Kodály Körönd
Liszt Ferenc tér
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Magyar Állami Operaház
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Margitsziget[Saint] Margaret Island
Saint Michael’s Church
13th C Dominican Convent Ruins
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Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge
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Views from Gellért Hill
Elizabeth Bridge and Pest
North Buda
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Royal Palace(including Hungarian National Gallery)
Gate to main palace courtyard w/turul (Hungarian mythical bird)
Palace courtyard w/equestrian statue of Prince Jenő Savoyai
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Hungarian Nat’l Gallery
Altarpieces
Sculptures
Paintings
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Mátyás
Templom
Dates to 13th century; named after
King Mátyás Corvinus
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Fishermen’s Bastion
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Royal Palace Courtyard
King Mátyás Fountain
Royal Palace Courtyard
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Budapest History Museum in the Royal Palace
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Budapest History Museumoriginal castle walls
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Buda Castle
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Danube Bend Boat Trip
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Esztergom CathedralHungary’s Largest Church
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Esztergom Cathedral Crypt Cardinal József Mindszenty’s Tomb
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Around Esztergom
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"The City of Artists"
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Szentendre Serbian Influences
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Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary• 6 credits, May 29-June 18 in Budapest, Hungary • Dr. RebeccaM. Chory, Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu• Cost
$2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201) $500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)
• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)
• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST