Study Abroad & Fieldwork
Classics majors may take advantage of some extraordinary opportunities for study abroad: for a summer, a term, or a year; work on a dig, tour ancient archeological sites, study language, literature, or history at a foreign university. Our advisors will work with you to arrange for credit toward the major.
Northwestern and Affiliated Study Abroad Programs
Northwestern Athens: Ancient Culture and Modern City
Prof. Ryan Platte directs the Northwestern Athens: Ancient Culture and Modern City program. This program covers topics on ancient life and religion and the relationship between modern Greece and its past through two courses, site visits, cultural excursions, field activities, and seminars. Students in this program have taken traditional Greek dance and cooking lessons, attended a vase painting workshop for black and red figure art, climbed aboard an ancient trireme replica, and visited the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron. As a Northwestern Summer program, financial aid can be used to participate in Northwestern Athens.
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome
Many of our students participate in the affiliated program at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (administered through Duke). Classroom work is accompanied by visits to sites and excavations, museum tours and lectures, and field trips to various parts of Italy.
Classics students who wish to apply to the ICCS Program in Rome must meet in advance with the Study Abroad Advisor who will write a letter of recommendation for all applicants from our department.
Other Summer Study Abroad Opportunities
While many students choose to go overseas during the academic year, summer can be a very convenient time for studying Greek and Latin in Athens or Rome and traveling through Italy or Greece with expert archaeologists. Here are a list of recommended (but non-affiliated) summer programs to which you may apply:
Programs run by the Paideia Institute
- Living Greek in Greece: an intensive Ancient Greek language and literature experience conducted as much as possible in Attic Greek in the manner of a modern language class along with a trip to relevant sites in Greece.
- Living Latin in Rome: an intensive Ancient Latin language and literature experience conducted as much as possible in Latin in the manner of a modern language class along with a trip to relevant sites outside of Rome.
- The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros: a course that introduces participants to the study of Greek inscriptions from the Archaic Period to the Roman times with an emphasis on the inscriptions of the Aegean Islands.
- Nikopoli Field School in Roman Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (Greece)
- Roman Villa and Settlement Excavation – Identity Creation on the Roman Frontier (Transylvania, Romania)
- Techno-Archaeology of Landscapes (Italy)
- Summer School in Roman Pottery (Italy)
- Conservation and Restoration Hands-on Field School
Summer Study Abroad & Fieldwork Departmental Funding
The Department of Classics is delighted to award a $2,000 fellowship to support a Northwestern student to attend a non-affiliated on-site program pertaining to the study of ancient Mediterranean cultures during the summer. All the programs on the list attached above are eligible for the fellowship. Other programs may be eligible pending approval from the department.
Please consult with the department’s Study Abroad Advisor for further information on these and other study abroad options. For questions regarding the transfer of credit toward the major or minor, please contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
For other information, please contact the Global Learning Office at 1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 4-400 - Evanston, IL 60208, (847) 467-6400.
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