Summer Study Abroad Programs in Archaeology

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers summer programs for university students and high school and college teachers of the classics and related subjects. Half of each two-week session is spent in travel to major archaeological sites throughout Greece; the rest of the time is devoted to study of Athens’ museums and monuments and visits to the school’s archaeological dig at the Athenian Agora. (Contact: Committee on the Summer Sessions; tel: 609–683-0800; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.ascsa.org)

Beaver College’s Arcadian Center for Hellenic, Balkan and Mediterranean Studies and Research in Athens offers courses in classical, Byzantine and modern Greek studies, including possible site visits to Corinth, Olympia and the Greek isles. Summer sessions are open to all interested high school graduates. (Contact: Center for Education Abroad at Arcadia University; tel: (toll-free) 1–866-927–2234; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.arcadia.edu/cea)

Centro Camuno di Study Preistorici, an Italian non-profit organization devoted to research on and preservation of prehistoric and tribal art, offers courses for post-graduate students in Capo di Ponte, one of the world’s major areas of rock art. Students will be given the opportunity to inventory and record tribal and rock art in the area. (Contact: CCSP, Capo di Ponte; tel: 0039–364-42091; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: [email protected])

College Year in Athens sponsors programs in ancient Greek archaeology, art history, literature and philosophy that are open to all interested high school graduates. One week in each three-week summer session involves work on an excavation. (Contact: Erica Huffman; tel: 617–868-8200; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.cyathens.org)