Dear
Students,
Welcome to (De)Constructing Berlin: An Exploration of
Urban Place and Time (HIST 390AT and GEOG 396AT). The course is fully
subscribed and the group will comprise sixteen students. We are busy preparing
the course and we would like to keep you au courant from time to time.
There are a few
dates that you need to keep in mind. The
deadline for the second and final payment of the course fee is 28 February. At that time you will
be required to pay the remaining $2100.00 of the travel costs.
We are currently
applying for the DAAD grant and will provide further information on this once it
is available. You can already apply for
the UR International travel fund using the attached form; you will need a
signature from one of us before you can submit the form. In March and April we shall have our first
class meetings. They will take place on 19 March, and 9 and 23 April from 7 to 9 p.m. The location
will be announced closer to those dates.
It is also time to
apply for a passport if you do not already have one. If you do have a passport, make sure that it
is valid until at least a six months after our return to Canada. If any of you are not Canadian citizens you
might require a visa to travel in Europe; it is your responsibility to make sure
that you have all the necessary travel documents.
Traditionally, we
go to the opera while we are in Berlin and we invite students to join us. This
year George Bizet's Carmen at
Komische Oper (www.komische-oper-berlin.com) on
Thursday, 14 May. If you would like to
join us, you can buy tickets online. We
will gladly assist you with this if you encounter any problems. Just come and see either of us during office
hours or make an appointment.
You can also have
a look at our hotel. Our home base in Berlin will be the Marriot Courtyard. You
can find details at: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bermt-courtyard-berlin-city-center/.
As we are making
detailed plans for our course we are looking forward to exploring this
fascinating city with you and we hope that you share our excitement. We are also looking forward to getting to
know your areas of research interest and helping you design research projects
for the course. Again, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us so that we
can begin to think about these matters.
Sincerely,
Dr Thomas Bredohl
Dr Julia Siemer
