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CROATIA: Dubrovnik, Zagreb, and Split
June 21 – July 30, 2010

This program was everything I was looking for in my study abroad experience. Croatia is a great place to be during the summer. The classes were fascinating, and the professors excellent. It is also a great location from which to do some independent traveling before and/or after the program. This program gave me new insights into the ways that different areas of study can be synthesized into a more complete and constructive understanding of the way a place works.
— Spencer Burke, Summer 2009 student, Harvard University

Croatia, the rising star of the Mediterranean, is an oasis of untouched beauty, and the legacies of the Romans, Venetians, and Habsburgs intermingle on its dazzling Adriatic coastline. This program is designed to provide students with a multidisciplinary perspective on Dalmatian and southeast European history, culture, and society from the early medieval period to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Faculty include leading specialists on the Balkans from the United States, Europe, and Croatia.

The program takes place in the cities of Dubrovnik and Split on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. Dubrovnik is a charming city of red-roofed 17th-century townhouses and Baroque palaces curling around a tiny harbor. Students focus on Renaissance culture and on the complex political and historical fate of the city and the region. Field trips to sites in surrounding areas include Zadar, the oldest Slavic city on the Adriatic and the region’s once-famed cultural center, and the Plitvice National Park, a UNESCO world-heritage site. This park offers breathtaking scenery of 16 terraced lakes surrounded by thickly wooded mountains and lush vegetation. Split, the regional capital of Dalmatia, has been a major urban center for more than 1,700 years. Built inside and around Diocletian’s Palace, which dates from the third century, this cosmopolitan city is a world heritage site that weaves together imperial memories, traditional Dalmatian culture, and modern urban life in its numerous cafes and open-air markets. A long excursion to the capital of Zagreb exposes students to the baroque and medieval grand architecture, wide boulevards, and graceful squares of a major European city.

Contact: Rita Koryan r-koryan@northwestern.edu 847.467.1152