Study Abroad
Study Abroad
Study Abroad
Study Abroad News:
Holocaust & Genocide Education Scholar Leads Study Abroad Programs
Upcoming Trips:
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Professor Jody Russell Manning
Year: 2026
Students: TBD
Accompanying Faculty: Stephen Hague, Jenny Rich
Countries Visited: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, and Austria
Beginning in Germany, the course explores the German capital of Berlin, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, the Topography of Terror Museum, and the Wannsee house where high-ranking Nazis planned the implementation of the Final Solution. We then travel to Poland, visiting Warsaw and Krakow, including a full day at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. From there we travel and tour the Czech capital of Prague, with a day at nearby Theresienstadt memorial and Lidice, before returning to Germany to conclude our trip with visits to Nuremberg, site of post-war trials of Nazi leaders, onto Salzburg with the Eagles Nest, and then Munich, from which we visit the first German concentration camp set up at Dachau.
Heart of Europe: Memory & Culture
Professor Jody Russell Manning
Year: 2025
Students: 18
Accompanying Faculty: Jenny Rich, Stephen Hague
Countries Visited: Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, and Austria
Open to ALL majors – This program will be offered as HIST 101: West in the World Since 1660, HIST 345: Topics: Heart of Europe, or a Graduate course. Please look at: rowan.scholarshipuniverse.com
Have you taken a moonlit boat ride down the Danube? Strolled along the Charles Bridge eating ice cream after shopping in the center of Prague? Enjoyed a Viennese communal meal in the shadow of a Baroque palace in the old town? Have you ever stood below a giant Communist statue of Lenin in a park outside of Budapest? No longer trapped behind the Iron Curtain – the vibe and life in the Heart of Europe remains intoxicatingly upbeat and its cities are moving fast toward the future. With stays in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary and taking in numerous cities and sights, we unpack how culture and memory is shaped and influenced politically, regionally, and internationally. We will also discuss linguistic prose and discover delicious regional cuisine. A once in a lifetime experience, this course enables students to understand why local and global, mass violence and peace, history and memory, inclusion and exclusion, as well as dictatorship and democracy often coincided: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Dickens)”
Recent Trips:
The Heart of Europe: Memory & Culture
This study abroad trip explores fortified castles, Gothic churches, Turkish baths, and cavernous salt mines, as well as make a humbling visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum then ending with a Viennese concert exploring educational adventures and history seeking the Heart of Europe!
The Holocaust and Eastern Europe
Visiting places and spaces of the Holocaust, we examine what genocide means within historical context and how it is remembered as well as discuss language and culture to learn helpful key terms, phrases, and cuisine to get by in Europe.
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
This 13-day, three-credit course, is an intensive exploration of sites related to the Holocaust and Nazi regime before, during, and after the Second World War in Europe.
World War II and the Western Front
This is an intensive exploration of Second World War sites associated with the war in Europe.
World War II and the Liberation of France
An in-depth and on-the-ground exploration of World War II, with a particular focus on the experiences of American soldiers fighting in western Europe, which will take us to England and France.
