AThEnS SummEr SChool - The University of Sydney

ESSEnTiAl inFormATion
Costs
You will be required to remit two separate sums to the University
of Sydney for participation in the Athens Summer School.
The first amount of $3250 (based on a minimum enrolment of 15
and current currency exchange rates) represents the in-country
costs of your stay in Greece. This includes:
– Twin-share self catering accommodation at Australian
Archaeological Institute hostel in Athens or at other foreign
archaeological institute hostels
– Overnight accommodation in Delphi
– Site and museum entrance fees
– In-country transport to sites and museums in itinerary
– Membership of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
– Library use in Athens
– Six picnic lunches and two taverna dinners
The cost does not include your return airfare to Greece, which
you should organise independently.
A deposit of $500 will be required to reserve your place in the
Summer School, and the balance of payment will be due 60 days
prior to departure.
The second sum payable to the University of Sydney will be your
Summer School tuition fee. Although the 2013 levy is not yet
known, the 2012 indicative fee is $3310 for undergraduates and
$3000 for postgraduates. FEE-HELP is available to enrolled
Australian undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Credit points
University of Sydney students can earn 6 senior credit points
by undertaking this Summer School in lieu of ARCA2613
(undergraduates) and ARCL 6902 (postgraduates). All students
enrolling in the Summer School for credit will be required to complete
specified assignments both in Athens and on return to Australia.
Non University of Sydney students should discuss accreditation
with their home institutions.
Bursaries
A number of bursaries to offset the cost of participation in the
Summer School will be available to successful applicants who
would not otherwise be able to participate. If you wish to apply
for a bursary, please enclose a letter to Dr Beaumont explaining
your reasons for applying. Please note, you may also be eligible
to apply for scholarships such as Marion Macaulay Bequest
Scholarship for overseas studies in Arts and Education. See
sydney.edu.au/current_students/student_exchange/2_Schol_List.pdf
Contact
To register your interest,
please complete the enclosed
application form and return by
June 30, 2012 to:
dr. lesley Beaumont
Department of Archaeology A18
University of Sydney NSW 2006
lesley.beaumont@.sydney.edu.au
sydney.edu.au/archaeology
Cover image: The Karyatid
statues of the Erechtheion,
Athens Akropolis
(Wikimedia Commons)
Back cover: Summer School
2010 in the Theatre of
Dionysos, Athens.
(Photo G. Scheer)
ABN 15 211 513 464
CRICOS 00026A
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Contact for further information:
T +61 2 9351 3790
F +61 2 9351 3918
E lesley.beaumont@sydney.edu.au
ginascheer@yahoo.com.au
sydney.edu.au/archaeology
AThEnS SummEr
SChool
JAnuAry 5-27, 2013
FACulTy oF ArTS
And SoCiAl SCiEnCES
The Australian
Archaeological
Institute at Athens

The Department of Archaeology and
the Australian Archaeological Institute
at Athens invite your application to
join the third Classical Archaeology
Summer School in Athens.
The Summer School is a unique
opportunity to study the archaeology
and history of ancient Athens at
first hand. With a particular focus
on the Archaic and Classical periods
(ca. 630-323 B.C.) and under
expert tuition, you will enjoy formal
lectures integrated with daily visits to
archaeological sites and museums in
Athens and Attica. You will also travel
further afield to the panhellenic
sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
The course is open to students
of Australian universities and to
Australian high school teachers.
Interested members of the general
public are also welcome to apply.
Summer School tutors
– dr lesley Beaumont, Senior
Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at
the University of Sydney (formerly
Assistant Director of the British
School at Athens)
– dr Stavros Paspalas, Deputy
Director of the Australian
Archaeological Institute at Athens.
ProGrAmmE
Saturday 5 January 2013 – Day 1
Participants arrive
Sunday 6 January– Day 2 (Epiphany)
Introduction to the course
Lecture 1 – The natural and urban topography of Athens
Lecture 2 – Athenian Architecture: Origins, function and the orders
Cutting of the Vassilopita
Visit to Lykabettos Hill, Metro Station exhibitions at Akropolis and
Evangelismos Metro stations
Group welcome dinner
monday 7 January – Day 3
Lecture 3 – The Athenian Akropolis in the Archaic Period:
Architecture and Sculpture
Visit Pnyx and view Akropolis from Mouseion Hill
Lecture 4 – The Athenian Akropolis in the Classical period:
Architecture and Sculpture
Tuesday 8 January – Day 4
Visit Athenian Akropolis, Akropolis Study Centre and Akropolis
Museum
Wednesday 9 January – Day 5
Lecture 5 – The development of the Athenian Agora
Visit the Agora, Agora Museum and Areiopagos
Thursday 10 January – Day 6
Lecture 6 – The Kerameikos: burial practice and Athenian funerary
sculpture
Visit Kerameikos and Kerameikos Museum
Friday 11 January – Day 7
Visit Plato’s Academy, Piraeus (including Archaeological Museum),
Salamis and trireme Olympias.
Saturday 12 January and Sunday 13 January – Days 8 and 9
No organised activities
monday 14 January – Day 10
Lecture 7 – Athenian Vase Painting I
Hands on pottery session at the British School of Archaeology at
Athens
Visit numismatic collection at the Alpha Bank
Tuesday 15 January – Day 11
Lecture 8 – Athenian Vase Painting II
Visit National Archaeological Museum pottery collection
Visit Temple of Olympian Zeus
Wednesday 16 January – Day 12
Lecture 9 – Athenian free standing sculpture: The Archaic Period
Lecture 10 – Athenian free standing sculpture: The Classical Period
Visit National Archaeological Museum sculpture collection
Thursday 17 January – Day 13
Lecture 11 – Athenian sanctuary organisation and cult
requirements
Visit Eleusis and the Sacred Way
Visit the border fort at Eleutherai
Friday 18 January – Day 14
Lecture 12 – the Case of the “Hephaisteion Architect”
Visit Trachones theatre, and the cave of Pan at Vari
Visit Sounion (Poseidon and Athena Sanctuaries)
Saturday 19 January and Sunday 20 January – Days 15 and 16
No organised activities
monday 21 January – Day 17
Lecture 13 - The Development of the Theatre
Visit south slope of the Akropolis: Theatre of Dionysos, Odeion of
Perikles and the Asklepieion
Visit north slopes of the Akropolis and Choregic Monument of
Lysikrates
Tuesday 22 January – Day 18
Visit Marathon, Rhamnous and Oropos (Amphiaraos Sanctuary)
Wednesday 23 January – Day 19
Visit Loutsa/Halai Araphenides (Sanctuary of Artemis Tauropolos),
Brauron (Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia) and Thorikos
Thursday 24 January – Day 20
Lecture 14 - Delphi
Afternoon – no organized activities
Friday 25 January – Day 21
Depart for Delphi early
Visit Delphi Archaeological Museum
Overnight stay in Delphi
Saturday 26 January – Day 22
Delphi site visit
Return to Athens
Course review
Farewell dinner
Sunday 27 January – Day 23
Departure from Summer School accommodation.
The ancient fortifications at Eleutherai.
Photo G. Scheer