We will explore the history of the city's cultural institutions and the current roles of those institutions in the lives of the city's people. She lived in St. Petersburg as a graduate student and has frequently taken classes of Bates students to St. Petersburg as well as to other Russian cities in recent years. The Bates faculty will lead many expeditions to sites and cultural events in and around St. Petersburg, including royal palaces and artists' retreats on the outskirts of the city, and a few day and weekend trips to more distant places, including the sites of Russian folk culture at Kizhi, the medieval city of Novgorod and Moscow. Classes will be given at the Nevsky Institute by instructors who have considerable experience teaching Russian to American students. All expenses, including travel to and from St. Petersburg and program-related field trips, are covered by regular Bates comprehensive fees.
Students bring money for personal expenses, entertainment, gifts and independent travel.
This program is part of the Bates curriculum. Completion of the Fall Semester in St. Petersburg provides students with four Bates credits and satisfies the College's cluster component for the General Education requirements for graduation. All Rights Reserved.