The course treats four major historical periods in the history of Berlin from the Enlightenment to the present. Offered every year. Scholarship funds available. The program is also open to recent graduates and alumni, as well as to other Davidson faculty and staff. The course will treat four major historical periods in the history of Berlin and the German empire and the Republics.
Students go with the director on an excursion somewhere in Berlin every day .
A few key longer readings are read by the class before departure. Each course site in Berlin has a guide page with information, key historical and cultural points, a question for discussion later. The class meets at the day's site, goes through the reading, and breaks up for study at the site for a few hours. Generally, we will meet later at coffee or for dinner to discuss the day's site and student's thoughts and impressions. One day each week there will be no daytime excursion, but instead only an evening meeting.