Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary WVU Faculty-led Summer 2012 Study Abroad

• 6 credits: 3 weeks online & 3 weeks on-site (May 29-June 18) in Budapest, Hungary • Instructor: Dr. R.M. Chory, Assoc. Prof. of Comm. Studies, Fulbrighter to Budapest

• Cost $2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201) $500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)

• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)

• Cost of 6 credits of Summer School at WVU in Morgantown– In state tuition: $1,428– Out of state tuition: $4,464

• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST

The Courses (6 credits)• COMM 493: Construction & Comm. of Hungarian Cultural ID (3 credits)• COMM 493: Hungary-USA: Comm & Cultural Connections (3 credits)• Courses count toward Comm major and minor requirements• Topics

– Hungarian history and the city of Budapest– Americans’ and other Westerners’ perceptions of Hungary– Hungarians’ perceptions of themselves, others (including USA), social groups– Surviving Communism– Women, families, friendships, social roles, and social life in Hungary– The world of work in Hungary– Media & politics in Hungary: Adopting American campaign strategies– Historical Hungarian media vs. American media– America through new eyes

• George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict and Aggression

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Accommodations in Budapest• Gold Hotel Buda (or similar) • twin-bedded rooms w/private bath or shower • Breakfast included

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What Will We Do?• Communication and Culture in Budapest, Hungary

will expose students to a culture influenced by Eastern and Western traditions that is reconstructing its cultural identity, along with establishing democratic, market-driven societal systems. It will also teach students to recognize how a culture communicates its identity through language, art, architecture, historical sites, museums, and more.

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Where is Hungary?At the geographic center of Europe

Where is Budapest?In north central Hungary

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Parliament (Parlament in Hungarian)

The Holy Crown of Hungary and the Coronation Regalia on display in Parliament

Bronze Statue of Poet Attila József near Parliament

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Kossuth térKossuth Lajos (1802-1894), Hungary’s leader 1848-49, tried to re-gain Hungary’s independence from the Habsburgs

Formerly the Ministry of Agriculture, today the Museum of Ethnography

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Soviet Monument

US EmbassyLajos Batthány Eternal Flame

Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary during failed 1956 revolution; executed in 1958; today a symbol of freedom

Szabadság tér(Freedom Square)

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Szent István tér(Saint Stephen Square)

Szent István Bazilika

Streets around the square

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Szent István Bazilika

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Hungarian National Museum

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Memento ParkCommunism’s Statues (1949–1989)

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Terror Ház former headquarters of the Nazi

and Communist secret police

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Dohány St. Synagogue2nd largest synagogue in world

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Around the Dohány St. Synagogue

Hungarian Jewish MuseumTree of Life : Memorial of the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs

Memorial Garden Holocaust Memorial 16

Holocaust Memorial Museum17

Heroes’ Square

Monument commemorating the 7 Magyar (Hungarian) tribes' chieftains, lead by Árpád, who settled their people in Hungary ~ 896 AD

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Around Heroes’ SquareMuseum of Fine Arts

Műcsarnok19

Museum of Fine Arts

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Széchenyi Bathshot springs, thermal baths

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Vajdahunyad Castlereplicas of historic Hungarian buildings; 1896

Bust of Béla Lugosi, Dracula in 1931 film, on a corner of Vajdahunyad Castle

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Around Andrássy út

Virag at Easter

Hungarian House of Photography

Szondi György (?-1552), hero against Ottoman invasion, on Kodály Körönd

Liszt Ferenc tér

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Magyar Állami Operaház

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Margitsziget[Saint] Margaret Island

Saint Michael’s Church

13th C Dominican Convent Ruins

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Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge

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Views from Gellért Hill

Elizabeth Bridge and Pest

North Buda

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Royal Palace(including Hungarian National Gallery)

Gate to main palace courtyard w/turul (Hungarian mythical bird)

Palace courtyard w/equestrian statue of Prince Jenő Savoyai

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Hungarian Nat’l Gallery

Altarpieces

Sculptures

Paintings

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Mátyás

Templom

Dates to 13th century; named after

King Mátyás Corvinus

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Fishermen’s Bastion

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Royal Palace Courtyard

King Mátyás Fountain

Royal Palace Courtyard

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Budapest History Museum in the Royal Palace

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Budapest History Museumoriginal castle walls

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Buda Castle

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Danube Bend Boat Trip

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Esztergom CathedralHungary’s Largest Church

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Esztergom Cathedral Crypt Cardinal József Mindszenty’s Tomb

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Around Esztergom

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"The City of Artists"

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Szentendre Serbian Influences

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Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary• 6 credits, May 29-June 18 in Budapest, Hungary • Dr. RebeccaM. Chory, Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu• Cost

$2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201) $500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)

• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)

• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST