Getting to Know Rome
CNOL
Based on his many years of working in Rome and
taking students there, Peter Kent will present six sessions on the
delights and fascinations of Rome, from the food and drink, through the
familiar sites of ancient Rome, to the work of artists such as
Michelangelo, Bernini and Caravaggio, and the development of Rome in the
twentieth century under Mussolini’s Fascist regime. Time will also be
spent on the role of the Vatican in its Roman context and on the Pope
as one of the leading citizens of Rome.
This course will be of interest to those who want to know
more about the EternalCity, as well as to those planning a future visit
to Rome.
Course Outline:
Tuesday, October 2 - Introduction to Rome and to the Class
Tuesday, October 9 - "The Layers of Rome: Rome of the Caesars" with Tom Goud, History and Politics, UNBSJ
Tuesday, October 16 - "The Layers of Rome: Renaissance and Baroque Rome"
Tuesday, October 23 - "The Layers of Rome: Mussolini and the Modernization of Rome"
Tuesday, October 30 - "A Tale of Two Cities: Papal Rome and the Vatican City"
Tuesday, November 6 - "Food and Drink in Rome: Prosciutto, Spaghetti Carbonara, Pannetone and Espresso"
Instructor: Peter Kent
Dates: Tuesdays, October 2 to November 6, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Tuesdays, October 2 - 30 Marshall D'Avary Hall Room 337
Tuesday, November 13 - Marshall D'Avary Hall Room 114 (click here for campus map)
Fee: $100 (plus HST)
About the Instructor: Peter Kent is Professor Emeritus of History
and a former Dean of Arts at UNB. Since 1990, he has been Director of
UNB’s annual Rome Program, which offers UNB courses in Rome for three
and six weeks in May and June. He is a teacher of modern European
history, with a particular interest in Italian history and he conducts
research on the diplomatic history of the Vatican in the twentieth
century. His most recentbook deals with the 1968 Strax Affair at the
University of New Brunswick.
For more information
Please contact pce@unb.ca or phone (506) 458-7106.
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