study art history at Hermitage

[Todd Foglesong]

Art History Program in St. Petersburg, Russia, Summer 1998

The University of Kansas announces an Art History Program with 
the Benois Institute at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, 
Russia for the Summer of 1998.  This program will afford art history 
students with a unique and unprecedented opportunity to study INSIDE 
the Hermitage and work DIRECTLY with its collections.  

The program will last four weeks; it includes lectures (in English) 
on Hermitage masterpieces in Western Art in the morning and 
opportunities to work with unexhibited collections in the Hermitage
in the afternoon.  There will also be introductory Russian lessons 
and four excursions to the major architectural monuments and palaces
of St. Petersburg.

ESTIMATED COST:  $2,750 
NB:  This figure includes Tuition, Accomodations (home-stays), 
and Meals, BUT NOT:  Airfare (~$1,200), Visa Fee (~$75), 
and any spending money participants wish to bring.  

DATES:  May 20 – June 20, 1998.

This program is designed for graduate students and junior faculty; 
however, applications from advanced undergraduates will also be 
considered.  Participants will earn 6 hours of credit.  The programs 
will be administered by the Center for Russian and East European
Studies in conjunction with the Department of Art History and Office
of Study Abroad at KU, and the Benois Institute of St. Petersburg.

For further information on cost and dates, contact Professor 
Maria Carlson, Director, Center for Russian and East European 
Studies, University of Kansas, 106 Lippincott Hall, Lawrence, 
KS, 66045 (tel. 785-864-4236, crees at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu).

Dr. Todd Foglesong
Assistant to the Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Kansas