A Penn Adventure in Turkey

Rose offers insights about the Penn Museum's educational trip to Turkey. A group of 14 Penn graduate students were brought to the site of Troy in northwest Turkey for an intensive week-long workshop. This trip was the centerpiece of a new team-taught graduate seminar that focuses on the interfa...

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Published inExpedition Vol. 62; no. 2; p. 52
Main Author Rose, C Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, University Museum 01.07.2020
Subjects
Anthropology
Field trips
Graduate students
Historic buildings & sites
Turkey
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Summary:Rose offers insights about the Penn Museum's educational trip to Turkey. A group of 14 Penn graduate students were brought to the site of Troy in northwest Turkey for an intensive week-long workshop. This trip was the centerpiece of a new team-taught graduate seminar that focuses on the interface between the site of Troy and Homer's Iliad, while situating them both within the context of current armed conflict in the Near East. A highlight of the trip was a performance by the entire class of the play The Trojan Women in the Odeion, or concert hall, of ancient Troy. This particular version of the play had been adapted by Ellen McLaughlin.
ISSN:0014-4738