SATA Rome 2005

SATA Rome 2005: Professor Fred Paxton, left, and students at a restored villa in Herculaneum.

Program Description | Courses

Frederick Paxton, Brigida Pacchiani Ardenghi Professor of History, Director of the Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts (CISLA) and Dean of International Studies, directed the SATA Rome program in the Fall semester 2005 at John Cabot University.

SATA Rome Fall 2005 Courses

SATA Rome 2005: Professor Fred Paxton at the amphitheater in Pompeii.

Professor Paxton offered two courses:

HIS 493F, Death, Dying and the Dead ( JCU designation HM 399 Special Topics in Humanistic Studies ) Professor Paxton used Rome as a field site for tracing the relations between the living and the dead from antiquity to the present day.

HIS 232, Medieval Europe: The Christian society of the Middle Ages in the West; Crusades, heresy, popes and emperors; merchants and theologians.  Emergence of France and England; the Papal Monarchy; chivalry and courtly society.  The crisis of the 14th century and its aftermath. In this course, Professor Paxton will emphasize medieval Rome, from Pope Sylvester II and the German Emperor Otto III, to the Gregorian Revolution of the later 11th century, to the height of the papal monarchy under Pope Innocent III, to the black death and the revolt of Cola di Rienzo in the 1350s.

Students were required to take at least one of Professor Paxton's above courses.

Each CC student was also required to take an Italian language course while in Rome, and other courses were selected from the offerings of John Cabot University, the host institution of the Connecticut College SATA Program in Rome. JCU is a 600-student, English-speaking, private liberal arts college located in Trastevere ("across the Tiber"), the heart of old Rome. Its winding cobblestone streets and many cafes and trattorias are the "campus" of JCU.

Rome provides an unparalleled array of educational opportunities. Students interested in classics, religious studies, Italian Studies, international relations, history of art and architecture, for instance, can find endless intellectual stimulation. And of course, students of anthropology, political science, sociology, European history, and related studies can too. The SATA program and JCU sponsor field trips to important historical sites to supplement the students' experience.