Interested in a short-term abroad program?  The Art of Living: Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Thought, offers the extraordinary opportunity to study ancient Greek philosophy in Athens and on the Greek islands of Santorini and Crete. We will visit the Oracle at Delphi that pronounced Socrates the wisest human being, and we will have class near the jail cell where the Athenians forced Socrates to drink hemlock. We will walk through the ruins of Aristotle’s Lyceum, and we will visit the stunning archeological sites of Akrotiri and Knossos on the islands of Santorini and Crete, which may have inspired Plato’s Atlantis myth. Before coming home, we will set sail from the Piraeus to get a sense of the place where the Athenians defeated the Persians and fought the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War with the Spartans. This exciting program will introduce you to ancient Greek philosophy and take you to some of the places where the history of philosophy began!

There will be an in-person information session hosted by Prof. Mark Ralkowski on February 18, in Rome 569, from 4:00-5:00pm.

Professor: Mark Ralkowski – mralkow@gwu.edu

Application deadline: March 1, 2022

Overseas dates: May 17-28

Start your application here:

Check out a video of past programs here!