\u201cWe\u2019ve got a big range of ages: Our youngest participant was 23 years old and our oldest was 84 years old,\u201d he added. \u201cOur professors live in Rome and have deep roots in the city where they show a side of the city that a visiting professor just simply cannot.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n
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The program offers a 30-day spring session from May to June and a six-week fall session from September to October, and classes are held every Monday through Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first track, Roma Antica, offers courses on pre-Roman societies, the ancient Roman Empire, and the Renaissance and Baroque periods of artists. The second track, Roma Moderna, covers modern Italian history from the 1860s (the unification of Italy) to the present, covering the world wars and fascism. The program also offers Italian language and culture classes that includes native speakers who attend Italian universities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur classes are not textbook heavy, so our film seminar allows people to engage without being expected to do a lot of homework outside of the classroom,\u201d said Fitzgerald. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participants also take part in wine-tasting and cooking classes and learn about Italian art and architecture from local artists. On select Fridays, students go on day trips, including the Sabine Hills and Tivoli, known for Emperor Hadrian\u2019s architectural villa. Additionally, the program offers two optional weekend excursions to the Bay of Naples and Palermo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey visit Pompeii, Naples and the ancient Greek colony of Cuma, which in some ways represents the dolce vita (sweet life) side of Italy.\u201d Fitzgerald said. \u201cOn the contrary, a visit to Palermo offers a very different view of modern Italy where one of our professors teaches students about the city\u2019s anti-mafia resistance movements.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe two trips provide participants with distinct perspectives of Italy to further immerse themselves in Italian arts, culture, history and language,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Sidney Braman, MED \u201967<\/em>, returned to the university with his wife to join the study abroad program both in the spring of 2022 and the fall of 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are living life in a foreign country and learning from unbelievable professors who have retained a wealth of knowledge on Rome\u2019s history,\u201d said Braman, professor of medicine emeritus at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTemple Rome gave my wife Judi and I the opportunity to live in a foreign country as inhabitants of that country.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n He valued learning about Rome from the late 1800s to the present. His cohort watched how the Italian film industry developed from the early 1900s through the modern times. He enjoyed that the professors taught the Italian language courses beyond the classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI love that for many of the classes, we would meet with a professor at the Colosseum, a museum or a gelato shop,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, KLN \u201984<\/em>, attended the program in the spring of 2023. Her grandparents had immigrated from Italy to the U.S. and getting an education in Rome piqued her interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaving our first class at the Colosseum and having access to walk at the very places where the history was taking place was really exciting,\u201d said Simon, who received her master\u2019s in journalism from Temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was a good way to spend time with other adults from all ages and different backgrounds, who are energized, adventurous and have the desire to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI became good friends with others in the cohort, who I continue to keep in touch with,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a first-generation Temple student, Marilyn May, CLA \u201976<\/em>, LAW \u201979<\/em>, was interested in studying abroad but could not afford it as an undergraduate. Decades later, as an adult, she became a part of the program\u2019s fall 2023 cohort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI finally got to do something I wanted to do 50 years ago,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was fascinating to be introduced to different neighborhoods outside the usual tourist spots. We went to different art studios and met the goldsmith who designed a ring for Pope Benedict XVI.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Her cohort walked around their Italian culture professor\u2019s neighborhood; exploring stores; going on a scavenger hunt; and learning how to make tiramis\u00f9, handmade pasta and cappuccino designs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was great to be a student again in this magical city and learn about Italian history, art, architecture and culture while eating delicious food and drinking wonderful wine,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat\u2019s not to love? It\u2019s never too late to be a student again.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n To apply for Temple University\u2019s Adult Study Broad program, visit\u00a0rome.temple.edu\/adult-study-abroad<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This article originally appeared on\u00a0Temple Now<\/a> Temple University\u2019s Adult Study Abroad program offers a six-week fall session in September\u2013October and a 30-day spring session in May\u2013June to study Italian history, arts, architecture, language and culture in Rome. \u00a0<\/p>\n 4 MIN READ<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/owltopia\/files\/2024\/05\/adult-study-2024_4-1024x768.jpg\")
Written by Brent Baum<\/a>
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