Study/Travel Course

Austria and Hungary
History, People and Cities

Gerard E. Jones

Tuesdays, Noon - 2:00 p.m.
January 11 - March 1, 2005
Location TBD

This course will consist of a discussion of the history of these two interesting countries. We will focus on the rise and fall of the Hapsburg Empire and the lives of Maria Theresa, Emperor Francis Joseph, Napoleon, Talleyrand and Metternich. Two sessions will feature suggestions of sites you may want to visit in Vienna and Budapest, with particular focus on Schonbrunn Palace. If time allows, we will discuss the significant contribution of artists, musicians and others who have enriched the culture of these countries. We propose to use multi-media extensively - films, music, etc. Professor Klaus Mladek, a Professor in Dartmouth College's German Studies Department, will give one class on a topic of mutual interest.

Class is limited to those participants going to Holland/Hungary in May 2005.

Gerard E. Jones graduated from Yale University, cum laude, in 1959 with an honors degree in history. After three years in the U.S. Navy, stationed in the Far East and California, Gerard enrolled in and graduated from the Yale Law School in 1965. He practiced corporate law in New York and Connecticut for forty years before retiring to Woodstock, Vermont. History has always been his first love. Gerry has traveled extensively to Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa, and Turkey, and has visited Vienna and proposes to visit Budapest in December 2004. He is married and has three daughters: 36, 33, and 29, and two grandchildren. His other hobbies including skiing, traveling, reading (history), golf and climbing.