Reach-Out
To meet one of the important goals of Study Abroad implies to provide students opportunities to grasp the local intellectual life and culture, to see it from inside. Therefore CHP organizes its Reach-out activities. There are two components of the Semester Reach-out: Excursions and Immersion projects. While the excursions are directly linked to the CHP curriculum and some of them are compulsory for students of specific courses, nevertheless open to everybody, immersion projects bolster student inquisitiveness and inspire students to recognoscate the terrain of Czech, Central European, and European civilization on their own.
Excursions
Out of Prague
Kutna Hora
The history of Kutná Hora silver mines reached its climax in 14th and 15th centuries, when it was one of the richest places in Europe, where silver was found and extracted. The dominant and boast of Kutná Hora is its St. Barbara's Cathedral, considered one of the most impressive gothic cathedrals in Central Europe. Since 1995 Kutná Hora is on the UNESCO world heritage list.
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Terezin
The town of Terezín (Theresienstadt) was founded in 1780 by Emperor Josef II., originally as an impregnable military fortress. During the period of Nazi occupation of World War II, in 1940, while under the control of the Gestapo, the town of Terezín was turned into a Jewish ghetto. Although only used as a temporary holding place before transporting victims on to other death camps, nevertheless 36,000 out of 160,000 prisoners that passed through Terezín, lost their lives within the walls of the town.
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Dresden
City of contrasts Dresden with its impressive sights had to recover from severe WWII bombing.
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Ceský Krumlov
Medieval town in Southern Bohemia, one of the most beautiful destinations with a preserved historical center.
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Opera in the National Theater
Jakobín by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Meeting at 6:30pm in front of the theatre.
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