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SUMMER 2004
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Academic Calendar

Students arrival June 21, 2004
Orientation June 22, 2004
Opening dinner June 22, 2004
First day of classes June 23, 2004
Last day of classes August 3, 2004
End of the program August 4, 2004
Closing dinner August 4, 2004
Departure August 5 - 6, 2004

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Summer 2004 Flier

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Schedule

Yet to be posted...

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Reach-Out Activities

Reach-out activities constitute an integral part of Summer 2004 Program at Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis. Their main goal is to extend students' study abroad experience beyond the walls of CHP classrooms and open new venues for students' immersion into Czech culture, life and society.

The Reach-out activities are obligatory for students of Milestones of Czech History and Civilization course and open for all students of Summer 2004 Program. All expenses (including some but not all meals) are covered by CHP tuition. The following is a list of all Reach-out activities planned for Summer 2004 Program. In case of any questions, write please to summer04@chp.cz.

June 22

Orientation - Welcome to Prague!
One day Orientation in Prague to get to know each other and CHP staff.
How to get to the program facility, how public transport works, where to eat, where the best jazz clubs and cafés are... Program rules.

Opening dinner Summer 2004 Session
Informal meeting with CHP faculty and staff in a beautiful restaurant in the centre of Prague.

July 8

Beauty and the Beast
Opera performance in the National Theatre. You have the opportunity to experience the Czech premiere of a unique work by an important American minimalist composer, Philip Glass (born 1937).

July 10-11

Trip to Southern Moravia
Two days trip. Visit to Renaissance towns of Telè and Slavonice. Staying overnight in Mikulov. Wine tasting in a small private wine cellar. Macocha caves with a boat trip.

July 14
Trip to Kutna Hora
From the 14th century Kutna Hora was an important royal silver mining town with royal mint. Since 1995 Kutna Hora is on the UNESCO world heritage list. The Cathedral of St. Barbora is considered one of the most impressive gothic cathedrals in Central Europe.

July 21

Trip to the towns of Terezín and Litomerce
Visit of the town Terezín (Theresienstadt) which gained notoriety under the Nazis as the nefarious concentration camp. Litomerice, situated on the confluence of Ohre and Labe rivers, is one of the oldest Czech towns, often called the town of Karel Hynek Mácha (famous Czech poet).

July 23 Trip to East Bohemia - Kuks Castle, Ratiborice
The most interesting in Kuks Castle is the complex of 24 statues by M.B. Braun - half of them depicts human virtues, the other half vices. The castle and the Grandmother's Valley in Ratiborice with the natural instructive path and outdoor museum which were so idyllically described in 19th century in the well-known novel "Grandmother" by Božena Nemcova.

August 4

Farewell Dinner

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Orientation

A detailed schedule of the orientation yet to be posted.

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