Oct. 29, 2010
Contact: Rita Mitchell, University Relations
Travel-study group plans to revisit reformation
MARTIN, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee at Martin is planning a travel-study program to Germany and Switzerland, May 16-26, focusing on the events and people of the Protestant Reformation. The trip is open to the public.
Dr. Arthur Hunt, associate professor of communications, and Stan Sieber, professor of history, will lead the group in retracing the steps of Martin Luther, John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli. The group will explore old towns, historic churches and the rivers and alpines of Central Europe. The tour includes visiting the cities of Wittenberg, Erfurt, Weimar, Bamberg, Rothenburg, Heidelberg, Worms, Mainz, Zurich and Geneva.
The cost of the trip is $3,875 and includes all transportation, double occupancy hotel accommodations, admission to all planned events and daily breakfast buffets. For those interested, the university will offer academic credit in accordance with the trip under the Departments of History and Philosophy and Communications.
The university is currently accepting applications for the tour. For more information, contact Lorrie Jackson at the UT Martin Center for International Education by calling 731-881-3582 or e-mailing ljackson@utm.edu.
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