Vienna

The German Studies Department is proud to conduct Emory's longest-standing Summer Study Abroad Program. For the past forty-eight years, Emory students have enrolled in seven-week courses in Vienna, the former imperial city of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and today one of the booming and truly international cities in Central Europe. Our students take intermediate or advanced German courses that explore topics in Austrian cultural history. One element that makes this program unique is that students stay with host families and thus are afforded the opportunity to immerse themselves in Viennese daily life. Each summer, there are a number of excursions to historical and cultural sites. In addition, students are reimbursed within reason for cultural activities in the city, such as museum visits and musical or opera performances.

We are particularly committed to the program because the city itself is such an ideal place to study the cultures and literatures of the German-speaking worlds. Austria's position in the heart of Central Europe, as well as a gateway to Eastern Europe, provides an exemplary educational context for examining longstanding traditions and neglected connections in the region.