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Activity note: Today’s session will start at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time and end at 5:30 p.m.
Afternoon: 2:00 p.m. Welcome, Orientation, Introductions. Our Group Leader will greet everyone and review the program theme, the up-to-date daily schedule and any changes, Zoom meeting protocols, roles and responsibilities, and answer any questions. We will then say hello to our fellow Road Scholars and our Study Leaders. 2:30 p.m. Lecture. We’ll learn about the history of Alsace, once considered too German to be French and too French to be German. Habitation has been traced back over millennia. It was settled by Celts around 1500 BCE and more than 1,400 years later by the Romans. The region’s fertility and strategic location resulted in many invasions and changes of hands right up through the 20th century. 3:00 p.m. Break. 3:05 p.m. Virtual field trip. The three main cities of Alsace are Strasbourg, Colmar, and Mulhouse. With our Study Leader, we will see charming streets, visit museums, and learn more about the distinctive histories of each city. 5:00 p.m. We’ll have a Q&A session following by wrap-up and notes for tomorrow. 5:30 p.m. Today’s session will end.
Activity note: Today’s session will start at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time and end at 5:00 p.m.
Afternoon: 2:00 p.m. Lecture. The cultural heritage of Alsace includes hundreds of abbeys, churches, and one of the world’s most extraordinary cathedrals. We will learn about the of devotion age that led to their construction. 2:30 p.m. Virtual field trip. Among the charms of Alsace are villages that retain characteristic elements of other ages. Highlights include Eguisheim, designated as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France — Most Beautiful Villages of France — as well as Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, Ribeauvillé, and Obernai. We will see some of the castles and picturesque medieval architecture that make Alsace exceptional. We’ll also “meet” a wine producer who will tell us about the wines of Alsace and iconic Munster cheese that has been produced here since the 7th Century. 4:30 p.m. Break. 4:35 p.m. Q&A, wrap-up, and notes for tomorrow. 5:00 p.m. Today’s session will end.
Activity note: Today’s session will start at 2:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.
Afternoon: 2:00 p.m. Lecture. France shares borders with Belgium, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and — most significantly in relation to Alsace — Germany. The original inhabitants were conquered by Rome in the 1st Century BCE. They, in turn, were overrun by Germanic peoples who were later conquered by the Franks. In the modern era, the last change of nationality was after World War II. We will learn about this tangled skein of borders and identities over the centuries and how they have affected those who live there. 2:30 p.m. Virtual field trip. Our exploration today will help us understand more about the “border” concept as we examine some of the most significant monuments, memorials, and significant places. We’ll reach the summits of the Grand Ballon — Großer Belchen in German — the highest peak in the Vosges Mountains; Mont Sainte-Odile — Odilienberg in German — with its renowned abbey and enigmatic pagan wall; and pause atop Donon, the “sacred mountain” that was the site of heavy fighting between French and German troops during World War I. We’ll also see other fortified places of the past overlooking the Rhine, among which the most sensational is the Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg, built in the 12th Century. We will mark the memory of two World Wars in Alsace as we see Le Linge, with its remains of German trenches; the necropolis of Kaysersberg; the Memorial of the Ligne Maginot in Markolsheim; and the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Schirmeck. We will end our field trip at the Memorial d’Alsace Moselle, a fascinating museum exhibiting the history and memories from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 to the present day. 4:30 p.m. Break. 4:35 p.m. Q&A, wrap-up, and notes for tomorrow. 5:00 p.m. This concludes our program.