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Life Aboard the Aegean Odyssey
Think of the Aegean Odyssey as a private classroom that will bring you to some of the most fascinating
places in the world. Along the way, you’ll learn from our experts, meet shipmates who love to learn
as much as you do, and enjoy the perfect balance of comfortable amenities and delicious cuisine.
Ready to learn more? Visit www.roadscholar.org/aegean-odyssey
Meet Some of Our Odyssey at Sea Instructors
Accompanying you on each of Road Scholar’s Aegean Odyssey itineraries are expert lecturers carefully
selected for their knowledge of the areas we visit and their ability to bring the history of these remarkable
destinations to life. Lecturers include historians, professors, archaeologists and more, all well regarded
in their respective fields.
ROAD SCHOLAR’S REPORT
FEATURED EXPERT
Ioanna Kopsiafti I loved how each of the Group
Dr. Ioanna Kopsiafti is an art historian, professor, Leaders were from one of the
and writer living in Athens for the past 20 years. regions we were visiting.
She earned her Master’s degree from St. Andrews
University and her doctorate from Oxford. Ioanna currently lectures Our Group Leader was from
in Athens and Rome, primarily on ancient Greek and Roman art and Greece, and when we first
civilization. Her publications include “Style City Athens” (Thames &
Hudson 2006) and “Thinking Space, Advancing Art: Cassirer with Crowther” stepped out in Santorini,
(Routledge 2015) on the philosophy of symbolic forms that explores her face just lit up. It made
language, myth, religion, and art within the philosophy of culture.
Meet Ioanna on Odyssey at Sea: The Greek Isles & Ephesus (#23517CQT) and the experience mean
Odyssey at Sea: The Greek Isles, Ephesus & Istanbul (#23587CQT) so much more.
Christine G.
FEATURED EXPERT
ROAD SCHOLAR CLASS OF ’16
Spencer Jones
Dr. Spencer Jones is an award-winning historian and
author. He is Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and
War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton and
serves as the Regimental Historian for the Royal
Regiment of Artillery. He is the author of several books including “From Boer
War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army 1902-1914” and “At All
Costs: The British Army on the Western Front 1916.” Meet Spencer on Odyssey at
Sea: World War II in France & the British Isles (#23806CQT)
FEATURED EXPERT
Christopher Witcombe
Dr. Christopher Witcombe studied painting
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.
He earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s in art history at
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D.
in art history at Bryn Mawr College. He taught art history for 37 years and was
a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, England, and the American Academy,
Rome. He is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
He has published nine books and is working two new books on art. Meet
Christopher on Odyssey at Sea: Greece, Ephesus, Israel and Egypt (#23609CQT)
and Odyssey at Sea: From Provence & the French Riviera to Barcelona (#23520CQT)
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