Tunisia: At the Crossroads of Civilization

time OCT. 9-19, 2026

ticket TBA

activity Activity Level: Moderate Activity

diploma UCLA Faculty on Tour

Overview

Tunisia, Carthage, Bulla Regia, Thuburbo, Sosse, Monastir, El Jem , Sbeitla

Uncover the hidden gem along North Africa’s Mediterranean coast: Tunisia. Experience the seaside villages, mountain oases, and Saharan dunes that made this tiny land coveted by legendary civilizations—Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Ottoman, and French—all of them leaving behind treasures for you to admire. Imagine standing in the imperial city of Carthage, where Hannibal once commanded forces against Rome. Begin in Tunis, Tunisia’s modern-day capital near ancient Carthage, and join an expert guide to explore Carthage’s layers of archaeological remains. Throughout the journey, marvel at the most exquisite Roman ruins outside Italy, including Dougga, North Africa’s most complete Roman city, and the 35,000-seat Amphitheatre of El Jem, which rivals Rome’s Colosseum in scale and state of preservation. Step back to when Tunisia was the jewel of the Islamic world in Kairouan, one of Islam’s holiest cities and home to one of the world’s most important medieval mosques.

Cost: TBA
Arrangements Abroad

Activity Level: Moderate Activity

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UCLA Faculty on Tour

Professor Robert Gurval

Department of Classics

Robert Gurval is Associate Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of Classics. His area of research and teaching concerns ancient Rome and the legacy of its empire in popular culture and cinema. Gurval's publications focus on politics, literature and architecture in the age of Rome's first emperor, Caesar Augustus. Cleopatra and her reception in western culture is a special interest. He earned his degrees in Classics at Brown University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of California, Berkeley. Gurval has taught at UCLA since 1990 where he has served as Chair of the Department of Classics and Chair of the faculty committees on the Honors College, General Education Governance, and Undergraduate Honors, Awards and Prizes. He received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award known as the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching and the Excellence in Teaching Award for university professors by the Society for Classical Studies. Among his academic honors, he was a Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a Fulbright Scholar in Hong Kong for General Education.

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