The course introduces students to the concept of activism in Italian culture, and examines how citizens, individually and collectively, have achieved social change in post-unification Italy. In the course, students…
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Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Expand Awareness of Contemporary Issues
Data from our annual re-entry survey reveals that undergraduates today haven’t necessarily engaged in formal study of their host cultures prior to their education abroad experiences. To some degree this…
Class Anthology Project
Instructions to Students: The class will work in two groups for this project. Your group will imagine yourselves as a team of editors for a new anthology of Caribbean literature….
Slavery and the Environment in a Comparative Context (HIS 241)
This course offers a rare opportunity to explore historic slave plantation ruins on a remote island in the Bahamas as a means of interpreting the history of slavery. We examine…
Macroeconomics Seminar: Traveling Economists in China
There are two primary goals in this course. The first is to understand the incredible economic development of China over the course of the last two generations within the context…
Celebrating Campus Connections for International Education Week
Starting in 2017, the University of Richmond decided to counter negative messages about international cooperation by emphasizing cross-cultural understanding. During International Education Week in November we hosted Danish Week, an occasion for…
Sherpa Life and Culture
Sherpa Life and Culture focuses on the lives and culture of Nepal in general and the Sherpa people in particular during program lasting almost a whole academic year that includes…
The Border Studies Program
The Border Studies Program combines rigorous academic study, practical on-site learning, travel seminars and structured reflection in a semester that engages students in some of today’s most urgent social, economic,…
American Foreign Policy
This is my basic U.S. Foreign Policy course – at the 200 level – for Dickinson Students. I began the course in 1898 and took it up to the present….
The Space in the Page: Visual Representation and a Sense of Place
Many thinkers agree that we use a rich mixture of history, cultural heritage, science, and art both knowingly and unknowingly to construct our sense of place. Our experience of a…
Pre-Departure Detectives
During the Hobart and William Smith Colleges study abroad program in Rome, Italy, our students take the following courses: “Rome: the Eternal Tourist City,” focused on tourism and authenticity; “Contemporary Italy,” and…
Continuing the Journey: From Study Abroad to a Life of Global Engagement
A team-taught a course for students who had recently returned from terms studying abroad. The purpose of the course was to help students understand and navigate the re-entry process, build upon…
Living Well in Later Life
“Living Well in Later Life” is a project-based learning opportunity (PBL) that examines the community health of two structurally similar but geographically distant regions: Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan; and Carlisle,…