Programs by Gpa: 3 + Dialogue of Civilizations
Annecy – French Language and Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Annecy, France
Faculty leader: Catherine Dunand (c.dunand@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: CLTR4944: Ancient and Contemporary Culture and History of Savoie and FRNHxxxx depending on French level
Description:
The program of this Dialogue consists of two courses, one in French language and one in Regional French culture and history. Both courses are held in Annecy, in eastern France between Geneva and Chambery. Annecy is one of the most beautiful resort towns of the French Alps and is often referred to as the "Venice of Savoie." The town is situated on the shore of Lake Annecy, which is one of the cleanest lakes in the world. A trip to Paris will launch this special experience of France.
Bali: Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Bali, Cameroon
Faculty Leaders: Richard Harris (ri.harris@neu.edu) and William Tita (w.tita@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Monday, November 5th, 6:30-7:30 CSC Indoor Quad
Summer I
Courses: Engineering Innovation Discovery (course number TBA) & INTL4944: Dialogues in Social Sciences – Business and Modern African Economy
What is the Dialogue of Innovation?: Identifying problems, societal needs, and developing engineering innovation solutions, through student engagement, between Cameroon Christian University and Northeastern University.
This program will seek to help students develop and/or implement field projects that will focus on local, national and international opportunities that promote advances in science and technology which may improve the quality of life in unique communities. This effort will provide students with the opportunity to innovate and develop problem-solving ideas in an effort to make a positive difference through an entrepreneurial spirit. The ‘Dialogue of Innovation’ will be implemented using the Jola Venture, Inc. “model” for: (1) social innovation (making a positive difference in the world), (2) technological innovation (engineering problem-solving solutions) and (3) entrepreneurship (business development) to address these societal needs. The classroom seminar and experiential activity will enable students to engage in both a theoretical analysis and practical examination of the field of engineering and technology in helping to address the question of alleviating extreme technological under-development in developing countries.
Engaging with the Local Community: Students will reside on Cameroon Christian University campus and be part of the community. Students will visit different sites to conduct field work in both area villages and cities. Students will identify societal needs based on field work experience. Students will participate on local excursions to expose them to different areas to understand both the challenges and the opportunities for innovation.Dr. Tita will work with the College of Engineering to provide the overall leadership for this project as an expert in economics and social policy in Africa, given his educational, entrepreneurial and UNDP background, as a member of NU entrepreneurship faculty as well as his longstanding leadership in support of economic development in Cameroon and its various villages, notably, Bali and Mbengwi. In Cameroon, the excellence of the Cameroon Christian University (CCU) as an academic institution and the outstanding reputation of Professor Emmanuel N. Chia, its leader and, respectively, the department chairs and faculty of the engineering and management departments, for their work as academics in the study of poverty and strategies for poverty alleviation in Africa argue well for the selection of Cameroon as a destination of choice for the implementation of the Dialogue of Innovation concept.
Bali: Global Wellness and Healing Arts (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Bali, Indonesia
Faculty Leader: Jane McCool (j.mccool@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: October 24, 6:15 pm, 442 CSC
Summer I
Courses: NRSG1206 Global Wellness & INTL4944 Dialogue of Civilizations Regional Engagement - Balinese Culture and the Healing Arts
Description:
The Indonesian island of Bali, one of the most tranquil and beautiful places on earth, will be the setting for this interprofessional dialogue in Global Wellness, Culture, and the Healing Arts. In a land where spirituality, ancient tradition, and the natural world blend to create a unique environment, students will have the opportunity to live and learn in an atmosphere that nurtures harmony, mindfulness, and self-reflection.
Exploration of the culture through the arts, language, healing practices, and rituals of the Balinese people will provide a wide range of learning venues that underpin the holistic study of multidimensional well-being. The Bali Institute for Global Renewal offers multiple partnerships and affiliations on the island that facilitate community integration; students are encouraged to create relationships in a cultural context that is quite different than their own by living and learning with the people of Bali. Every aspect of this program is designed as a living-learning environment that offers engagement with deep indigenous practices. As such, students will be provided with a true immersion experience within models of sustainable communal living in Ubud, Amed, Levina, Pemuteron, and Sudaji.
Through conversation and focused study and practice with leaders and scholars in the intersecting fields of Eastern and Western Health and Healing, students will learn to consider and selectively engage embodied knowledge that incorporates both worldviews in order to create an operant framework for sustainable human health and well-being. Strategic health initiatives for individuals and populations will be designed and discussed within the context of this framework.
Bali: Negotiating the Global and the Local in Balinese Performing Arts (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Bali, Indonesia
Faculty Leader: Julie Strand (ju.strand@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: MUSC 2502 Balinese Performing Arts: Music/Dance & MUSC 3501 Negotiating the Global and the Local in Balinese Performing Arts
Description: This course will explore the arts of music, dance and theater in Bali, examining how processes of cultural globalization have influenced the ways in which the Balinese have accepted, rejected, and transformed various foreign influences as they find their own way of adapting to modern times and new generations. Coursework will cover Balinese history, culture, and music traditions, and case studies that demonstrate different examples how Balinese have responded to forces of globalization. Students will learn the basics of ethnographic fieldwork and complete a group field research project at the end of the program. The applied aspect of the courses will involve learning to perform the Balinese gamelan and/or traditional Balinese dance, attending local temple festivals and other ceremonies and performances, and attending annual Bali Arts Festivalin Denpasar (~45 minutes from where we will stay). The Arts Festival is the premiere showcase for Bali’s top talent in all genres of Balinese performing arts.
Bali: Poverty, Development, and Immigration (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Bali, Indonesia
Faculty Leader: Denise Horn (d.horn@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: INTL 4944 DOC: Regional Engagement & INTL4940 Global Corps Practicum
Description:
The Global Corps Practicum gives Northeastern and Balinese students the opportunity to participate in an intensive practicum on global civil society in an international setting. We will cover the essentials of global citizenship, social entrepreneurship, and NGO development to respond to local and global problems.
The NU Global Corps Practicum trains students in the burgeoning field of social entrepreneurship, which uses community development and business models to tackle social problems, whether through creating and disseminating new technologies or encouraging the growth of micro-enterprises and micro-finance; the point is to use community development and business principles but emphasize social impact over profit. Our program teaches students to use these principles in the hopes of creating sustainable projects grounded in social justice.
Northeastern students will spend the first week in Ubud, Bali in a cultural immersion program, where they will experience Bali’s unique art, music, spiritual and political culture. They will then spend three days in homestays in the village of Sudaji, site of an innovative eco-friendly community model of cultural preservation. Afterwards, we will move to the Northern Balinese city of Singaraja where Northeastern students and their Balinese peers from Ganesha University will participate in a four week workshop on social entrepreneurship. At the end of the four-week training in Singaraja, students’ project proposals will be presented to local organizations and their partners who will choose one or two of the projects that could be implemented successfully in Singaraja and the surrounding communities. The ultimate goal is to empower both Balinese and Northeastern students to identify creative solutions to pressing problems and to offer fresh new ideas for local organizations.
Balkans: Conflict Resolution and EU Accession Politics (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Belgrade, Serbia
Info Session: Monday, 11/05 at 3:30-4:30 in 306 Meserve
Faculty co-leaders: Profs. Denis Sullivan and Will Lovely (d.sullivan@neu.edu and w.lovelyiii@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: POLS 4938: International Politics Abroad and INTL 4944: Dialogue of Civilizations: Regional Engagement
Description:
The Balkans Dialogue investigates conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. We look at American efforts to end the bloody conflict in Bosnia (through the Dayton Accords) in 1995. Four years later, NATO and the US were also militarily involved in the Kosovo conflict, bombing Belgrade and other parts of Serbia. The program uses an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the history, culture, politics, and society of the former Yugoslavia. NU students will meet with Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian community activists, students, scholars, and political leaders; journalists; U.S. embassy staff; E.U., U.N., and NATO representatives; plus various NGOs and civil society groups. E.U. accession is a major question for Serbia as well as Bosnia. We will study:
- Balkans history, politics, and society
- Conflicts, wars, and resolutions: Dayton Accords and more
- Islam, Christianity and Judaism in Bosnia
- Serbia after Milosevic
- Bosnian-U.S. relations; Serbian-U.S. relations
- NATO and the EU – external players inside the Balkans
- Grass-roots organizing, NGOs, and civil society
Ballyvaughn: Studio Art, History, and Culture in Ireland (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Ballyvaughn, Ireland
Faculty Leader: Mira Cantor (m.cantor@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: January 23, 5:15 pm, 399 Ryder Hall
Summer II
Courses: ARTE2500 Art + Design Abroad: Studio - Art Studio in Ireland & ARTE2501 Art and Design Abroad: History - History and Culture in Ireland
Description: This is a 4 weeks studio hands on experience where students are provided a studio to create a project using any art medium. The first week is very structured by the faculty. Students will participate in a series of exercises, hike, listen to lectures and discuss readings. Weekend: to Aran Islands. The second week students discuss their projects and begin working on them. There are intense critiques every other day by faculty. Weekend :a day at the Galway Arts Festival. The third week the work continues with Celli dancing and lectures in between. The fourth week we prepare for the final exhibition of all student work.Weekend: Dublin.
A video for the program can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llaQ1mU-LU.
- Ballyvaughn Poster
Belo Horizonte: Brazil in the 21st Century: A Comparative Study of the Development of a Globalizing Nation: The FIFA World Cup, Olympics, Oil Reserves, and the Global Context of the Portuguese Language (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Faculty Leaders: Tom Vicino (t.vicino@neu.edu) and Simone Elias (s.elias@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I 2012
Courses: POLS4937 Government and Politics: Learning Abroad & PORT1301/1302/2301/2302/3301/3302/Directed Study
Description:
This faculty-led program offers students immersion into some of the world’s most dynamic, diverse and growing cities in Brazil: Belo Horizonte, also known as the Garden City and Brazil’s third largest city. You also will have the opportunity to visit other cities in Brazil.
This academic program offers students immersion into one of the world’s most dynamic, diverse, and growing populations of Brazil. The program is hosted by two well-respected institutions: 1) the top-ranked UNA University and 2) the Cultural Institute Brazil United States (ICBEU). The host university, UNA University, is a vibrant and innovative institution of higher education and is considered the best private university center in the state of Minas Gerais. Students will relate well to UNA University as it shares a similar profile to that Northeastern University, which aims to prepare students for life-long learning in a global marketplace.
Students will participate in two classes at ICBEU’s and UNA’s centrally located campuses around the Savassi district of Belo Horizonte, which provides quick access to many historical and cultural points of the city. Students will study the global context of the Portuguese language. Also, students will study the social, economic, and political dimensions of the urbanization of Brazil’s first planned city, Belo Horizonte—a large city of 2.5 million residents in a metropolitan region of nearly 6 million. With an urban plan inspired by L’enfant’s Washington, DC, Belo Horizonte boasts large promenades lined with some of the most arresting architecture in South America. This urbanization has attracted some of the leading technology companies in the world, like Google and Fiat as well as hosting the FIFA World Cup. Participants in the Dialogue will have an opportunity to meet and exchanges ideas with leading government officials, policymakers, economic developers, industrial giants, and cultural experts.
The cultural immersion is furthered through academic exchange with students at UNA University. The academic program will be complemented by numerous guided excursions, including an excursion to historical Ouro Preto, Tiradentes and other important satellite cities in Brazil, in which students will have the opportunity to compare and contrast the facets of a planned city such as Belo Horizonte, a historical city of gold such as Ouro Preto to the fascinating urban spaces. Students will also engage in lectures, and field visits with scholarly authorities and local leaders.
At the end of the program, students will have had the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with people from many diverse backgrounds, and thus gain exposure to a wide spectrum of Brazilian society and Brazil’s place in the global community. Ultimately, students will return home with a new knowledge of the how the “old” and “new” Brazil compare and contrast. Students will reflect on the new global directions of Brazil. The course introduces students to the dimensions of globalization, and its influences on the Brazil we know today. Students will learn about how Belo Horizonte grew as a planned urban center and industrial and technological hub. They will also learn several aspects of business and economy related to the new economic developments in Brazil. Visits to institutions, organizations and dialogues with locals and leaders will give the students the opportunity to evaluate the influences, developments, and perspectives for a global Brazil in the 21st century. The language tool and the knowledge of the politics of globalization will set the context for this learning experience.
Buenos Aires: Spanish Language and Argentinian Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Information Session: November 8, 6:00pm, 429 Ryder
Faculty Leader: Claudia Sokol (c.sokol@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: February 14, 6 pm, 227 Ryder
Summer II
Courses: Argentinian Culture (CLTR4944) & SPNS1302/2301/2302/3301/3302
Description: This is a Language and Culture dialogue that goes to Buenos Aires, Argentina for 4 weeks and then to El Calafate, Provincia de Santa Cruz (Patagonia) for 5 days. The students will take language classes at a language school, Bridge Argentina in downtown Buenos Aires as well as a culture class. There will be several guest speakers that will talk about Argentina’s history as well as its complex economy, Argentinian writers such as José Hernández, Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sábato, an Architecture Tour of the city of Buenos Aires, the tango and its influence in Argentina’s culture. We will take a City Tour to get to know the city and its different neighborhoods, a visit to the Teatro Colón, the second most important Opera- Concert house in the world, visit Tigre and its delta, Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay, a World Heritage site recognized by the UNESCO, visit the El Ateneo Gran Splendid bookstore, a real gem located in the old theatre that retains all the glory of an Italian opera house.
Cairo: Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Arabic Language (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Cairo, Egypt
Information Session: Monday, 11/05 between 2:30-3:30 in 314 Meserve
Faculty co-leaders: Prof. Denis Sullivan (d.sullivan@neu.edu) and Prof. Heather Browne (h.browne@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: INTL 4944: Dialogue of Civilizations: Regional Engagement and ARAB 1301, 1302, 2301, or other, depending on language level
Program Description:
The Egypt Dialogue provides students with intensive instruction in Arabic (Egyptian dialect), at Arabeya Association, Cairo and an in-depth overview of Egyptian and Arab politics, history, culture, and society. Through formal and informal activities, students engage with NU professors, plus guest lecturers, and Egyptians in dialogue and discussion of current events, culture, history, and bilateral (Egypt-US relations) as well as global issues. Guest lectures/topics include:
- Pharaonic history, Islamic art & architecture, Christianity and Judaism in Egypt,
- Egypt after the Revolution: Islamists, the military, and "revolutionaries",
- Egypt-U.S. relations
- Egypt and the Arab League
- Grass-roots organizing, NGOs, and civil society
Cape Town: Comparative International Education: South Africa at the Crossroads (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Cape Town, South Africa
Faculty leader: Holly Carter (h.carter@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: October 30, 2:20, 448 CSC
Summer I
Courses: EDUC 3000 Global Perspectives on Inclusive Education & EDUC 3100 Comparative International Education
Description:
Post Apartheid South Africa is a country seeking to define pluralism for the post-apartheid generation. Students will have the extraordinary opportunity to explore the challenges and complexities of contemporary South Africa through the prism of educational policy and systems. Through formal lectures by Professors Carter and Lefevre and local guest presenters and informal learning experiences in schools across the spectrum of township communities to exclusive private and government schools, students will have an in-depth overview of South African history, politics, culture and society. The course will focus on all levels of education from day care centers/early education through university.
The specific topics to be covered will include:
- So. African Educational Policy
- Curricular Reform at the National and Provincial levels
- Education and sustainable development
- The multicultural challenges of inclusive education
- Disparities in South African Education
- Race, Culture and Education in So. African context
- From Bantu education to 21st century education
Cape Town: Health and International Medicine (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Cape Town, South Africa
Faculty Leader: Adam Thomas (ad.thomas@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: INTL4944 Dialogue of Civilizations – South Africa & PT6239 Intercultural Health Care Delivery
Description: In this Summer 1 Dialogue in South Africa, the students will be able to explore the South African health care system as well as attend lectures, excursions, and tours on South Africa culture and history. Students will visit many cities and townships within the country and have access to public and private medical facilities. By the end of this dialogue students will have a better understanding of social and economical impacts on health care systems and delivery. This Dialogue in South Africa will allow growth culturally as well as educationally, and will be a great learning opportunity for any student interested in health care.
Cape Town: Social Entrepreneurship Field Study and Research (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Cape Town, South Africa
Faculty Leader: Dennis Shaughessy (d.shaughnessy@neu.edu) and Gordon Adomdza (g.adomdza@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: ENTR3306 Global Development Entrepreneurship & ENTR3308 Business Economic History of Modern South Africa
Description:
The Social Entrepreneurship Field Study & Research Program in South Africa is built on the theme of social entrepreneurship in urban township communities, specific to Cape Town, South Africa. The academic portion of the program includes subject material such as social entrepreneurship, social enterprise development, micro-finance, business solutions to ending poverty and small business management. Classes are supplemented with site visits to social businesses and enterprises in the surrounding Cape Town or Cape Flats area. Site visits include guest lecturers from local social enterprises and businesses, visit(s) to Robben Island, Parliament and other historical/cultural sites. Students also attend guest lectures by South African historians, politicians, journalists, venture capitalists, doctors and researchers to engage students in discussion of topics relevant to South Africa post-apartheid, such as the modern business climate and the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the South African economy.
In the afternoons, students gain field experience by working with entrepreneurs to help build small businesses in township communities such as Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu. The consultation teams are made up of Northeastern students in addition to TSiBA (Tertiary School in Business Administration) students. At the end of the three week consultation/"field research" experience, students present their business consultation deliverable to a panel of student peers and judges from the TSiBA Entrepreneurship Centre, who later determine whether or not the business is eligible for an equity investment from the NU-TSiBA MicroVenture Fund, a privately funded micro-equity fund for small business owners or entrepreneurs from township communities. Eligible businesses can receive equity investments between $1,000-$10,000 USD. This portion of the program allows students to gain real life "consultation" experience and also illustrates the practice of venture capital for business development, particularly in an emerging market economy such as South Africa. The third and fourth week of the program incorporates a social enterprise innovation & design consultation project, aimed to serve the “base of the pyramid”.
Weekends include student led service learning projects and thoughtful community service. In this service learning exercise, students are encouraged to research which organizations they wish to support, and fundraise towards their project goal; this component of the program enables students to measure the impact of their own strategic social investing.
Weekends also include excursions, hiking trips and visits to explore the local flora and fauna of South Africa.
To watch an informational video about the South Africa Social Entrepreneurship Field Study & Research Program, please visit: please visit: http://www.youtube.com/northeastern#p/u/11/AsEnILQFiY8
Dakar: African Politics and French Language (CANCELED)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Dakar, Senegal
Faculty Leaders: Prof. William Miles, Political Science (b.miles@neu.edu) and Prof. Loiza Miles, World Languages Center (l.miles@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Next Session When Faculty Returns from Senegal in mid-January
Summer II
Courses: POLS4937 Government and Politics – Learning Abroad in Senegal & FRNH 1302 Elementary French Immersion 2 OR FRNH 2301 Intermediate French Immersion 1
Description: Since independence in 1960, Senegal – a French-speaking, Muslim nation in West Africa – has maintained one of the most robust democratic systems on the entire African continent. That it has managed to do so in the face of persistent poverty is little less than remarkable. This course will introduce students first-hand to one of the most intriguing (and hospitable) countries in the annals of African and Islamic politics, history, culture, and economic development. Classes, in English, at the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar will be supplemented by excursions throughout the city and elsewhere in the country. Successful completion of the French language component of the course helps satisfy Northeastern’s foreign language requirement.
Douliou: Process Safety Fundamentals and Process Safety Culture as Practiced in Taiwan (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | douliou, taiwan
Faculty Leader: Ron Willey (r.willey@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: CHME2322: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1 Abroad and
CHME4625: Chemical Process Safety Abroad or CHME4626: Special Topics in Process Safety Abroad
Description:
A 30 day cultural experience in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Will be based on two chemical engineering courses. Classes will be held mornings and afternoons, Monday through Thursday. Excursions will be on Fridays and Saturdays. Friday’s excursions will be around process safety themes as practiced in Taiwan. Saturday’s themes will be culturally based including a trip to Sun Moon Lake. Sundays will be an open day to explore the local and surroundings on your own.
Dublin: Irish Society, Literature and Film (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Dublin, Ireland
Faculty Leader: Patrick Mullen (p.mullen@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: 5-6:30 on Tuesday November 6 in the Barrs Room of the English Dept, located across from 473
Summer I
Courses: ENGL3487: Film and Text Abroad & ENGL2600: Irish Literary Culture Abroad
Description: In this program students will be introduced to modern Irish culture and society through its vibrant traditions of literature and film. Students will focus on the exploration of Irish novels, short stories, and films using these as gateways to explore the island’s history, politics, monuments, architecture, landscapes, music, food, and folk culture. Literature has long held a uniquely important place in Ireland, so students will have the opportunity to read Irish greats such as Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce, and modern prize-winners such as Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and Colm Toibín. Students will learn techniques of literary analysis and discover how literature situates itself in the rich life of the island. Irish film production took off in the 1990s, but the explosion that brought the world powerful films such as In the Name of the Father and The Magdalene Laundries grew out of a long relationship between Ireland and cinema. Students will be invited to explore this cinematic history as well as contemporary film production both experimental and mainstream.
Edinburgh: Interdisciplinary Health Care in Scotland: Cultural and Health Care System Considerations (Canceled)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Edinburgh, Scotland
Information Session: 120 BK, the Office of Student Services on Thursday, December 6 from 8:30-9:30 a.m
Faculty co-leaders: Dr. Therese O'Neil-Pirozzi (t.oneil-pirozzi@neu.edu) and Dr. Lorna Hayward (l.hayward@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: SLPA4652 Seminar in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Abroad and PT6239 Intercultural Health Care Delivery
Description:
Co-facilitated by Dr. Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology & Dr. Lorna Hayward, Physical Therapy, this DOC will engage 10 physical therapist and 10 speech-language pathology students with the culture, civilization, and people of Scotland. This Dialogue will provide students with an in-depth and on-site experience, learning the history, anthropology, philosophy, culture, and arts with a special focus on the health care system in Scotland. Students will gain a “global experience” that enhances their academic studies on campus in Boston.
France – Intensive Immersion French Language (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Paris, France
Faculty Leader: Sali Ziane; s.ziane@neu.edu
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Thursday November 3rd, 156 Ryder Hall at 3:00pm -4:00pm
This intensive French language immersion program runs in Paris and primarily Lyon, France.
Geneva: Disarmament Diplomacy, International Negotiations and Humanitarian Action (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Geneva, Switzerland
Faculty Leader: Professor Denise Garcia -Political Science and International Affairs (denisegarcia@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Course Description:
- INTL 4945 Dialogue of Civilizations: Global Issues in Comparative Perspective
- POLS 4938 International Politics - Learning Abroad
Description:
The Geneva Dialogue on Disarmament Diplomacy and Humanitarian Action was founded in 2007 at Northeastern University by Assistant Professor Denise Garcia of Political Science and International Affairs. The Dialogue takes places in Geneva, Switzerland at the European Headquarters of the United Nations and exposes students to a high level practice of real life diplomacy and negotiation of key international political issues related to disarmament and humanitarian action. This is also a fantastic opportunity for students to utilize skills of networking for possible future professional prospects.
Students will spend a month at the United Nations, interacting with diplomats and negotiators from several countries, as well as United Nations personnel, non-governmental organizations, researchers, academics, and students from around the world. They will learn about world politics in action and how international cooperation occurs in the making of new international treaties and initiatives to address some of the most pressing problems humanity faces today. Since the beginning of Dialogue, several co-op opportunities began with at least five students in co-op at a time per semester in Geneva and beyond.
The focus of this Dialogue is on pressing issues of disarmament, arms control, international humanitarian law, and international security. Beyond lectures, there are active and hands-on activities such as debates, role playing, visits, and discussion. This is an extraordinary and unique opportunity afforded only to Northeastern University students. There is no other university in the world that offers the same elaborate month-long opportunity at the United Nations.
Professor Garcia is the author of pioneer research on this area: Small Arms and Security - New Emerging International Norms, Routledge 2006/Reprinted 2009 and Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Security - Norms, Regimes, and Moral Progress in International Relations, Routledge 2011. She continues to pursue a research agenda in the emerging norms in international diplomacy regarding disarmament topics and is enthusiastic to share this expertise with her students throughout their time in Switzerland.
Havana: Photography and Cuban Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Havana, Cuba
Faculty Leader: Luis Brens (l.brens@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Nov. 14th at 6:00 pm in room 305 Ryder Hall
Summer I
Courses: ARTE2500 Art + Design Abroad: Studio - Photo Basics & ARTE2501 Art + Design Abroad: History - Cuba Cultural History
Description: Students will be enrolled in the Cuba Cultural History, a class with a focus on the culture, music and visual arts, while engaged in an intensive photographic program. There will be two sessions of photography classes offered of Photo Basics for Non-Majors. Photo Basics for Non Majors is open to the entire university. Students will cover current photographic software and digital camera usage. Weekly assignments that encourage engagement with the local culture will be assigned. A final portfolio is required for successful completion of the class.
Iceland: Field Study of Volcanic and Glacial Processes (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | , Iceland
Faculty Leader: Mal Hill (M.hill@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Courses: ENVR 5201 Geologic Field Seminar and (Course number TBA) Geologic Field Seminar 2
Description:
Iceland’s location on an active plate boundary (the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and its location near the Arctic Circle makes it a great destination for environmental field study of young lava flows and volcanoes; older, uplifted and more deeply eroded rocks to the east and west sides of the active rifts; and study of both modern and ancient glacial processes. Volcanic landforms and eruption styles differ, depending on whether magma erupts on land, beneath the ice, or flows into water, and we study examples that formed in each environment. Glaciers erode the landscape, transport and deposit sediments, and melt gradually to form rivers (much of Iceland’s electricity derives from hydropower). Sometimes, when lava erupts beneath a glacier, rapid melting of the base of the glacier forms disruptive, magma-induced floods (known as jökulhlaup). In addition to focusing separately on volcanic and glacial processes, we will consider the ways that magma and groundwater interact to create geothermal energy; how magma and glaciers interact; and how Icelandic society is influenced by these and other environmental factors. This is a field-based experience, and most days involve some or much hiking to get to and from the study area for that day. We spend most nights in tents in campgrounds, and Iceland is known for having occasionally windy and rainy weather. Interested students can contact Mal Hill (m.hill@neu.edu) in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences for additional information.
Istanbul, Turkey and Berlin, Germany – Diaspora and Urban Studies in Europe and the Middle East (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Istanbul, Turkey
Faculty leader: Prof. Berna Turam (b.turam@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer: II
Courses: SOCL3471 Social Conflict & Community Services Abroad and INTL4944 Berlin-Istanbul Dialogue of Civilizations: Diaspora and Urban Studies in Europe and the Middle East
Description:
This program will provide students with an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the contrasting issues surrounding the Turkish migrant population in Berlin, Germany, and the counter understanding of these immigration issues from Istanbul. The second part of the program will extend to Istanbul, the largest metropolitan area in Turkey.
In both cities, our focus will remain on socio-political contestation in urban space over religion, gender, class and possibly ethnicity. Put differently, we will explore how urban space, specifically neighborhood, is contested by ordinary people, who differ and/or disagree over religion, gender and class? Students will read an exciting literature and be encouraged to ask questions about neighborhood politics. In what ways and why are urban space and political processes intimately mapped onto each other? Under what conditions and why does it become difficult to share the city and/or a particular neighborhood? What are the similarities and differences between minority/diaspora neighborhoods (such as Kreuzberg Germany and Tesvikiye in Istanbul) and less contested homogeneous urban space? What role does gentrification play in all of this urban politics?
LONDON: England, Embodies Creativity: Applied Theatre Training for the Global Entrepreneur (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | London, England
Information Session: Thursday, October 25 5:30 - 6:30 in Ryder Hall 334
Faculty Leader: Antonio Ocampo-Guzman (antonio@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses:
- THTR 1135 Actors & Acting
- THTR 1165 The Professional Voice
This dialogue will enhance the ability of students from across disciplines to interact and communicate with efficiency and conviction by exploring creativity through theatre training in a global setting. The courses will include elements of improvisation, status, movement, voice and speech training.
Participants will enter a dialogue with theatre practitioners from all over the world as well as business entrepreneurs, politicians and newscasters to discuss strategies to become an effective communicator and assertive participant in the global marketplace.
The Dialogue will include visits to theatre performances, Houses of Parliament, Business Assemblies and Stratford-upon-Avon, and faculty-led discussions afterwards to reflect on the experiences.
London: English Culture and Documentary Filmmaking (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | London, England
Information Session: Thursday, 1/16, 4 to 5 in 206 Lake Hall
Dialogue Leaders: Professor Michelle Carr (mi.carr@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I (Closed), Summer II (Open)
Courses:
- COMM 3306 – International Communication Abroad
- INTL 4944 – Dialogue of Civilization – Globalization and Social Sciences
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The purpose of the dialogue is to familiarize students with the people and the culture of England and the British Empire. The emphasis of this Dialogue is the city of London and its vast history. Students will attend lectures about the culture and history of England, as well as, produce an 8-10 minute documentary. In addition to the lectures students will visit many of the key sights in London and the country including The Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Leeds Castle, Canterbury, Stonehenge, Bath, The British Museum, Westminster Abbey, and Victoria and Albert Museum, and explore the Parks and Gardens such as Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, etc. Students will interact with local citizens and students from all over the world to produce and edit a documentary on a subject of their choice (which will be proposed in the Spring of 2013). During the dialogue, students will maintain a photo journal or blog documenting their experiences. They will also write extensive reaction papers on two topics associated with the lectures or places from our travels and their interactions with the locals. Experience in media production is not a requirement but they must have enthusiasm to explore another culture and to experience first hand how theory can provide a deeper, more complex understanding of the British culture and history.
Lusaka: Driving Social Change: The Role of Nonprofits and Change Makers in Zambia (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Lusaka, Zambia
Faculty Leader: Lori Gardinier (l.gardinier@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Sessions: October 29, 3:00-4:00 & November 7, 3:00-4:00, both sessions in 342 CSC
Summer II
Courses: HSUV 4945 Leadership & International Program Development & HSUV 4866 Intercultural Studies through Human Services
Description: This program introduces students to social change theories and social organizations in Lusaka, Zambia. Attention is given to the political and economic forces that influence non-government organizational development, behavior and operations. Students will analyze and compare popular preventative and reactive interventions for change including public health approaches, the use of aid, micro-lending and other sustainable development efforts. Particular attention will be giving to issues of addiction and recovery, HIV and inadequate employment opportunities and their impact on community development. Using lectures, presentations, case studies and service-learning this program will expose student to the theoretical and philosophical frameworks used to understand social development. Students will also develop and apply skills, practices and techniques for program development and implementation in the nonprofit sector. This experiential program focuses on program evaluation techniques, ethics in international volunteerism/foreign nonprofit interventions, globalization and its influence on the nonprofit sector. Students will also consider how culture, program maturity, and management style influence organizational behaviors. Through service-learning, team developed capacity building projects, and structured reflections students will consider the role of the third sector and other social change models in Zambia.
Lyon – French Language and Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Paris, France
Info Session: December 5th in 269 Ryder from 5:40 to 6:40
Faculty-Leader: Prof. Sali Ziane (s.ziane@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: French culture (CLTR4944) and multiple levels of FRNH
Description:
The summer language course will include 80 hours of classes in addition to the cultural and historical immersion. Those classes will cover different levels of French in order to satisfy the students level. The students will be exposed to intensive oral and written skills.
The program includes:
- Language practice through various activities inside and outside the classroom:
- Introduction to life in Lyon.
- Visits of historical sites, museums, parks, etc…
- Cultural activities.
The cultural part: will cover “Immigration in France”.
The immigrants played a significant role in France’s development as well as its laws throughout generations. Before the first and the Second World War and after the decolonization in Africa, lots of immigrants came to France to seek employment and a new life. Nowadays, the French immigration’s policy has changed. The European workers are more accepted than Africans. Because of xenophobic view and conservatism from the right wing (Le F.N.) the French government modified the laws in regards of immigration and citizenship.
The cultural part will include the following topics:
- The history of immigration.
- The political participation and impact of immigrants in France
- Immigration policy
- Controlled Immigration, Racism and citizenship in Modern France
The difference between immigrants and their integration in France vs. United-State.
Mantova: Italian Language and Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Mantova, Italy
Information Session: November 7th, 3 to 4pm; and November 13th , 2 to 3pm. Location: 433 Meserve Hall
Leader(s): Prof. Alessio Tognetti (a.tognetti@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses: CLTR4944 and ITLN2301/2302/3301/3302; Italian Immersion language
Description:
An ancient culture with an ancient language, ancient cities and ancient customs, and yet it all seamlessly bleeds with the most modern and advanced reality. Or does it? Here is a chance to discover the answer by yourself, be it in a classroom, be it while sipping an espresso at the corner café while people watching.
This dialogue is essentially an opportunity for students to receive a full immersion in a culture format other than their own. It is a chance for them to realize that different people solve, in different ways, similar and common problems to their own, and in so doing, reach new and exciting solution.
If you want to: learn Italian language in the most effective way with a culture immersion program and Italian faculty; study key issues in contemporary Italian culture, society and politics, including the media, immigration, regionalism and others; explore from a historical, anthropological and cultural point of view the unique, complex reality of Italian cities; discover the real Italy in locations away from major tourist sites; acquire an indispensable skill in a global world, facilitating your ability to communicate with others, and improving your potential for success in your chosen field.
Moscow/St. Petersburg: Russian Language and Culture – A Tale of Three Cities
Dialogue of Civilizations | St. Petersburgh, Russia
Information Session:
- 150DG- November 1 at 12pm - 1pm,
- 145 Ryder-December 7 at 1-1:45pm
Dialogue leaders: Katya Burvikova (seacoastrussian@yahoo.com)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer II
Courses: CLTR4944, Regional (Russia) RSNN 1301, 1302, 2301, etc (multiple levels)
Program Description:
The program will be an ambitious journey into the heart and soul of Russian culture, by exploring the history, culture and streets of three of Eastern Europe’s most historic and interesting cities: Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev.
The program will begin in Moscow with an exploration of the most significant city in modern Russia. Academic classes will begin as an overview of the program with lessons in History, Culture, and Language. Meanwhile, daily trips around the city will bring these lessons to life.
In the second week the students will visit St Petersburg, the historic capital of the Russian Empire, and cultural capital of Russia. The home of the Russian Revolution, The Hermitage (the Tsar’s Palace which is now the home to one of the world’s greatest museums) and experience the legendary white nights on the shores of the historic Neva river.
Then the students will return to Moscow for more academic classes and trips to historic site in the surrounding areas. The program will end with a trip to Kiev, Ukraine, the historic home of the Kievan Rus and the beginning of Russian civilization in the 9th century. Here, we will explore ancient Russian civilization as well as the modern capital of the newly independent Ukraine, a former Soviet Republic.
The theme of the program is dialogue, not just in language but the dialogue between history and geography, culture and tradition, as well as your own experiences and your experiences in Russia.
In just 35 days the students will experience a whirlwind exploration of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and modern Eastern Europe through hands on study and exploration of these three historic capitals of Russian civilization.
Students will receive some pre-departure online tasks like readings (including reflections in a diary/blog), during the in-country stay they will have daily field-trip to get familiar with Russian culture and life. Each field trip will be followed by a discussion to find essential traits of Russian culture. As the final task students will be asked to create a presentation on a topic of their interest.
Multiple Locations – German Language and Culture (CANCELED)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Hamburg, Germany
Information Sessions:
Faculty Leader: Maren Blanchard (m.blanchard@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: German Culture (course number TBA) and GRMNxxxx depending on language level
Description:
The Berlin Dialogue provides students with an intensive instruction in German. Students will attend intensive language classes each weekday morning at a highly - accredited language institute.
In addition students will get an inside view of German Culture, engage with Professor Blanchard while experiencing a variety of things, such as: many interesting guided tours, meeting students their ages of different heritage (who were born and grew up in Berlin), talking to witnesses to history, getting to know the historical and modern Berlin.
Berlin has always been a vibrant and exciting city but since the reunification in 1989, Berlin has developed into one of the most fascinating cities in the world.
Multiple Locations – Japanese Language, History and Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Tokyo, Japan
Faculty leader: Prof. Matsuko Levin (m.levin@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: Japanese Culture (CLTR4944) and JPNSxxxx depending on language level
Description:
This course is an immersion course in Japanese language, culture and history. The course will be held mainly in three cities, Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo. In Tokyo, students will learn about powerful new technology applied to anti-earthquake skyscrapers, robotic devices, energy-saving projects, as well as historical and theatrical art forms such as Kabuki, Bunraku and Sumo wrestling. In Kyoto, students may be surprised to see many people wearing traditional kimono in addition to those maintaining the many old temples and shrines. You will experience the classic Japanese tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and incense ceremonies, which include manners and traditions, handed down over many generations for hundreds of years. In Sapporo, students will spend three weeks studying language, history, economics, geography and the aboriginal Ainu people. Students will also participate in rice-planting, family home-stays, and serve as TAs in an elementary school. Basically there will be language classes each morning, and field trips with a guide in the afternoon. In the evening students will participate in conversation exercises with local college students. You will have opportunities and interesting experiences in this tour that even some Japanese people have not experienced before. During this 37 days tour, everyday is filled with traditional events and surprising activities, which keep you busy, occupied, and fascinated. This tour will provide experiences that you will never forget. I am sure you will want to return to Japan at a later time to know more.
Multiple Locations in Germany/Poland: Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Berlin, Germany
Faculty co-leaders: Professor Natalie Bormann (who grew up in Germany) & Veronica Czastkiewicz (who holds dual Polish-US citizenship) (germanypolanddialogue@gmail.com)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: POLS4937: Government and Politics Learning Abroad in Germany and Poland and INTL4944: Dialogue of Civilizations: The role of Trauma and Collective Memory in Europe today
Description:
This program offers students immersion into the role and legacy of the Holocaust in Germany and Poland – as one of the most significant and traumatic topics of Europe’s shared history and politics.
Students will visit: Munich, Nuremberg, Berlin, Warsaw and Krakow
Activities include: concentration camps of Auschwitz and Dachau, former Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Schindler’s factory, Nuremberg Trial courtrooms, Hitler’s Mountain retreat, Anne Frank Centre, Guided bike tour of Nazi sites in Berlin, Meeting the Chief Rabbi of Poland, cultural trips to Neuschwanenstein castle and Villa Wannsee
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Multiple Locations: Chinese Language and Culture (Summer 1) (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Beijing, China
Information Session: October 30. 415SH, at 6:00pm – 7:15pm.
Faculty: Prof. Hua Dong, (h.dong@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses: LANG 1990 Chinese Language Immersion (multiple levels) & CLTR4944 Dialogue of Civilizations: Globalization, Humanities and Culture
Program Description:
Now in its sixth summer, the language-intensive China Dialogue based in Nanjing offers students a chance to improve their Mandarin proficiency in the best possible way – by speaking it in China. You will not only use it to find your way around some of the most famous landmarks in the world – the Great Wall and Forbidden City, for example – but in daily interactions with local residents while you live and study Chinese at Nanjing University. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to use the language you learn in a workplace setting – maybe a magazine editorial office or relief agency headquarters – while you take part in a Chinese internship program related to your specific major. You will also be able to witness first-hand how China’s, environment, culture, economy and politics in both urban and rural areas are being affected by its progress; you will speak with students, businesspeople, activists, workers and artists about their jobs, lives, and perspectives on the issues facing China and its relationship with the world today; all this while putting the Chinese you learn in the classroom to good use. Best of all, because of the small class sizes, local language partners and always-available evening tutors, this program is open to students of all majors and levels of language proficiency.
The program looks like this:
- We arrive in Beijing, the last imperial capital and the site of the 2008 Summer Olympics, filled with landmarks both ancient and modern. In the five days of our stay in Beijing, we will explore the city and experience its unique culture, speaking with various NGOs about the issues of rural migrant workers in the city and cultural preservation in the face of ever-increasing urbanization.
- We then move south to Nanjing, ancient imperial capital, site of the Nanking Massacre, and now at the forefront of China’s transition toward global power. Here we will settle into student life at Nanjing University, one of the country’s premier Sino-Anglo exchange institutions. While in Nanjing, each student will stay with a Chinese family for a week. Besides daily 4-hour language classes, we will hold dialogues with speakers from the media, expatriate community, professional firms and peer college students. In the final weeks of our stay, students will participate in internships/job shadow around the city for a total of 30-40 hours.
- After the midterm exam, we will take a long weekend retreat to Anhui, and stay in a rural village with well-preserved historic architecture and culture in Anhui. It is also the home of the China House in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
- After the final exam, we will relocate to Shanghai, the host city of the 2010 World Expo. Here, at the pinnacle of China’s economic progress. During the four days, we will visit landmarks and multinational corporations, meet with business people, government officials, entrepreneurs, architects and artists to get a feel for what the future of the city and indeed the country might look like, and to expand the network for your future career as well. We will also meet with the hosts of ChinesePod.com, a wonderful resource for Chinese learners.
Because you will be completely immersed in Chinese language and culture, this Dialogue is not for the faint of heart. However, the results are among the best of any Chinese program offered at Northeastern; former students will tell you that the experience is easily worth the hard work. You can’t understand China without learning Chinese, and you can’t learn Chinese without understanding China. This program is a fast-track to both. We look forward to receiving your application. For more information, check out the daily blogs by the students from the past years (http://neuinchina.blogspot.com [2010], http://neuinchina2011.blogspot.com [2011]), and http://neuinchina2012.blogspot.com [2012]), or contact Prof. Hua Dong, h.dong@neu.edu.
Multiple Locations: Chinese Language and Culture (Summer 2) (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Kunming, China
Info session: Tuesday, Nov 6th, 6pm, Ryder Hall 277
Please RSVP to this event by emailing q.cai@neu.edu
Faculty: Prof. Qinghong Cai (q.cai@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Program Description:
The Summer II China Dialogue program that takes place in 3 exciting Chinese cities offers intensive and immersive Chinese language training including practical introduction to Chinese history, culture and businesses.
Students who enrolled in this program will spend 34 days in Kunming, China; 3 days in Taipei, Taiwan and 2 days in Hong Kong, SAR of China. Both Hong Kong and Taipei are famous international cities known as two of the four Asian little dragons in East Asia for its economic successes. Hence, students will have the opportunity to experience Chinese culture as a whole in 3 distinctively different regions either developed or developing with each of their own unique governmental structures and different Chinese culture variations as well as customs within this one program.
This program will be based in the Chinese Language Center of Yunnan University, situated in Kunming, which is also known as “City of Eternal Spring”, famous for its perpetual spring like weather with blooms and lush vegetation all year round. It will certainly offer you a not so typical summer.
Participating students will be offered with 100 hours of practical Chinese classes (equivalence to one semester Chinese course in NEU including CHNS 1101), which is 4 hours per weekday, and 50 hours of cultural classes, which is 2 hours per weekday. In addition, each student will be accompanied by a Mandarin native speaker as a language partner whose major is teaching Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language, throughout their 34-day stay in Kunming except during class lessons. They will have lots of opportunities to interact in depth and practice their Chinese with their language partners.
The 2-hour per weekday cultural classes in this program offers interesting introduction to one of the oldest and most complex culture in the world. This includes activities such as Introduction to Chinese Martial Arts, Calligraphy, Chinese Paintings, Chinese Tea Ceremony, Chinese songs and so on. We also provide optional workshops, such as Chinese Business language and culture workshop, HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) workshop, and etc.
Kunming’s average highs are around 75 °F in summer, thus Kunming is the most favorable city weather-wise during summer time in China.
Besides the 150 hours of practical Chinese and Cultural lessons mentioned above, during weekends (per program schedule), you will get to visit nature wonders and historical sites such as Stone Forest, Dianchi Lake, and Minority Ethnic Villages, Western Hill and Yun Tong Temple. You will also get to make cultural and business field trips to Yunnan Chinese Medicinal Hospital, Kunming Steel Factory, Yunnan Cigarette Factory and Yunnan Buddhism Institute. In addition, there will be an organized 3-day tour to Lijiang/Shangri-La(Qinghai-Tibet Plateau).
In this program, we may also arrange additional post-dialogue trips to Shanghai. These trips will present opportunities for students to test and practice their Chinese after 34 days of intensive Chinese lessons in Kunming.
You are welcome to access Summer II China Dialogue Presentation on YouTube via: http://www.youtube.com/user/NEUChinaDialogue#p/u
Multiple Locations: Contemporary Israel and its Complexities (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Tel Aviv, Israel
Information Session: November 6, 5:30pm, 340 Curry with refreshments served
Faculty Leader: Lori Lefkovitz (l.lefkovitz@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: INTL 4944 Israel in Literature & the Arts and POLS 4937 Politics & Communication in Today’s Israel
Description:
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of modern Israel, this Dialogue will explore the complexities of Israeli society and culture and how they are presented in politics, journalism, art, and literature. Students will meet with leaders, journalists, artists, and academic experts. Jerusalem will be our host city, but we will also travel south (to Beersheva) and North (to Safed) and study in Tel Aviv for the final ten days.
Multiple Locations: Marketing in Asia and India Dialogue (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | , India
Information Sessions:
- Tuesday, October 30 from 10am to 11am in 235 FR
- Friday, November 2 from 1pm to 2pm in 109 YMCA
- Wednesday, November 7 from 4pm to 5pm in 114 YMCA
Faculty Leader: Lefevre, Duane (d.lefevre@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer II
Courses:
- MKTG4220, “Marketing In Asia” (Marketing Elective)
- INTL4944 “Dialogue of Civilizations. India and its Glorious Contradictions”
Description:
India has one of the most fascinating cultures in the world. You’ll find the origins of the Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh religions here as well as World Heritage sites as diverse as Qutb Minar, the Ajanta and Ellora Buddhist Caves, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Victoria Terminus and of course the Taj Mahal (one of the seven wonders of the world). From a business perspective, over a billion consumers live there and it has had one of the fastest growing economies in the last twenty years. What was once the biggest market in the world for Rolls Royces is now a must win market for P&G, Ford, IBM and Boeing. It is also a growing source of the world’s software and major destination for business process outsourcing.
The India Dialogue takes an in-depth look at India from both cultural and business perspectives. The cultural component includes a comprehensive overview of Indian history, culture, religion, politics, food and society. The business component delves into marketing and business in the second most populous nation on earth. The Marketing in Asia course will explore India in three modules: Market Evaluation, Plan Execution and Marketing to the Burgeoning Middle Class and the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
There will be extensive dialogue with Indian students and business people and site visits to:
- A local Advertising Agency in Mumbai
- Media House/Public Relations Agency
- Bollywood or regional language film set
- A guided tour of the Dharavi slum (Asia’s largest) and its amazing economic ecosystem
- Greenlight Planet which manufactures and distributes low-power LED lanterns via innovative distribution networks to rural India
- The Bannerghatta Tiger and Lion Reserve in Bangalore
- Taj Mahal the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the seven wonders of the world
- Fatehpur Sikri, an abandoned city; one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture
- The Amber Fort known for its artistic style, blending both Hindu and Rajput elements
- A rural village that participates in ITC’s eChoupal program
We’ll base ourselves in India’s financial and marketing capital (Mumbai) for three weeks moving on to a week in its silicon valley (Bangalore) with our final week in the rich historical golden triangle in the North (Delhi/Agra/Jaipur).
Multiple Locations: Politics and Culture in International and Comparative Perspectives (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Tokyo, Japan
Faculty Leader: Philip D'Agati (p.dagati@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: POLS4937; Government and Politics Abroad and INTL4944: Dialogue of Civilizations Globalization and Social Sciences
Description:
Students who participate in this Dialogue will be immersed in the politics and culture of Japan. They will have the opportunity to learn about the politics and culture of Japan while exploring important sites in and around Tokyo, Nagano, and Hiroshima. Students will also participate in a political and cultural dialogue with students from Meiji University while staying three days at a traditional guesthouse near Mt. Fuji. Students will continue to develop their knowledge of Japanese society and culture through directed visits to Japanese sites of political, historical, and cultural importance. Meiji University students often accompany our students, providing a unique opportunity to augment the site visits with a local Japanese perspective. Written work and group projects will compare Japan and the U.S. on a host of domestic and international topics.
Multiple Locations: Then and Now (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Athens, Greece
Information Session: November 6, 2012 6-7pm, 305 Shillman
Group Leader: Prof. Richard A. Katula (r.katula@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: COMM 3306: International Communication Abroad and INTL 4944: Dialogue of Civilizations: Regional Engagement
Description:
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the people and the culture of Greece, from ancient times to the present. The special emphasis of this Dialogue is the Greek people and the economic crisis they face today. Students will attend lectures or events on the Greek economic crisis, Greek politics (present-day), culture (art, music, literature, film), and history (ancient and contemporary). In addition to the lectures and live events, students will visit historic and archaeological sites in the following venues: Athens, the Peloponnese, Crete, Santorini, Simi, Corfu,Cephalonia, Lias, and Meteora. At some of these sites, students will go on tours to antiquities such as the Parthenon, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia, Lindos, Meteora, Knossos, The Achilleon Palace, Nafplion, Lias Village, etc. At other sites, students will interact with local citizens and students from around the world, discussing issues common to them and controversies affecting the region. During the course, students will maintain a photo-journal, write three book reports, and write two reaction papers on topics associated with lectures or places from our travels.
Nairobi: Interdisciplinary Program on Public Health, Politics, Culture and Swahili in Kenya (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Nairobi, Kenya
Faculty Leader: Richard Wamai (r.wamai@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: AFRS2900 Politics, Culture and Swahili in Keny & AFRS4939 Community Health and Development in Kenya
Description: The Kenya Dialogue is a rigorous and highly interactive experience immersing students into local urban and rural communities in the country through extensive field visits, stays, sharing and continuous exposure in the course of the program. The Dialogue provides students an unparalleled opportunity to engage in and learn about the major socio-economic, cultural, political and historical issues that characterize the every-day life of the people and communities of Kenya by visiting various diverse parts of the country. The program engages local guest speakers and institutional visits that are key actors in their fields in health, politics and culture. Students develop participatory skills in community and problem-based models through these interactions, language instructions, individual research and experiential learning.
Netherlands: Sustainable Urban Transportation (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Delft, Netherlands
Faculty Leader: Prof. Peter Furth (p.furth@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Terms: Summer II
Courses:
CIVE 4566 (4 credits) Design for Sustainable Urban Transportation: European and U.S. Perspectives
INTL 4944 (4 credits) Dialogue of Civilizations: Globalization and Social Sciences
Descriptions:
The Civil & Environmental Engineering department is offering a faculty-led program to Netherlands for engineering credit.
Students study Dutch urban transportation planning and Dutch bikeways, transit systems, and road systems (with their emphasis on safety) to learn how citizens of a country as affluent as the US drive their cars half as much as we do, ride bikes 40 times as much, ride trains 10 times as much, and kill 1/3 as many people (per capita) on roads. Based in Delft, close by the Hague and Rotterdam, students will ride bicycles daily for commuting, errands, and class field trips. Student project document Dutch practices in transportation planning and apply those principles to a Boston-area design project. For projects completed in 2011 and 2012, see http://wiki.coe.neu.edu/groups/nl2011transpo/
Paris and Multiple Locations in Morocco: Colonial Past, Cultural Change, and Economic Development (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | marrakesh, Morocco
Information Session: December 7 from 12:30-1:30 pm in Meserve 206
Faculty Leader: Prof. Peter Fraunholtz (p.fraunholtz@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: INTL 3565: Morocco: History, Culture, and Economic Development
INTL4944: Ethnicity, Religious Diversity, and Gender in Morocco (Regional Middle East)
Description:
The Morocco Dialogue Program engages students with the culture, civilization, and people of Morocco: from the ancient capitals of Fez and Marrakesh, the Amazigh villages of the High Atlas Mountains, and Moroccan immigrants living and working in France. The main themes of this year’s program will focus on issues of economic development as shaped by the colonial past as well as post-colonial/Cold War and post-Cold War (globalization) dynamics.
As part of Africa and the Arab Middle East, with ties to an ancient and adaptive Amazigh culture, firmly integrated into the Islamic world, and linked to the French colonial past as well as the EU, Morocco offers a unique set of opportunities and experiences for history and international affairs students in general, and those interested in Islam, Multicultural Societies, Imperialism, and Post-Colonial Development in Africa and the Middle East in particular.
Poland: From Occupation to Resistance (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Warsaw, Poland
Information Sessions: November 1, 10:45am, 206 Meserve and November 7, 11:00am, 291 Ryder
Faculty Leader: Jeffrey Burds (j.burds@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer II
Courses: HIST4946 Central Europe Abroad and INTL4944 Dialogues of Civilization/Regional
Dialogues of Civilization/Regional
Description:
Warsaw is rapidly becoming a second Prague in Europe—safe, negotiable in English, a beautiful and haunting 1200-year old city that represents the very best of several European cultures.
This Summer II Dialogue will examine the history of the Second World War in Poland--from the German invasion in September 1939, the Polish national resistance, the Holocaust, the Warsaw Uprising, the Soviet occupation of Poland from autumn 1944, and the Solidarity Movement that brought Polish independence in the 1980s. Based at Warsaw University, the program includes regularly scheduled classes with lectures by the Dialogue leaders and local scholars, plus visits to relevant historical and cultural sites around Poland. Excursions are planned to the concentration camps at Auschwitz; Krakow (the site of the main school for training Nazi collaborationist police and prison guards); and Gdansk, the site of the Solidarity Movement that brought liberation of Poland from Soviet power in the 1980s. The program will include a visit to Zelazowa Wola, the birth place and museum of Chopin, and attendance of a performance of his music. More than any other, Chopin is the Polish composer who created the soundtrack of the Polish national resistance struggle.
The Program leader is Professor Jeffrey Burds, an award-winning teacher and scholar whose work on the history of the Soviet secret police throughout Eastern Europe has earned him an international reputation. Program co-leader is Izabella Truszczynska-Burds, a native of Warsaw, with an advanced business degree and more than 20 years of experience in Polish corporate life during the transition from Soviet satellite to one of the most successful of all post-Soviet economies. The program Resident Assistant is a member of the cultural section in the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Miss Paulina Sieradzan.
Salamanca: Healthcare Leadership and Management and Spanish Language Immersion (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Salamanca, Spain
Faculty leaders: Margaret Emerson (m.emerson@neu.edu) and Ann Hill (a.hill@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 5-6 pm in 440 CSC & Thursday, November 8th, 2012 - 6-6:45pm in 340 CSC
Summer I
Courses: NRSG 4611: Management and Leadership in Health Care - An International Perspective & SPNS 1301/2301 Spanish Immersion (multiple levels)
Description: This Spanish immersion program will provide many interdisciplinary opportunities for students to learn and practice Spanish while living with families in Salamanca and Seville. The program also includes the required Nursing Leadership and Management course ( NRSG 4611 ) which can also be taken as an elective ( PHTH 4511) or required management course for non-nursing students. Students will study basic concepts of leadership and management while in the US and build on that knowledge to compare and contrast practices in Spain.
Salzburg: Classical Music and Central European Culture (CANCELED)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Salzburg, Austria
Austria Dialogue Info Session
When: Dec. 5th 2012, 6-7PM
Where: Ryder Hall, room #354
Dialogue leaders: Professor Won-Hee An (w.an@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Laura Carfang (l.carfang@neu.edu)
Term: Summer 1
Courses:
- MUSC 2137 - Viennese School I
- Students will choose their second course from the following options:
- Understanding Austria - SOCL 2990 Elective,
- Cultural Business & Marketing - BUSN 1990 Elective,
- Photo Aesthetics - ARTD 2990 Elective,
- Beginning German - GRMN 1301-3302
Description:
The course will focus on music from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century, specifically the music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Classes during the day will focus on specific genres as well as specific works by major central European composers. Site visits later in the day will provide context for these works. The second course will be published shortly
Santo Domingo: Microfinance Field Study & Research (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Faculty Leaders: Dennis Shaughnessy (d.shaughnessy@neu.edu) and Gordon Adomdza (g.admomdza@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer I
Courses: ENTR 3316 - Microfinance and Economic Development in Latin America & ENTR 3318 - Business, Economics, and History of Hispaniola and Latin America
Description:
The Dominican Republic Microfinance Field Study & Research Program is built on the principles of rural micro-finance, village banking and the Grameen Bank model of solidarity, specific to rural "batey" communities of the Dominican Republic. The academic portion of the program includes daily classes Monday through Friday for two-three weeks with topics of study including social entrepreneurship, micro-enterprise development, micro-finance, business solutions to ending poverty and impact measurement. Students will study at a local institution called INTEC (Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo) with local Dominican students. Classes are supplemented with site visits to social businesses throughout the country, including micro-finance networks, agricultural co-operatives and development organizations.
In the afternoon, students spend at least 3-5 hours "in the field" daily in bateye communities where Haitian refugees work on sugar plantation in the rural farm lands of La Romana and San Pedro de Marcolis. The purpose for this field exercise is to collect metrics for Esperanza International, the University’s field partner in the Dominican Republic. Esperanza is a leading microfinance organization in the island of Hispaniola and is an active Kiva field partner.
In this micro-consulting project, students design a qualitative or quantitative metric tool to assist Esperanza with measuring social impact for the organization's 18,000 active borrowers with a loan portfolio of approximately $20 million USD. Students also create a final presentation or deliverable which includes recommendations to the senior management for best practices in the field of micro-finance. Students will also be given the opportunity to visit Esperanza’s partnerships with public health clinics and programs. The fourth week of the program incorporates a week of service learning, site visits and excursions.
To watch an informational video about the Dominican Republic Field Research Program, please visit: please visit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA3cWPbY-ZE
Sao Paulo: Alternative Energy Technology and Brazilian Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Faculty Leader: Courtney Pfluger (c.pfluger@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: Wednesday November 13th in 268 Snell Engineering at 5pm
Summer II
Courses: GE1201 Alternative Energy Technologies Abroad & INTL4944 Dialogue of Civilizations - Regional Engagement: Brazilian Culture
Description:
Learn about the different types of alternative energy technologies in the country that sources over 80% of its electricity by renewable technologies. We will be visiting multiple renewable energy sites and will be meeting industrial leaders who pioneered these technologies in Brazil. You will be immersed in the Brazilian culture while learning about innovative alternative energy technologies.
Seville: Spanish Language and Culture (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Seville, Spain
Faculty leader: Tania Muino Loureiro (t.muino-loureiro@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Information Session: November 5, 2012 6 pm, 215 Shillman
Summer I
Courses: Spanish Culture: CLTR4944 & SPNS 2301/2302/3301/3302
Description:
This program is designed to help you improve your language skills and immerse yourself in Spanish culture, also to better your understanding and appreciation of all things Spanish. During the program we will visit four of the major cities in Spain: Madrid, Seville, Barcelona and Granada. We will arrive in Madrid on May 9th and spend the first four days there. In Madrid we will experience life in one of the biggest and most cosmopolitan cities in Europe. We will visit the Museo Reina Sofia, El Prado, the Royal Palace, we will get to see a play in a very old Theatre and wander around the famous El Rastro flea market.
After Madrid we will travel to Seville by AVE (high-speed train) to start classes on May 13th. We will spend most of the next four weeks here. Seville is the capital of the southern region of Andalucia and the third largest city in Spain. It is an easy city to get around and all the major historical and culture sites, as well as the student accommodation and the school are within walking distance. The program will be based here and it will give you the opportunity to feel more like a local instead of a tourist. Sevillanos (The people of Seville) are known as being friendly and good humored. The climate is warm and sunny and the pace of life very relaxed. Seville is a city that keeps alive the spirit of its traditions, an explosion of colors and sensations, a city where contrasts between the modern and the tradition are everywhere. Here you will be able to experience Flamenco dancing and music, horse shows, bullfighting, tapas and the traditional fiestas.
While in Sevilla, for the next four weeks of the program, students will be taking language classes (grammar and conversation) in small groups (8-10 students per class) Monday to Friday 9:15am until 1pm. Classes will take place at Clic International House Sevilla. In between classes you will get to experience the tradition of “siestas”. Spaniards like to relax and enjoy time with their families during lunchtime (1- 4pm), with a nap when possible, during the warmest part of the day and while most shops and establishments are closed. The culture course will be taking place in the afternoon. After your break or “siesta” 3 days a week for a few hours each afternoon. There will also be different cultural events and activities organized like cooking lessons and Flamenco workshops.
The Spanish Culture course will deal with history, politics, social factors, cultural life and pop culture in Spain from 1936 until present. It will cover the civil war (1936-1939) and the process of transition to democracy that followed Franco's death in 1975. It will also examine the new freedom from censorship after Franco died, the new cinema and the radical changes and modernization in values, family, sex and religion that occurred after the restoration of democracy.
During the program we will also fly to Barcelona where we will spend four days (May 23rd-26th ). In Barcelona, we will have the opportunity to see Antoni Gaudí´s architecture, visit some of his buildings like Sagrada Familia, a Cathedral which has been in construction since 1882 and walk around the beautiful parque Guell.
The last four days of the program we will be based in Granada. We will visit sites, museums and a family-run Rum factory in Salobreña managed by an ex-Northeastern BSIB student. During our stay in Granada, we will visit the coast and experience life in a beautiful city full of history and culture. We will also have the opportunity to see La Alhambra palace, a World Heritage site and the inspiration for Washington Irving’s Tales of La Alhambra.
Valencia: From the Capital to the Coast – Spanish Language and Culture (closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Valencia, Spain
Faculty leader: Maria Brucato (m.brucato@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Summer II
Courses: Spanish Culture:CLTR4944 & SPNS2301/2302/3301/3302
Description: Our Dialogue begins with a week in Madrid, Spain’s vibrant capital, where students will experience an intensive cultural immersion and attend classes at the University of Navarra’s campus. Next, we head to the Mediterranean coast for 3 weeks where students will lodge with families, attend the Costa de Valencia language institute, and engage in Community Service. Our final destination is a 3-day excursion to the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona.
Venice: Photography and Art History in Venice (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Venice, Italy
Information Session: November 5th at 6:00pm in Ryder room 305
Faculty: Andrea Greitzer (a.greitzer@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses:
- ARTE 2501 Art and Design Abraod: History -Venetian Art history
- ARTE 2500 Art and Design Abroad: Studio-Photo Basics