Programs by Term: Summer II
AMMAN/LONDON: FIE
Amman, Jordan
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Spend your summer in London and Amman exploring the process of peace and the sensitive cultural and societal roots of conflict. Begin your learning journey in the U.K. and continue it in Jordan. A brief summary of the program is below - for complete details, visit the Study, Faculty and Experience pages to your left. Two weeks are spent in London followed by three in Amman.
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
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.
CAMBRIDGE: Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Traditional | Cambridge, England
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The Pembroke-Kings Programme (PKP) offers an exceptional opportunity to experience Cambridge student life over eight weeks, the length of a regular undergraduate term. Living in Pembroke or Kings Colleges, students choose three classes from the around thirty to forty on offer, including courses in the arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences. Courses are taught in the main by Cambridge-affiliated faculty and are academically 'Cambridge' in style, content and standard. Students can also apply to take a supervision, in which an individual student meets with a professor weekly to work on a series of research-based papers, or a longer dissertation, in the students major subject area.
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
CUZCO: ASA – Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Traditional | Cuzco, Peru
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
The Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola is a bilingual university which has been graduating young entrepreneurs who contribute to the sustainable development of Peru for the past 11 years. The university was created as an innovative option in education, promoting entrepreneurship among the students. All courses are taught in English as the university believes that it will make their graduates better prepared for a competitive labor market.
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.
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.
FLORENCE: Lorenzo de’ Medici
Traditional | Florence, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
LdM centrally located in the San Lorenzo area offers students the opportunity to take art, social science, fashion, Italian language, and many other course offerings while studying in historic Florence.
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.
FRIBOURG: Survey of International Organizations
Traditional | Fribourg, Switzerland
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The Survey of International Organizations (SIO), established in 2003, provides students with an overview of the goals, functioning and significance of key international organizations in today's fast changing global environment. The course examines the achievements and failures of some of the world's most important economic, political and humanitarian organizations from an interdisciplinary perspective. The SIO offers students an intellectually stimulating, innovative and diverse program of study in a safe environment, with maximum exposure to the cultural and political life of contemporary Switzerland, Europe and the world of international diplomacy.
FRIBOURG: University of Fribourg – American College Program
Traditional | Fribourg, Switzerland
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The American College Program (ACP) is a study abroad program at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The tradition of American students coming to Fribourg dates back more than 80 years. The ACP is one of the oldest study abroad programs available to American students and, since its inception, has hosted over 5000 participants.
GUACIMO: Earth University – Sustainability in Latin America
Experiential Research, Traditional | Guacimo, Costa Rica
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
The Field Study Program in Costa Rica will be held on the campus of EARTH University in Guacimo, Costa Rica, an 8,000 acre estate 40 miles east of the capital city of San Jose.
The program is designed to give students the knowledge and skills to help organizations understand and act upon the principles of sustainability, and to gain a deeper understanding about the relationships between business, society and the environment in the Latin American context.
The first three weeks of the program will be spent at the Guacimo campus (Caribbean coast) and the fourth week at the La Flor campus (Pacific coast). The Caribbean coast has lush vegetation, mountains and white sand beaches, world-class fishing, bird watching, horseback riding and all types of water activities. The Pacific coast has first-rate beaches and is famous for its surfing, snorkeling, sailing, kayaking, and nearby wildlife refuges and national parks.
Costa Rica offers a variety of spectacular outdoor activities including breathtaking cloud forests, active volcanoes, stunning beaches, tropical nature preserves, and horseback riding. Included in the program, students will take two week-end trips: a canopy rainforest tour and a trip to the Arenal Volcano, a treat to watch, especially at night when red molten lava spurts from the volcano cone.
HONG KONG: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Traditional | Hong Kong, China
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
This program, through the International Asian Study Programs (IASP) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), offers students an opportunity to live and study in this exciting, fast paced city while it defines its new role in modern China. Students are able to select courses, taught in English, from both the IASP curriculum and the regular course offerings of the Chinese University. Students fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese language may choose to take courses exclusively taught in these dialects. Classroom discussions, field trips, and every day Chinese life also enable students to immerse themselves in the culture and see, first-hand, the dramatic changes that are taking place each day.
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?
KRAKOW: API
Traditional | Krakow, Poland
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Polish Language and Culture: API students attend courses at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow's School of Polish Language and Culture. All students are REQUIRED to take a Polish language course during the summer session. Language classes are taught in Polish and most culture courses are taught in English. Some culture courses are taught in Polish for advanced students. All courses are taken with other American and international students. The number of credits per course vary and are indicated in parentheses after the course title.
LONDON: CAPA
Traditional | London, England
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Regardless of your major, our academic courses keep you on track while you soak up regional history and culture. Study abroad options include courses with local visits, service-learning, and special lectures related to your study abroad experience, all designed to engage you in critical thinking and challenge you to pursue subjects through academic and field research.
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.
LONDON: London School of Economics
Traditional | London, England
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Internationally renowned London School of Economics and Political Science offers both a summer school or full academic year option.
The summer programme is based on regular undergraduate courses taught at LSE and has gained popularity in the academic community. You will find that the opportunity offered by Summer School extends further than world-class teaching. The programme is a learning experience made unique by a truly diverse mix of participants drawn from over 80 countries and with an eclectic range of backgrounds.All Summer School participants are considered part of the wider LSE community and are afforded the same rights and privileges as regular students. There is an organized social programme affording opportunity to meet and relax with your teachers and fellow participants. To view this program please visit http://www2.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/summerSchool/Home.aspx
For those who believe a summer is not enough, a year long option is also available. Enhance your personal development and gain resume building experiences through year long studies at LSE. Independent research shows that the longer students study abroad the greater the academic, career, cultural and personal benefits, and for those interested LSE is a great opportunity.
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.
MADRID: API – Universidad Nebrija
Traditional | Madrid, Spain
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
To study in Madrid is to experience more than a classroom – it is to experience the history of Spain and its people. API gives students the chance to live and learn in this fast-paced capital city.
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 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 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: 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: 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.
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/
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.
ROME: John Cabot University
Traditional | Rome, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
John Cabot University is an independent, accredited four-year college of liberal arts and sciences, with an outstanding faculty, an international degree-seeking student body and over 200 courses from which to choose. Travel in Italy, classes on site at famous monuments and museums throughout the city and a range of extra-curricular activities are just some of the advantages of John Cabot's program.
The culture of an American university, with classes (except Italian language and literature) taught in English; the international atmosphere of a global mix of students of varying backgrounds and nationalities; the incomparable Roman milieu combining centuries of history and art with up-to-the-minute style.
Students visiting from the United States meet others from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as Italian degree-seeking students. Lively exchanges of views and perspectives take place in small classroom settings and on the terraces of the charming ex-convent that is John Cabot's main campus. Cross-cultural friendships develop in the abundant coffee bars and trattorie of Trastevere where JCU is located. Total immersion in the Roman way of life brings new understanding and appreciation of how others live.
SAN JOAQUIN DE FLORES: API – Instituto San Joaquin de Flores
Traditional | San Joaquin de Flores, Costa Rica
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Specifically-designed for American students, the program at the Instituto San Joaquín de Flores offers advanced and superior level Spanish language courses along with a variety of electives including arts, literature, cultural studies, sociology, and environmental studies taught in Spanish. Students will have the opportunity to interact with “ticos” (as Costa Ricans refer to themselves) outside of the classroom by participating in community service opportunities and cultural activities.
Advanced-level students who seek active involvement with local community members in San Joaquín are encouraged to select the Advanced Spanish Conversation course. As part of the course, students complete 20 or more hours of community service at local schools, libraries or retirement homes. High-advanced or superior-level Spanish speakers have the option of enrolling in one class with Costa Rican students per semester for no additional fee. Students can study at the Universidad Latina, located in the nearby town of Heredia. Enrollment also allows API students to participate in sports and other activities with Costa Rican students. Subjects available include advertising, business, communications, education, law, and public relations. Students who choose to study at the Universidad Latina must submit an official high school transcript and copy of their diploma in addition to their college transcript upon applying. An additional fee per class is charged for students who take two or more classes at the Universidad Latina.
SAN JOSE: International Center for Development Studies (ICDS)
Traditional | San Jose, Costa Rica
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Located in the heart of San Jose, ICDS is a non-profit organization aimed at promoting sustainability. Students will take classes from an array of disciplines and choose from various programs in the spring, summer, and fall terms.
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.
SAO PAULO: CIEE – Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Emerging Markets in Brazil
Experiential Research, Traditional | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
The minor in Emerging Markets provides a specific academic path for students from any college within the university to gain an understanding of emerging markets, the role they play in fostering growth in the global economy, and their potential to supplant developed markets to apply what they have learned in the classroom to practical field research projects in an emerging market The Emerging Markets Program in Brazil will introduce students to the business world in Brazil as well as an introduction to Brazilian culture.
ST. PETERSBURG: CIEE
Traditional | St. Petersburgh, Russia
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The Russian Area Studies program is designed for students who have an interest in Russia. The program can accommodate different levels of language proficiency, especially beginning and intermediate Russian language students. Students can improve their Russian language proficiency with intensive training; live in the 300-year old St. Petersburg and experience the relationship between traditional and modern elements influencing Russian society; participate in optional volunteer projects organized through a well-developed network of contacts that facilitate integration into Russian society; and experience a rich cultural program including local and regional excursions, visits to museums and historical sites, and interaction with locals.
The Russian Area Studies program is for students who are interested in an academic program in Russia with an English component. The program offers a set of courses, taught in English, on Russian history, culture, and civilization as well as a rigorous language program.
TUSCANIA: Lorenzo de’ Medici
Traditional | Tuscania, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The LdM program at Tuscania is based on a full immersion concept. Because of the town's small size and its geographic location, students live and study in a fully Italian and a more traditional small community-based environment. Integration in the community is fundamental to the program, encouraging students to create relationships in a cultural context. The curriculum has been designed to promote the historical, artistic and cultural qualities that make this part of Italy unique. Thus courses in history and archaeology focus on the Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilizations that are at the core of Tuscania's development, while courses in culinary arts reflect Tuscania's connection to the agricultural cycles and traditions of the region.
VALENCIA: ESIC Business and Marketing School
Traditional | Valencia, Spain
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
The International Marketing with Spanish Culture and Language program in Valencia, Spain session offers students the ability to enhance their business education while experiencing life in a new and academically stimulating environment. In addition to the curricular component, outdoor activities will be organized, such as a day out doing team building activities and negotiation games to assess leadership skills. The program also includes visits to Spanish companies and cultural visits around Valencia. Students will visit well-known Spanish and international companies, such as Lladró, Danone or Coca-cola. Cultural visits around Valencia and some of its best well know attractions are part of the programme at no extra cost. This includes a guided tour of the Cathedral and historical city centre, a visit to the City of Arts and Sciences, the Albufera lake and the Fallas museum.
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.
VINA DEL MAR: ASA – Universidad de Viña del Mar
Traditional | Vina del Mar, Chile
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Students with all levels of Spanish may study in Chile through the Universidad de Viña del Mar.