Here’s where you can go with CHID Study Abroad Programs 2016-2017
Sponsored by the UW Comparative History of Ideas Program
SUMMER 2016:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Visualizing the Invisible: Design and Society in Amsterdam (Full Term)
Explore cutting-edge design culture in the Netherlands through direct work with Dutch artists and designers
Sardinia, Italy
Island Migrations: Health, and Human Rights in the Mediterranean
(co-sponsored by UWB Nursing/Health) B-Term July 9 - Aug 6
Engage with immigrant and Romani (derogatively referred to as “Gypsy”) communities and work with local NGOs to explore the interrelationships among migration, marginalization, health, and resilience.
Sydney, Alice Springs, and Darwin, Australia
Outback of Where? Geographic Imaginaries, Cultural Identities, and the Australian Landscape (B-Term)
Explore the contrasting lives and cultural imaginaries that intersect in the Central Australian desert and Australia’s Top End. Study the struggles of indigenous Australians for self-determination and custodianship of sacred sites and native lands.
Mexico City, Mexico
LGBTQ Communities and Change in Mexico City (B-Term)
This program will be based in both Seattle and Mexico City, exploring the links between queer movements in the U.S. and Mexico and how they might influence each other.
Romsa (Tromsø), Norway
Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe
(co-sponsored by American Indian Studies; B-Term)
Encounter indigenous Sámi place-based culture and ways of knowing, and some of the complex ways in which these have interacted with majority, colonial culture and institutions.
Philippines
American Occupation, Identity Construction, and Social Action (B-Term)
This program will examine the United States’s occupation of the Philippines and its implications for current as well as historical Filipino identity construction.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Food Sovereignty and Migration in Oaxaca, Mexico (A-Term)
(co-sponsored by Urban Design and Planning)
Oaxaca, Mexico, is an ancestral home of maize (corn) and is at the leading edge of the struggle over the future of the global food system. Explore issues of how American foreign policy (agriculture, trade, immigration, drug) impacts the Global South.
Sarajevo and Belgrade, Bosnia & Serbia
True Reconciliation after Twenty Years of Peace? (A-Term)
(co-sponsored by English)
This program examines in depth the Yugoslav conflict and its aftermath, with special emphasis on the roots of the conflict, international intervention, post-conflict transition, and the role of the EU.
EARLY FALL Exploration Seminars (Mid-Aug - Mid-Sept):
New York City
Urban Change in the City that Never Sleeps
Explore the multifaceted concept of “urban change” as it intersects with three major sets of themes: the ideas of place-attachment, economic development and “progress,” and the notion of everyday experience.
Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia
Conflicting Currents: Romania and Georgia in a Turbulent Black Sea
(co-sponsored by Honors)
Using the dynamic Black Sea region as a living textbook, we will explore multicultural diversity and the ongoing process of negotiating national identity and minority rights in pluralistic societies.
AUTUMN 2016:
Berlin, Germany
Global Urbanism: Stories, Strategies, and Struggles (co-sponsored by Architecture)
Is Berlin only following the trajectory of global neoliberalism? How can Berlin’s urban futures be re-envisioned? We will discuss these questions with city officials, professionals, artists, and urban activists.
Prague, Czech Republic
Between the East and West: Discovering Central Europe
This program explores key Central European issues such as the legacies of the Holocaust, the nature and impact of the communist system, and the hopes and tensions of the European Union.
Himalayas
Exploring India’s Himalaya: Yoga, Culture, Politics, Environment
(co-sponsored by the JSIS South Asia Center)
Students will study the past and present of the region’s cultural, social, and religious life through the prism of yoga specifically as the “development” of the self, soul, and society.
WINTER 2017:
Rome, Budapest, and Prague
Legacies of Empires
Study the lasting effects of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires on the shape of contemporary Europe. This program also focuses on the plight of the Roma people in these three locations.
Why study abroad with CHID?
Our programs are among the most innovative study abroad experiences at UW.
You’ll be part of a tight-knit learning community, led by talented UW faculty,
engaging directly with issues, topics, and people at your destination.
Most of our programs do not require a foreign language.
Students from any major and any year are eligible.
You can use almost any form of financial aid, and there are scholarships available.
Leave your comfort zone.
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