Tag: off campus study
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Peace and Conflict Studies Student Nora Sweeney ’24 shares study abroad experience in Northern Ireland
Nora Sweeney ’24 is a Peace and Conflict Honors Major student at Swarthmore College, who studied abroad in Northern Ireland during the fall semester of 2022. The Peace and Conflict Studies department has invited Nora to an interview to share her experience studying abroad and provide suggestions to future study abroad students. Question: Before we…
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Off Campus Study: HECUA Democracy and Social Change in Northern Ireland
Information Session Monday, October 3 Sharples Room 208 Noon – 1pm Meet Resident Director Nigel Glenny, and HECUA Director of Operations, Patrick Mulvihill This study abroad program is offered in both fall and spring semesters. Swarthmore deadline for spring semester applicants: October 7 Deadline for fall semester applicants: February 20 Program Description: In 1969, society…
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Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Class Takes Field Trip to Palestine and Israel
by Isabel Knight This story originally appeared in the Daily Gazette on 16 February 2016. This past winter break, students in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict class taught by Dr. Sa’ed Atshan ‘06 went on a trip to Israel and Palestine for 10 days. The trip, funded by the Lang Center, the President’s Office, and an anonymous…
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Northern Ireland study abroad interest lunch with David Tombs
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION Semester in Northern Ireland Program Please join Professor David Tombs for lunch Thursday, November 21st, Noon, Sharples #5 Professor David Tombs, Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation for the Irish School of Ecumenics, will meet with interested students and answer questions. The program provides students a unique opportunity to study…
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Electronic Resources on Northern Ireland
Information Technology Services has installed two interactive resources on the PC in the Sociology and Anthropology lab in Kohlberg Hall. Both pertain to Northern Ireland, but have broader relevance to political contention (violent, nonviolent, and institutional), material culture, ethnicity, nationalism, propaganda, etc. If you would like to access these resources, please contact Rose Maio in…