EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: Allied War Cemetery and Agronomic Institute

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Allied War Cemetery and Agronomic Institute

Yesterday, we visited the Agronomic Institute and the Allied War Cemetery. Personally, the Agronomic Institute was interesting in the sense that although I don’t know much about the science behind much of what the professor spoke about, it was fascinating to see the labs and the seed bank. The lunch was also AWESOME. The second half was the cemetery, after seeing the German cemetery the difference was obvious. Less rigid and just a memorial, but it showcased the reality of the men who served. The shocking fact that many were unidentified, and others were my age, or even younger, made me think about the age of many of the German soldiers who also lost their lives, dying for a fight they might not have agreed with.

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EC Eastern Security Studies Program

In the summer of 2011, as the "Arab Spring" was unfolding and the "Eurozone Crisis" was entering its second year, the Emmanuel College Eastern Mediterranean Security Studies Program was established in Crete, as a way to make the location the classroom. Beyond the grand theoretical, historical and political understanding that can be achieved through reading and classroom discussion and exchange, a more immediate, intimate and truer appreciation of the complexities can only achieved by experiencing the cultures, languages of personal interaction.

Since 2012 students have been able to combine an intensive curricular study, with the experience of immersion and living in a local setting. The geopolitical and geoeconomic forces that have acted in the region for centuries, can be identified in the classroom, but they can only be understood by being there. This year's EC EMSS Program will add a fourth week of study, experience and exploration and will also travel to the islands of Rhodes, and Cyprus. In Rhodes we will be partnering with the Prefecture of Southern Aegean and the Aegean University, while in Cyprus we will be hosted by the University of Nicosia.