EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: Our First Day in Rhodes

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Our First Day in Rhodes

The most striking thing about Rhodes is how completely different it is from Alikianos. There are plenty of bright lights, bars, and tourists. However, it also has some amazing history that we are in walking distance of, which is awesome! Not too far away from our hotel is the Palace of the Grand Master, which used to defend the medieval city with its high vantage point and fortified walls. Sunday was our first full day in Rhodes and Professor Vamvakas, Marcie, Ilias, Aleko and I all went and visited this castle. It was beautiful! The amount of artifacts it contained was enormous and spanned various time periods and art styles. It was a really nice way to spend our first day in Rhodes.

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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.