EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS

Friday, July 15, 2016

Rhodes:
The first two days were interesting because we were all coming from such a small village and were shocked by the city of Rodos. Not only was it crowded and busy but it was filled with tourists from all over the world. This environment along with probably being a little homesick left the group pretty grim. Honestly we all had some issues with this city and it may have not been what we were expecting but it did turn around with the medieval city and the art gallery opening. But there is definitely a different energy here then there was in Crete.

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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.