EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: The Trip to Lindos

Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Trip to Lindos

Yesterday we took a day trip to the city of Lindos on the east coast of Rhodes. This city was one of the three original cities on the island, thus holding a lot of historical significance. The Acropolis of Lindos looked very beautiful, even though I did not actually go in. Also I cannot forget to mention all of the donkeys around the touristy town area. They basically served people as taxis and climbed up and down the hills. Even though it looked kind of fun I would have felt bad riding one. Also, the beach was actually very nice and the natural harbor was fun to explore.

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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.