EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: so long, farewell

Saturday, June 30, 2018

so long, farewell

Hey there, reader! Well, I'm going to keep this short so as to not make myself emotional (again). This entire trip has been one of the best experiences of my life. It felt so long because I feel like I've known these people forever, but so short because it doesn't feel like it should be over. I am so, so, so incredibly lucky to have had this experience. Everything from the excursions to the late night talks left a lasting impression, and I wouldn't change any of it for the world. I'm so lucky to have been here, not only in Crete, but to have done it with these people. Every single one was irreplaceable. This trip was made by the personalities. I cannot imagine it being remotely the same if even one person was missing. I am lucky. I am thankful. And I better see y'all in the fall (or preferably sooner). Signing off for the last time. (No I'm not crying again)

Fin.

XX Jess

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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.