EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: European Elections and the Age of Anger

Saturday, May 25, 2019

European Elections and the Age of Anger

The European Parliamentary elections are underway as we are days away from the start the 8th Eastern Mediterranean Security Studies program. These elections are pivotal for a number of reasons not least of which as to the rise of anger and populism in the political landscape of the European Union and within the constituent advanced democracies. Pankaj Mishra's Age of Anger, could serve as a good reference point not only to understand the background of the European elections, but also as a backdrop to the Geopolitics of Energy and Democracy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Age of Anger is a highly recommended book, and would especially recommended for those that will be studying in the program this summer. In the meantime the 2017 VPRO documentary on the Age of Anger can provide a comprehensive background and connection to the current political landscape of ??EXIT.

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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.