EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: Ancient Theatre

Friday, June 14, 2019

Ancient Theatre

Yesterday we took a trip to an Ancient Theatre in which we were able to see where they would perform their plays. Although it was very hot and I was very dehydrated, I made sure to look around and take in all the beauty. When looking at the theatre that still had the seating for their plays, I was shocked that all of it was still put together. On the other side though it was a much different and it seemed as if though it was not as put together as it was on the other side. I did not understand how it could be a drastic difference from both sides.

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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.