EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: Seitan Limani

Monday, June 17, 2019

Seitan Limani

Looking down from a cliff at one the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen was incredible; then, I saw the path to get down. I was terrified. It looked like a path that only a mountain goat to manage to take, so I was very surprised to see so many people laying on the beach below. Everyone started to walk down the cliff so I followed, hardly realizing what I was about to go through. It was quite the experience, but, in the end, the hike down was completely worth it. The beach was breathtaking with the water's perfect shades of blue, the gorgeous views, and the occasional visit from wandering mountain goats. I know I will never forget adventures like this one, and I will cherish these memories forever.

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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.