EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: Suda Bay War Cemetery

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Suda Bay War Cemetery

When we visited Suda Bay War Cemetery I was surprised. It was very well maintained and I was surprised because they were not Greek cemeteries but rather New Zealanders’ cemeteries. It was beautiful; the cemetery was super green, clean and the clear blue water was near it. The overall experience was amazing because I was overwhelmed by how incredible it was. Overwhelmed in a good way, because at that moment I could see how people stand up and die for something that they believe. I think it takes great courage to physically stand up and fight for a belief. I greatly respect those soldiers because they have sacrificed their lives to fight and have become another reminder for the world to see that people will go to great lengths such as dying in a foreign country to show what they stand for.

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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.