EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS: First Week of Crete!

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

First Week of Crete!

Γειά σου! Hello! We have started our first week in Crete. We have visited a lot of beaches such as Agia Maria, Stavros Beach, and Golden Shore Beach. Who can complain about beach time from 3:00-6:00 every day huh! The picture above looks over Chania and the Chanion Gulf. It is gorgeous over here, much better than the Boston ports!

The institute has been so kind as well! There are cats here of course, and a recent kitten development. We are trying to convince them to befriend us. We are definitely close, I will have to keep you all posted. The food here is delicious; I start every morning with a fresh cup of coffee and toast. All the meals have been delicious, and every evening I am so excited what the ladies have whipped up for dinner.

(Far-left Kaitlin, middle-left Casey, middle-right Julia, and far-right Me)

So glad I came with such great friends! So excited to explore more the island with them! Thank you Dr. Vamvakas for this awesome, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

PS- cheese fries are better at home

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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.