Program Description:
This program provides an intensive two-week study of the Americas from a global perspective. Join 50 students from 20 different nations at Seggau Castle near Liebnitz, Austria to study American identities, cultures, politics, histories, literatures, and films. This summer school approaches the terms “America” and “American” in their hemispheric context and seeks to ground students in the interdisciplinary field of inter-American studies. Students will attend 2 keynote addresses by prominent scholars in the field of inter-American studies and 8 plenary lectures by professors of film, literature, art, sociology, and law during the summer school’s morning lecture block. Each student will choose a specific seminar stream (film and society; politics, law, and security; or literature), and every afternoon they will attend their chosen seminar which will be taught by an international faculty. The evening program will include film screenings, informal “meet the professor” lectures, and free time in the castle’s courtyard, café, and pool.
Program Travel Dates:
July 17-August 1, 2010
Program Cost:
$1,275.00. Program cost includes housing and meals. Does not include airfare ($1,000.00-$1,300.00), or train fare ($50.00-$100.00). Tuition is not included. Cost is subject to change.
Scholarships are available for this program. Please visit: http://www.kennesaw.edu/studyabroad/financial.html for more information.
Admissions:
This program is geared toward graduate students in the new MA in American Studies program and advanced undergraduates with an interest in American studies or American literatures and cultures (any major welcome). Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and good academic standing. No foreign language skills are required since the summer school is conducted in English.
Housing:
KSU students will be housed in Schloss Seggau where they will share a room with 2-3 other students. Schloss Seggau is a renovated castle that includes an ancient tower, wine cellar, and monastery along with modern bedrooms, lecture halls, dining rooms, and a swimming pool. Program costs include 3 daily meals in Seggau’s dining hall.
Courses:
MAST graduate students can take SA 8900: Experiential Learning or AMST 7320: America in Transnational Context, while undergraduates can take either ENGL 4580: 20th Century World Literature, or FILM 3220. Studies in Film, or AMST 3710: U.S. in the World.
Application Deadline:
March 1, 2010
A $300 nonrefundable deposit is due at the time of application.
The first program installment of $500 is due by April 1, 2010.
The second program installment of $475 is due by April 15, 2010.
Students should purchase plane tickets by June 1, 2010.
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Contact
Dr. Emron Esplin, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies
Tel: 678-797-2616; email: eesplin@kennesaw.edu
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Faculty Background:
Dr. Esplin teaches the literatures of the Americas and inter-American literary studies. He has lived in Guatemala and Brazil, and his research projects have also taken him to Mexico and Argentina. He has taught at KSU since Fall 2008, and he has taught at C.SAS’s international summer school on the Americas since its inception in Summer 2008.
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