[Englmajors] Study in South Africa, Rome and India!!!

[Melissa Wensel]

The Comparative History of Ideas (*CHID*) program is still accepting
applications for our winter 2008 study abroad programs in:

*Cape Town, South Africa *
*Auroville, India, and *
*Rome, Italy*.

These full-time programs are open to students from all areas of study,
with no language requirements.  Federal Financial Aid can be applied to
program costs. We have received several applications for each program,
but we will be holding a second selection round.  We will be accepting
applications until *May the 18th.*
**
We will hold *Information Sessions *for all of these programs* in C-101
Padelford,  the CHID lounge,* on the following schedule:

Cape Town: Tuesday the 8th at 2:20 and Wednesday the 9th at 5:00
Rome: Friday the 11th at 2:30
Auroville: Friday the 11th at 1:30

For information about each program, see below, or contact
chidint at u.washington.edu <mailto:chidint at u.washington.edu>

*Cape Town: Memory, Identity, Conflict & Dialogue*
http://depts.washington.edu/chid/showprogram.php?id=51
The focus of this program will be on the historical and cultural legacy
of Apartheid in South Africa, its effects on identity formation, and
contemporary efforts to re-appropriate this legacy toward an integrated,
multi-ethnic society on the model of Nelson Mandela's "rainbow nation".
South Africa, having undergone an extraordinary transition from
Apartheid to full democracy within just the last decade, is faced with
the formidable obstacles of a legacy of violent racial oppression, stark
economic disparities, as well as a devastating AIDS epidemic as it
attempts to resolve deeply entrenched issues of ethnic division.
Program Director: Geogia Roberts gmr2 at u.washington.edu
<mailto:gmr2 at u.washington.edu>

*Rome:  Roma Eterna*
http://depts.washington.edu/chid/showprogram.php?id=53
<http://depts.washington.edu/chid/showprogram.php?id=39>
The summer Rome program is intended to offer the first-time visitor to
Rome a study opportunity that combines tours of its prominent historical
sites together with a focused inquiry into its multiple layers of
historical significance.  Students will attend classes in the historic
surroundings of the Campo di Fiore, and make visits to significant sites
to accompany each lecture.
Program Director: Douglass Merrell dmerrell at u.washington.edu
<mailto:dmerrell at u.washington.edu>

*Auroville, India: Teaching and Learning in an International Community*
http://depts.washington.edu/chid/showprogram.php?id=52
Auroville is an intentional, international community, founded in 1968 on
the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and based on the vision of The Mother,
who described it as aspiring to be “a universal town where men and women
of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony,
above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.” Today, Auroville
has a population of over 1500 people from more than thirty countries.
The township is viewed as a model of ecological restoration, having
planted since its inception millions of trees in what was once a
desertified wasteland. As a meeting-point of different cultures, it has
also become a demonstration site and testing ground for social and
technological experimentation (from The Auroville Adventure, 1998,
Introduction).
University of Washington, students will live in one of the many
communities which comprise Auroville, will spend regular time in the
Auroville schools, will attend informational presentations by various
artists, scientists, and scholars in the community, and will attend
on-site course sessions.
During the final two weeks students will be given an opportunity to
explore more of India than Auroville, through side-trips to ancient
ruins, bird sanctuary, etc
Program Director: Jean Eisele jeisele at bothell.washington.edu
<mailto:jeisele at bothell.washington.edu>


_____________________________________________________
Theron Paul Stevenson
Director of International Programs
U of W Comparative History of Ideas Program
theron at u.washington.edu <mailto:theron at u.washington.edu>
depts.washington.edu/chid/international
B102 Padelford  Box 354300
phone (206) 685-4716    fax (206)543-7400
_____________________________________________________
"The ocean is not really the ocean until you are out of your depth"
   Milan Kundera


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