Croatia: Dubrovnik
Florida State University - International Programs
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Location:
| Dubrovnik - Croatia | |
Highlights:
| Coastal Dubrovnik, an ancient walled town on the Adriatic Sea, traces its founding to eighth-century Romans. | |
Term(s):
| Summer | |
Language:
| Croatian | |
English Instruction:
| Yes | |
Academic Credit:
| (3 - 3) | |
Subject Area(s):
| Liberal Arts, Political Science, Politics | |
Included:
| Airport Transfers, Ground Transportation, Housing, Meals (All) | |
Accommodations:
| Other | |
Participants:
| Undergraduates, Graduates | |
Description:
| Coastal Dubrovnik, an ancient walled town on the Adriatic Sea, traces its founding to eighth-century Romans. Today, it is a fascinating city where citizens actually feel the future being forged. In the Middle Ages, Mediterranean Dubrovnik was the center of Croatian culture and literature. With much of its medieval architecture remaining, and with picturesque sidewalk cafes, Dubrovnik radiates still the distinctive charm of old Europe—attracting vacationers from throughout the region.
In this region, thirty years ago, Florida State University established an educational linkage with Yugoslavia. The link grew into a nine-university consortium to explore issues in Southeast Europe. It continues today, as the former Yugoslavia and other Balkan nations find themselves in the direct path of democratic and free-market movements from Czech and Hungarian regions. This study program is an exceptional opportunity for participants—working within an international scholarly enclave—to learn about, analyze, and discuss both the region's cultural-historical background and its contemporary political issues of transition and security.
Through its long-standing relationship with the Balkan region-including collaboration with the 300-year-old University of Zagreb—FSU is able to offer this timely program at the historic Inter-University Centre (IUC). Founded in 1971 at the height of the Cold War, this distinguished international institution is co-sponsored by some 200 member universities. As an independent center for advanced studies, the IUC became a seminal venue for exchange of ideas among scholars of the East and West. In the twenty-first century, the IUC continues its dedication to independent scholarship, while promoting communication in an increasingly pluralistic region and world. A focus is specialized postgraduate education that bears both on regional concerns and the challenges of globalism. Its international agenda, notably in the social sciences and humanities, is now informed by issues of post-communism, European integration, and the stabilization of Southeast Europe. (For more on the IUC, visit www.hr/iuc/docs/gen/geninfo.html).
The IUC's location is apt for its multinational purpose. Dubrovnik's first-millennium roots and varied cultural heritage offer a fertile ground for modern explorations of identity, government, and culture. It is, moreover, a beautiful, cosmopolitan city that few Westerners know firsthand. (Visit Dubrovnik on the web at www.hr/dubrovnik/Dubr.html).
Coursework and excursions:
Classes, taught by faculty from FSU and prominent regional European universities, will meet for approximately half the day. Students will enjoy use of the facilities of the Inter-University Centre. Program excursions will include trips to coastal islands, where monasteries have existed for as long as two millennia.
Housing:
Program participants will look out over the azure Adriatic waters from their popular vacation hotel. Breakfast is incl | |
URL:
| http://www.international.fsu.edu/ |
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