Programs to Run in 2011
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Most programs run every year. But some are offered every other year or are occasionally put on hold to help a faculty member finish research or program revisions. Here are a few programs not offered in 2010 that may be available in 2011.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Course: Brazilian Culture and Portuguese Language
Faculty: Clémence Jouët-Pastré
Rio de Janeiro is an intriguing center for art, theater, music, exhibitions, street performances, international conferences, and cultural and social debates. From 1763 to 1960, Rio was consecutively the capital of the colony, the empire, and the republic of Brazil. Today the city’s dwellers treasure their colonial and nineteenth-century architectural heritage as well as their superb museums, impressive libraries, and historical archives. With its vibrant cultural life, famous beaches, splendid bay, and wonderful climate, Rio de Janeiro provides students with the ideal atmosphere for full immersion in Portuguese language and Brazilian culture. Students stay in family homes and benefit from language classes taught by Harvard faculty, special lectures by renowned Brazilian scholars, and excursions in and around Rio.
The program is hosted at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), one of Brazil’s leading universities. For the last two weeks of our program, PUC-Rio will generously accept all students to its well-established and closely supervised internship program. Students complete their internships either at the private sector or at nongovernmental organizations. Opportunities include, but are not limited to arts, environmental, healthcare, and law organizations.
Information: Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre@fas.harvard.edu.
Programs change from year to year, but reviewing the 2009 information will give you a sense of the program.
Paris (La Femis), France
Course: Contemporary French Cinema and Three Films in 3 Minutes
Faculty: Dominique Bluher, D. N. Rodowick, and faculty from La Femis
Paris is the center of a vibrant film culture. Since the 1950s the city has been a world capital for the study of film as an art form. This program’s goal is twofold. In 5 weeks of intensive coursework taught in English, students have an opportunity to discover contemporary French cinema through the study of important directors in the context of influential critical and theoretical writings about film. Students also take an introductory course in filmmaking supervised by professionals from the French film industry. Small groups of students create 3 short films shot on digital video while learning the basic stages of filmmaking, including cinematography, editing, and sound mixing. Both classes are taught at La Femis—the prestigious French film school located in the heart of Montmartre at the former Pathé film studios. The courses include weekly film projections in 35mm as well discussions with important directors and French film personalities. Students also visit other cultural institutions important to the art of film, such as the Musée du Cinéma and the Cinémathèque Française.
Information: Dominique Bluher, dbluher@fas.harvard.edu.
Programs change from year to year, but reviewing the 2008 information will give you a sense of the program.
Ghana
Course: Slavery and Slave Trade in West Africa and the Caribbean: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
Faculty: Emmanuel Akyeampong and Yaw Bredwa-Mensah
This program explores the history and material culture of slavery and slave trade in West Africa (Ghana) and the Caribbean (Danish Caribbean and Jamaica). It combines lectures; the critical use of contemporary sources, oral history, film, and images; trips to sites of enslavement and slave trade (European forts along the coast, interior slave marts, and settlements that survived slave raids); and archaeological fieldwork on Danish plantations in the reconstruction of the period between about 1650 and 1850. Britain, Denmark, and the Netherlands were the preeminent European powers in the Gold Coast during this period. Gold Coast influences on material culture, religion, and sociopolitical organization in the Danish Caribbean islands and Jamaica underscore the diasporic connections that unite the black Atlantic.
Information: summerabroad@dcemail.harvard.edu.
Programs change from year to year, but reviewing the 2009 information will give you a sense of the program.
San José de Moro, Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru)
Courses: The Archaeological Field School at San José de Moro, Peru: Methods, Techniques, and Andean Prehistory
Faculty: Luis Jaime Castillo Butters and Jeffrey Quilter
This archaeological field school offers students hands-on experience in excavations at one of the most exciting prehistoric sites of ancient Peru. San José de Moro is a small village on the banks of the Chaman River in La Libertad on the northern coast of Peru. It is also one of the most important cemeteries and ceremonial centers of the ancient Mochica culture (circa AD 100–800) as well as later societies. The excavations and related studies at this site have helped scholars understand traditions, beliefs, artwork, and organizational and governmental forms of ancient societies of the area. Tombs, objects, and architectural evidence of these cultures are still buried at the site.
To date, the San José de Moro Archaeological Project boasts more than 400 excavated funerary sites, of which the most significant are the famous tombs of the priestesses of San José de Moro. Around this type of tomb spectacular artworks produced by Mochica artisans have been found, including typical fineline painted pottery. The large quantity of domestic areas associated with funerary practices (which display complex stratification) make San José de Moro an excellent location to learn and develop basic skills in the practice of archaeology.
Information: summerabroad@dcemail.harvard.edu.
Programs change from year to year, but reviewing the 2009 information will give you a sense of the program.
Istanbul, Turkey
Courses offered in economics and the humanities and social sciences
Faculty: This program is taught by faculty from Harvard University and a Turkish university
Located on the Bosphorus Strait separating Europe from Asia, Istanbul has long been one of the world’s most fascinating and important cities. Capital city of the Roman Empire in the fourth century, the Byzantine Empire until the fifteenth century, and the Ottoman Empire until early in the twentieth century, Istanbul is today home to many important cultural sites, including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and Topkapi Palace, as well as a vibrant center of industry and trade.
This program brings together students and faculty from Harvard and a Turkish university, creating an exciting intercultural experience both in the classroom and beyond. Students select two courses from a range of offerings in the humanities and social sciences. Courses are taught at a site along the Bosphorus, and students stay nearby, with access to the old city, restaurants, shops, and other points of interest.
Information: summerabroad@dcemail.harvard.edu.
Programs change from year to year, but reviewing the 2009 information will give you a sense of the program.