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SHORT-TERM STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES

HWSabroad Short-term Programs Information Session: September 10, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Coxe 008
Summer 2025 Short-term Programs Application Deadline: October 6, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

Need further guidance about which short-term study abroad program is right for you? Setup an advising meeting with CGE Associate Director Colleen Kolb (kolb@hws.edu).

Schedule Short-term Program AdvisingApply Online in the CGE Portal

FACULTY-LED PROGRAMS FOR summer 2025

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Art, Culture, & National Identity in Buenos Aires with Professor Angelique Szymanek (SUMMER 2025)

Often referred to as the ‘Paris of Latin America,’ in this course we will consider how the architecture, art, music, food, among other forms of cultural production in Buenos Aires communicate various aspects of Argentine identity. Shaped by a long and complex history of colonization and immigration, Buenos Aires offers an ideal site for studying the multiple and at times conflicting stories told about the country. A variety of western European architectural styles including Neoclassical, Beaux-Arts, and Spanish Baroque are visible throughout the city while the national museums, including El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and El Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, hold thousands of objects that illustrate the diasporic and indigenous dimensions of the nation’s identity. With Buenos Aires as our classroom, students will experience first-hand many of the most central cultural traditions and contemporary expressions of Argentinian identity including art and architecture as well as tango, fútbol (soccer), asado (traditional Argentinian barbeque), muralism, and more while closely examining whose histories, memories, and experiences are centralized within these practices.

Program brochure page and online application

FREIBURG, GERMANY

Sounding Climate Change with Professor Harry Gu (SUMMER 2025)

This short-term abroad program introduces students to the impacts of climate change and strategies for mitigation along the picturesque Rhine River, stretching from the Swiss Alps to Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Centered in Freiburg, a city renowned for its commitment to eco-friendly architecture and technologies, students will engage with leading environmental scientists, organizations, and municipal authorities to explore sustainable living practices, agricultural initiatives, European climate policies, and the region's environmental impact and colonial legacies in Africa and Asia. As part of the Media and Society curriculum, students will learn the foundations of storytelling and audio production. Practicing these skills alongside immersive, community-based learning opportunities with local experts, students will collaboratively craft a podcast series addressing the global climate crises.

Program brochure page and online application

FACULTY-LED PROGRAMS FOR J-term 2024-2025

Santo domingo, dominican republic

Africanidad and Amnesia: Race and Identity in the Dominican Republic with Professor Colby Ristow (J-TERM 2024-2025)

Note: Applications for this program are now closed.

Navigating the terrain of race and racial identity in the Dominican Republic is notoriously perilous. While, on the one hand, over ninety percent of the population of the DR is of African descent, only a tiny fraction identify as “Black,” preferring instead to call themselves “indio” – an homage to the island’s original inhabitants, but one that completely disregards their African heritage. This Amnesia regarding the African past is evident in the nation’s history. At the same time, the impact of the African diaspora permeates nearly every aspect of daily life and culture for Dominicans, as well as their history. And this history of Africanidad is embedded in the urban landscape, where the Black contribution to Dominican culture is omnipresent, coloring music and dance, food and its preparation, sports and how they are played, religions and worship, and even identities of the people. In this course, we explore not only the two poles of Dominican identity – Amnesia and Africanidad – but everything in between in attempt to understand race and identity in the DR in all its bewildering complexity, and in distinctly Dominican terms.

PROGRAM BROCHURE PAGE AND ONLINE APPLICATION

AFFILIATE SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS

These programs require a dual application process. Students will first apply and be screened through the CGE. Upon acceptance, students will then need to apply directly to the affiliate provider. Each program below has its own deadlines and application procedures.

For more information on HWS summer or J-term affiliate programs and to apply for an affiliate program, please click on the above link(s). Students interested in these programs must set up an advising meeting with Colleen Kolb, CGE Associate Director, before applying. These links will direct you to the HWSabroad application portal for all short-term programs. Scroll down to the affiliate section at the bottom and click on the link of the program that you are interested in for more information and to begin the online application process.