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Faculty-Led Travel Seminars
Each year, Skidmore sponsors a number of faculty-led travel seminars to locations around the world (see list below). Travel seminar courses must offer a carefully structured, focused, and challenging learning experience. These programs allow students to accompany one or two faculty members as they explore a focused topic that uses the destination as a classroom.
Travel Seminar FAQs
- Germany: Glitter and Doom (January)
Application Deadline Extended: April 1st
- Brochure
- On-campus course syllabus
- Travel seminar syllabus
Past Travel Seminars
Programs offered previously have included:
Academic Year 2012-13:
- Costa Rica (March)
Tropical Field Ecology (Monica Raveret Richter - Biology, Kim Marsella - Academic Advising)
- Ireland (March)
Culture and Commerce (Jim Kennelly - Management & Business, Peter McCarthy - Social Work)
- London and Athens (May)
The Parthenon: From Pericles to the Present (Michael Arnush - Classics, Leslie Mechem - Classics)
Academic Year 2011-12:
- Kyoto, Japan (Summer)
Japanese Culture and Art (Sang Wook Lee - Art)
Opening Nights (David Howson - Arts Administration)
- Berlin, Germany (May)
Glitter and Doom (Mary-Beth O'Brien and Karin Hamm-Ehsani - Foreign Languages and Literature)
- Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand (January)
New Zealand on the Edge (Kyle Nichols and Sarah Stelmack - Geosciences)
Academic Year 2010-2011:
- Bath, England (January)
Jane Austen in Bath (Catherine Golden - English)
- Istanbul, Turkey (January)
Globalization and Development in Turkey (Jim Kennelly - Management and Business and Mehmet Odekon - Economics)
- Rome, Italy (May)
Writing Rome (Dan Curley - Classics and Jackie Murray - Classics)
Academic Year 2009-2010:
- Paris and London (January)
Museums From the Outside In (Sue Bender – Anthropology and Alison Barnes – English and Environmental Studies)
- Vienna, Austria (January)
Waltz, Coffeehouses, Dreams: Culture and History in Vienna, Austria (Mary-Beth O'Brien – FLL-German and Jim Kennelly – Management & Business for David Wildermuth)
- Costa Rica (March)
Tropical Field Ecology in Costa Rica (Monica Raveret-Richter – Biology and Christina Grassi - Anthropology)
Academic Year 2008-2009:
- India (January)
Hindu Religion and Art in India (Joel Smith – Religion and Rob Linrothe – Art History)
- Puerto Rico (January)
Culture and Colonialism in Puerto Rico (Jordana Dym – History and Viviana Rangil – Spanish)
Academic Year 2007-2008:
- Argentina & Chile (January)
Over the Andes and to the Sea: Politics, Economic Development, and Culture in Argentina and Chile (Patricia Rubio – Spanish and Aldo Vacs – Government)
- Bath, England (January)
Jane Austen in Bath (Catherine Golden – English)
- Costa Rica (March)
Tropical Field Ecology in Costa Rica (Monica Raveret-Richter – Biology and Christina Grassi - Anthropology)
Academic Year 2006-2007:
- Vienna, Austria (January)
Waltz, Coffeehouses, Dreams: Culture and History in Vienna, Austria (Tom Denny – Music and David Wildermuth – FLL-German)
- Poland & Germany (March)
From Marx to Coca Cola: Transitions in Poland and Germany (Mary-Elizabeth O’Brien – German and International Affairs and Elzbieta Lepkowska-White – Management and Business)
Academic Year 2005-2006:
- Ireland (January)
Changing Utterly: Ireland Past and Present (Jim Kennelly – Management and Business)
- Tanzania (March)
Tanzania: Origins and Crossroads of Culture (Gerald Erchek – Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work and Chris Whann – Government)
- Costa Rica (March)
Academic Year 2004-2005:Tropical Field Ecology in Costa Rica (Monica Raveret-Richter – Biology and Christina Grassi - Anthropology)
- Bath, England (January)
Jane Austen in Bath (Catherine Golden – English)
- Ghana (March)
Chocolate and Gold: Culture and Politics in Ghana (Gerald Erchek – Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work and Chris Whann – Government)
- Greece (2005)
Skidmore Odyssey: Classics Study Tour in Greece (Michael Arnush – Classics, Dan Curley – Classics, and Leslie Mechem – Classics)
Various Years:
- South Africa
South Africa: Educational Study Program (Karen Brackett – Education Studies)
