Location:

Siracusa, Italy

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

In the Mediterranean, are Southern borders dividers or connecting spaces? Sicily, which is located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea and receives a large influx of asylum seekers, economic migrants, and unaccompanied minors, stands out as an ideal laboratory for investigating contemporary global migration challenges.

It provides the opportunity to study the various aspects of migration in terms of politics and policies, smuggling and trafficking phenomena, and media framing and coverage. It provides the opportunity to create comparative research designs with other countries, regions, or critical southern borders (e.g. US-Mexico border; Myanmar-Thailand border etc.).

Courses in this Study Track include: 

• Migration across the Mediterranean: Human Rights and the Media
• The Antimafia Movement & Ethical Business: The Impact of Organized Crime
• Mediterranean Food Systems: Identity, Migration & Labor in Sicily 
• Field Research Project: Systems Thinking & Sustainability
• Italian Language and Culture

Setting Description:

This study abroad program takes place in Syracuse, Sicily with study trips to various sites across Sicily.

Additional Program Information

Scholarships:

No