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Smith
Office of Study Abroad
Other Opportunities:
Issues in Women's Health in Developing Countries
CHS students might be interested in a Hampshire-based January term course
entitled Issues in Women's Health in Developing Countries, a field study
combining political and social activism with public health and medicine.
Students will meet at Hampshire for 3 days of classwork (Jan 5-7) and then
travel to El Salvador (Jan 8-16) where they will work with Basic Health
International (BHI) on cervical cancer prevention. For more details and
contact information, please see the course description at
http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/9436.htm. Applications are due FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17!
WFU Anthropology Program in London - spring 2009
Join WFU Anthropology Professor Margaret Bender for a great experience
exploring the unique cultural and linguistic environment of London at
WFU’s Worrell House in Spring 2009. A few spaces and scholarships are
still available. In the program’s two anthropology courses, students will
* Conduct ethnographic research in specific ethnic neighborhoods
* Learn firsthand how diasporic communities and globalization force
us to re-theorize /culture/
* Engage in service-learning projects through the Camden Volunteer
Bureau (opportunities in arts, health, education and other areas)
* Collect data on dialectal diversity in British English
* Study the impact of multilingualism on London’s institutions,
public spaces, and graphic landscape
Students will also take a course in British theatre that includes twelve
live performances (free to students) and an art history class that will
take them on weekly gallery tours.* *
For more information, contact Margaret Bender at bender@wfu.edu
<mailto:bender@wfu.edu> or 336-758-5326. Apply online no later than
October 15 at
<http://studyabroad.wfu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.FeaturedPrograms>.
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Margaret Bender
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Wake Forest University
Summer Field School Opportunity in Monteverde, Costa Rica
The field school, which will be held in Monteverde, Costa Rica,, will focus on community-based health research, with a strong emphasis on mixed-methods. It is a great opportunity for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. The program will run from June 22-July 27 2009.
Click here for fuller description of program
For information on deadlines and how to apply please visit the following website:
www.global.usf.edu/educationabroad
For full brochure please go to Summer Field School in Malta - 2009
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