Green School Semester in Genoa
Led by: Douglas Kincaid, Program Director
Designed for social science and humanities students, this program offers the opportunity to study critically important contemporary issues -- citizenship, identity and immigration-- with a focus on Italy in the European contact, while residing in the historic center of a city that has practically defined globalization for more than 800 years.
Since the 1980s Italy has experienced several waves of immigration from Balkan, Middle Eastern and African countries. Over the last 20 years anti-immigration has grown and become more closely linked to national politics, a development that echoed the situation in other Western European countries. Recently new crises in the Middle East and Africa have generated massive immigration and refugee flows, with Italy as one of the principal gateways for European destinations. Managing this crisis has become a major challenge, both for Italy and the European Union, with important consequences for social identity, human rights, and democratic governance.
For more information:
Contact the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies by sending an email to GSS@fiu.edu, or calling (305) 348-2247.
Education Abroad website: https://abroad.fiu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10313
GSS in Ecuador Study Abroad Program
Led by: Juliet Erazo, Program Director