The course explored the historical roots of the modern nation-state of Greece, the homogenization of its linguistic landscape, and the consolidation of a genealogically-based, ethnic majoritarian understanding of citizenship and belonging in the Greek state. 

College Year In Athens

June 29 – August 10, 2024

Faculty: Karen Emmerich, Michalis Sotiropoulos

The Swani Family Global Seminar

This course covered the challenges of climate change, food availability and health in India. 

Indian Institute of Science

June 22 - August 3, 2024

Faculty: Ramanan Laxminarayan
 

“Musical Theater and Storytelling in Southern Italy” is cosponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts. The seminar is supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund and the Edward T. Cone ’39 *42 Fund in the Humanities Council. 

Students explored the fundamentals of storytelling through music theater, while studying Italian language and experiencing the culture of Southern Italy. 

Gesualdo, Italy

June 01 – July 13, 2024

Faculty: Stacy Wolf, Cara Reichel, ’96, Peter Mills, ’95

The seminar is supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund.

This seminar provided a broad understanding of contemporary Kenya in the context of its historical positioning and modern value to Western political interests and how this affects Kenyans' daily livelihoods and aspirations.

Maseno University

June 1 – July 13, 2024

Faculty: Mahiri Mwita

The Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar

This seminar traced the “ghetto” and the Holocaust as central concepts in Jewish and Black historiography. 

Rome, Italy and Warsaw, Poland

June 1 – July 13, 2024

Faculty: Mitchell Duneier, Nathaniel Deutsch

This seminar is supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund.

This seminar explored the connections between Chilean art and politics since the military coup of 1973 against President Salvador Allende, focusing on responses to censorship and repression by visual artists, filmmakers, performers, writers, and collectives.

Universidad Diego Portales

June 22 - August 3, 2024

Faculty: Javier Guerrero

The Drs. Charles C. & Marie S. Yu P83 Global Seminar

This seminar offered an opportunity to understand contemporary Japanese and Chinese societies through lectures, readings, discussions, and field trips tours in both Japan and China. 

University of Tokyo and Peking University

June 15 – July 27, 2024

Faculty: Yu Xie, James Raymo

The Fish Benoist Family Global Seminar

This seminar offered an introduction to Viennese music, culture and history in the period 1900-1918, the celebrated Fin-de-siècle in which arts and culture blossomed in the city. 

Sigmund Freud Museum

June 1 – July 13, 2024

Faculty: Rubén Gallo

Co-sponsored by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, with the support of the Erric B. Kertsikoff Fund for Hellenic Studies

This course traced the ways in which Greek photographers, the modern Greek poets George Seferis, Odysseus Elytis, Andreas Embirícos and Yannis Ritsos, and the Canadian poet Anne Carson reflect on the relation between Greece and photography.

College Year In Athens

June 5 - July 14, 2023

Faculty: Eduardo Cadava, Philip Mayhew Professor of English

Supported by the Swani Family Global Seminar Fund

Modern agriculture is the most environmentally consequential activity that humans engage in. This course covered the challenges of climate change, food availability and health in India.

Indian Institute of Science

June 19 – July 28, 2023

Faculty: Ramanan Laxminarayan, Senior Research Scholar, High Meadows Environmental Institute

Supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund

This course explored contemporary Kenya in the context of its historical positioning and modern value to Western econo-political interests, and how this translates in daily livelihoods of Kenyans.

Supported by the Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar Fund

This course examined how to design a human-centered development project using anthropological theory and methods.

Supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund

This seminar explored the connections between Chilean art and politics since the military coup of 1973 against President Salvador Allende, focusing on responses to censorship and repression by visual artists, filmmakers, performers, writers, and collectives.

Supported by the Drs. Charles C. and Maria S. Yu P83 Global Seminar Fund

This seminar focused on developing an understanding of contemporary Japanese and Chinese societies — their histories, cultures, politics and economies — through lectures, readings, discussions, and tours in Japan and Hong Kong.

Supported by the Fish Benoist Family Global Seminar Fund

Vienna around 1900 was a world center of culture and political power.This seminar examined the history of this period, focusing on the events leading to World War I. We will also discuss the literature, art, music and philosophy produced during this time, with special attention to how culture responded to political changes.

The Fish Benoist Family Global Seminar

This seminar offered introduction to Viennese culture and history around the time of World War I, focusing on Freud’s work and on his relationship to modern culture, including literature, art and politics.

Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria

June 6 – July 15, 2022

Faculty:

• Rubén Gallo, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor in Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain
• John Benjamin *11, assistant professor of German, U.S. Military Academy at West Point (German language)

The Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar

The culture and history of Azerbaijan offers a fascinating lens through which to study some of the key processes that created the modern world.

ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan

June 6 – July 15, 2022

Faculty: Michael Reynolds, associate professor of Near Eastern studies; director, Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

This seminar treated the language politics of Cyprus as a way into discussions of borders, conflict, translation, and, more generally, intercultural communication.

Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, Nicosia, Cyprus

June 6 – July 15, 2022

Faculty: Argyro Nicolaou, lecturer in Modern Greek Language

A Swani Family Global Seminar

This seminar introduced students to the politics of India: What does it mean to be democratic in a poor country with diverse identities of language, gender, caste, class and religion and how has India balanced economic growth with equity?

Ashoka University, Sonipat, India

July 4 - August 12, 2022

Faculty:

• Vinay Sitapati, associate professor of political science and legal studies, Ashoka University
• Robert Phillips, lecturer in Hindu/Urdu, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

In addition to studying language and history through the lens of a regional collection of tales, this course allowed students to develop a working knowledge of the richly collaborative process through which musical theater is created.

Gesualdo, Italy

June 20 – July 29, 2022

Faculty:

• Peter Mills ’95, Prospect Theater Company
• Cara Reichel ’96, Prospect Theater Company
• Stacy Wolf, professor of theatre in the Lewis Center for the Arts and American Studies; director, Program in Musical Theater

The goal of this seminar was to give students a general understanding of contemporary Kenya in the context of its historical positioning and modern value to the Western political interests, and how this position translates to daily livelihoods and aspirations of Kenyans.

Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya

May 30 – July 8, 2022

Faculty: Mahiri Mwita, lecturer in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

The Fish Benoist Family Global Seminar

Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria

May 31 – July 9, 2021

Faculty: 

• Rubén Gallo, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor in Language, Literature, and Civilization of Spain
• John Benjamin *11, assistant professor of German at West Point

Gesualdo, Italy

June 7 – July 2, 2021

Faculty:

• Peter Mills, ’95 Prospect Theater Company
• Cara Reichel, ’96 Prospect Theater Company
• Stacy Wolf, professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts

Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, Nicosia, Cyprus

July 12 – August 20, 2021

Faculty:

• Karen Emmerich, associate professor of comparative literature
• Argyro Nikolaou, lecturer in Modern Greek language

The Swani Family Global Seminar

Ashoka University, Sonipat

July 12 – August 20, 2021

Faculty:

• Pratap Bhanu Mehta, professor of political science at Ashoka University
• Robert Phillips, lecturer in the Program in South Asian Studies

The Fish Benoist Family Global Seminar

Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria

Faculty: Rubén Gallo, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor in Language, Literature, and Civilization of Spain

The Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar

Institute of Advanced Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Faculty: Anna Arabindan Kesson, assistant professor of art and archaeology and African American studies

Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Faculty: Michael Reynolds, associate professor of Near Eastern studies; director of the Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro

Faculty: Pedro Monteiro, Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Yuanpei College, Peking University, Beijing

Faculty: Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology

Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, Nicosia, Cyprus

Faculty: Karen Emmerich, associate professor of Comparative Literature

Supported by the Beth M. Siskind Global Seminars Fund

University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Faculty: Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English

The Swani Family Global Seminar

Ashoka University, Sonipat

Faculty: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, professor of political science, Ashoka University

Gesualdo, Italy

Faculty:

• Peter Mills ’95 Prospect Theater Company
• Cara Reichel ’96 Prospect Theater Company
• Stacy Wolf, professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts

Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro

June 17 – July 26, 2019

Faculty:

• João Biehl, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology
• Pedro Meira Monteiro, Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Yuanpei College, Peking University, Beijing

July 1 – August 9, 2019

Faculty: Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology

CIEE Global Institute, Berlin

June 10 – July 19, 2019

Faculty: John Borneman, professor of anthropology and director of the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society

Cosponsored by Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies and Lewis Center for the Arts

College Year in Athens

June 10 – July 19, 2019

Faculty:

• Michael Cadden, senior lecturer in theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts
• Martha Frintzila, Athens-based theater director, actress, and singer

The Swani Family Global Seminar

Ashoka University, Sonipat

July 1 – August 9, 2019

Faculty: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, vice chancellor, Ashoka University

Cosponsored by Beth M. Siskind

St. John’s University, Rome

July 1 – August 9, 2019

Faculty:

• Maria Garlock, professor of civil and environmental engineering; co-director, Program in Architecture and Engineering
• Branko Glisic, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
• Sigrid Adriaenssens, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering

The Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar

Mpala Research Center, Nanyuki

June 12 – July 26, 2019

Faculty:

• Katie Carpenter ’79, wildlife filmmaker (PBS, National Geographic TV, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet)
• Dan Rubenstein, the Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology; professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; director, Program in Environmental Studies

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, and in Kraków

June 10 – July 19, 2019

Faculty:

• Mitchell Duneier, chair of the Department of Sociology
• Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, chief curator, Core Exhibition, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Cosponsored by the Fish Benoist Family

June 10 – July 19, 2019

Faculty: Simon Morrison, professor of music and Slavic languages and literatures

Pamplemousses, Mauritius

June 11 - July 20, 2018

Faculty: Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English; director, Program in African Studies

Cosponsored by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies

Athens, Greece

June 18 - July 27, 2018

Faculty: Effie Rentzou, Behrman Professor in the Humanities, associate professor in French and Italian

Beijing, China

July 9 - August 17, 2018

Faculty: Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology

Cosponsored by the Swani Family

Sonepat, Haryana, India

July 2 - August 10, 2018

Faculty: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University

Cosponsored by Holly & Henry Wendt

Kyoto, Japan

June 18 - July 27, 2018

Faculty: Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers professor of African American studies

Cosponsored by Santander Bank and Fish Benoist

Rome and Venice, Italy 

June 11 - July 20, 2018

Faculty: Mitchell Duneier, Maurice P. During Professor, chair of the Department of Sociology

Cosponsored by Beth M. Siskind

Vienna, Austria

June 11 - July 20 

Faculty: Ruben Gallo,Water S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor in Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain

Cosponsored by the Fish Benoist Family

Moscow, Russia

June 10–July 22, 2017

Faculty: Simon Morrison, professor of music and Slavic languages and literatures

Cosponsored by Santander Bank

Berlin, Germany

June 17–July 29, 2017

Faculty: John Borneman, professor of anthropology

Cosponsored by Santander Bank

Havana, Cuba

June 10–July 22, 2017

Faculty: Ruben Gallo, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor in Language, Literature, and Civilization of Spain; professor of spanish and portuguese

Beijing, China

July 10–August 18, 2017

Faculty: Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology andPIIRS; director, Center on Contemporary China

Cosponsored by Holly & Henry Wendt and Beth M. Siskind

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India

June 10–July 22, 2017

Faculty: Isabelle Clark-Deces

Windhoek, Namibia

June 10–July 22, 2017

Faculty: Emmanuel Kreike, professor of history

Coponsored by Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies and Lewis Center for the Arts

Athens, Greece

June 10–July 22, 2017

Faculty: Michael Cadden, senior lecturer in theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts

Beijing, China

July 11–August 19, 2016

Faculty: Yu Xie, Bert G. Kertstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and PIIRS; director, Center on Contemporary China

Cosponsored by Fish Benoist Family and Lewis Center for the Arts

Paris and Avignon, France

June 13–July 22, 2016

Faculty: Florent Masse, senior lecturer in French and Italian

Cosponsored by Holly & Henry Wendt

Accra, Ghana

June 13–July 22, 2016

Faculty: Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English

Athens, Greece

June 13–July 22, 2016

Faculty: Christian Wildberg, professor of classics; director, Program in Hellenic Studies

Cosponsored by Santander Bank and Fish Benoist

Rome and Venice, Italy

June 6–July 15, 2016

Faculty: Mitchell Duneier, Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology

Cosponsored by Holly & Henry Wendt

Hanoi, Vietnam

June 20–July 29, 2016

Faculty: Atul Kohli, David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs

Cosponsored by Beth M. Siskind

Vienna, Austria

June 8–July 17, 2015

Faculty: Ruben Gallo, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor in Language, Literature, and Civilization of Spain

Cosponsored by Santander Bank

Santiago, Chile

June 15–July 24, 2015

Faculty: Javier Guerrero, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures

Berlin, Germany

June 22–July 31, 2015

Faculty: Jan-Werner Mueller, professor of politics

Cosponsored by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies

Thessaloniki, Greece

June 8–July 17, 2015

Faculty: Molly Greene, professor of history and Hellenic studies

The Holly and Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, Global Seminar

Kyoto, Japan

June 8–July 17, 2015

Faculty: Thomas Hare, William Sauter LaPorte ’28 Professor in Regional Studies

Windhoek, Namibia

June 8–July 17, 2015

Faculty: Emmanuel Kreike, professor of history

Baku, Azerbaijan

June 9 - July 18, 2014

Faculty: Michael Reynolds, associate professor of Near Eastern studies

Cosponsored by Holly & Henry Wendt

Accra, Ghana

June 16 - July 25, 2014

Faculty: Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor and Chair of English; affiliated with the departments of comparative literature and African American studies and the Program in African Studies

Athens, Greece

June 16 - July 25, 2014

Faculty: Eduardo Cadava, Philip Mayhew Professor of English

Mysore, India

June 9 - July 18, 2014

Faculty: Isabelle Clark-Deces

Galway, Ireland

June 16 - July 25, 2014

Faculty: 

• Jill Dolan, Annan Professor in English; professor of theater studies, Lewis Center for the Arts
• Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts and American Studies; Director, Princeton Arts Fellowship; Director, Program in Music Theater

Geneva, Switzerland

June 9 - July 18, 2014

Faculty: David Bellos, professor of French and Italian and comparative literature; director, Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication