The Mediterranean basin has historically been a space for human mobility and cultural exchange. Immigration is changing Europe rapidly with large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers arriving from the East and South. Beside “old immigration...
This course analyzes Spanish democracy from a critical perspective, focusing on two crucial variables to measure the quality of a democratic regime: Effective gender equality, and the degree of integration and multicultural diversity. Class visits by...
The course examines the current process of wall building along borders experienced by diverse nation-states in the Western world in a comparative perspective. Despite the fact that common discourse on globalization dismisses borders as increasingly...
The course examines the current process of wall building along borders experienced by diverse nation -states in the Western world in a comparative perspective. Even though common discourse on globalization dismisses borders as increasingly irrelevant...
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy...
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy...
Paris, as a global city, the capital of France and its largest city, provides an excellent opportunity to study the political system, public policies, social trends and economic stakes of the country.
Paris has over 2 million residents, with a...
Urban space is constantly structured and given meaning by different actors and changing constellations. In Berlin, the collapse of communism, the reunification of the formerly divided city, and the subsequent transformations created a new framework...
Research has demonstrated that study abroad can enhance every aspect of language ability. One of the most important general findings of this research is, however, that study abroad is most beneficial for the development of abilities related to social...