Appendix 3 Example of Travel Seminar Connected to Global Course Partnership
Narratives of Peace, Conflict, and Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Prepared by Dagmar Kusa and Deirdre Johnston
Iteration 1: Hope College, American University of Beirut, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (Slovakia)*
Photo Credit Dagmar Kusa.
Iteration 2: Hope College, Forman Christian College (Pakistan), BISLA (Slovakia)**
Financial support was provided by grants from The Endeavor Foundation,* Oral History in the Liberal Arts,** Mellon Foundation,** Great Lakes College Association and Global Liberal Arts Alliance,** and Hope College*,**
Planning
The initial idea for a connected course with a travel component was first formulated at international meetings over several years when three faculty member happened to meet. Deirdre Johnston (Hope College), Rima Rantisi (AUB), and Dagmar Kusá (BISLA) proposed the course “Narratives of Peace, Conflict and Justice,” and sought planning and travel support from the Great Lakes College Association and the Endeavor Foundation.
From Left to Right: Profs. Rima Rantisi (AUB), Dagmar Kusá (BISLA) and Deirdre Johnston (Hope College) meet to discuss their global course connection. Photo credit Dagmar Kusá.
The faculty met in Berlin for three days ...
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