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Mellon Fellow Community Initiative Student Seminar on Global Citizenship: America and the World
03 Jan - 10 Jan, 2011
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Faculty:
Michael Daxner
- Michael Daxner is professor of sociology and president emeritus of the University of Oldenburg, visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin, and senior research fellow at Berghof Conflict Research ...
Zlata Filipovic
- Zlata Filipovic became renowned internationally when her teenage diary, published in 1993 and chronicling life in war-torn Sarajevo, was an instant bestseller. She has spoken extensively at schools and ...
Walter Fluker
- Walter Earl Fluker is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership and the editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project at Boston University's School of Theology. Before coming to Boston ...
Ekkehart Naumann
- Ekkehart Naumann is a consultant and specialist in the fields of sustainable development with a focus on renewable energy and energy service supply for households, community service, and productive use ...
Tracy Parkinson
- Tracy Parkinson is dean of faculty and associate professor of langueges and literatures chair at King College in Bristol Tennessee. His research interests focus on French and Francophone language and ...
Reinhold Wagnleitner
- Reinhold Wagnleitner is associate professor of modern history at the University of Salzburg and was visiting professor of United States history at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Franklin and ...
Additional Session Support:
David Campbell
(Resource Specialist)
- Travis Campbell (Resource Specialist) is currently a boarding assistant at the St. Gilgen International Schools near Salzburg. In 2008, he graduated as a Dean's Scholar from San Jose State University ...
Clinton Fluker
(Resource Specialist)
- Clint Fluker (Resource Specialist) is currently on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program in Korea. He graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in philosophy in May, 2008. At Morehouse ...
Abstract:
In an age of globalization which increasingly brings people in contact with other cultures as a result of changing social, political, and economic activities and technological advances, the need to understand global issues and international affairs, to recognize cultural values other than our own, and to understand world events from a variety of perspectives, has become increasingly critical. The purpose of this program is to provide an intensive seven-day international experience for participants to explore pressing issues of global concern and to view such issues from a perspective both literally and figuratively outside the borders of the United States. Participants should leave with the knowledge and skills to acquire a better understanding of the international political order, the global economy, worldwide social developments, what it means to be a global citizen, and, most importantly, with the desire, ability and empowerment to envision and affect positive change on their own campuses and in their own communities.
Because the Salzburg Global Seminar is located in the heart of Europe and due to the historical circumstances under which it was founded over sixty years ago, the session will pay special attention to the political, economic and cultural history of the trans-Atlantic relationship, its future dimensions, and the impact such changes may have on the rest of the world. At the same time, mindful of increasing global interconnectedness, the session will consider issues of particular concern to regions of the developing world. In this way, students will be exposed to the relationship between the historical legacy of the latter part of the 20th century, global responsibility, humanitarian intervention, social justice, and sustainable development.
This session is part of the ongoing Mellon Fellow Community Initiative (MFCI) which generously receives funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The MFCI currently involves 36 select colleges and universities that are either designated as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) or are members of the Appalachian College Association (ACA).
Thanks to Chris Migliaccio from Miami Dade College for the photo of the globe.
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Session Faculty
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Reinhold Wagnleitner
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Tracy Parkinson
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