Georgia Southern University 2008

Summer Study Abroad Programme in Polish Studies

During the summer of 2008, Kraków and the Department of International Polish Studies will play host to students and faculty from Georgia Southern University of Statesboro, Georgia (USA), for that university's first ever study abroad programme in Poland. The Summer Programme is organized in close co-operation between IPS and the Center for International Studies of Georgia Southern University and is specifically designed to fulfill the academic objectives and complement the summer study abroad goals of the partner university. Spanning the month of July, the intensive four-week session will provide an interdisciplinary approach to Poland and its Central and Eastern European neighbors, utilizing culture, history, geography, and political science.

The offered curriculum will include five courses taught in English by both GSU and IPS faculty, which will include study excursions focusing on the thematic nature of the curriculum. Students are required to choose three courses from:

• World Regional Geography, taught by Dr. Mark Welford,
  Georgia Southern University
• Introduction to the European Union, taught by Dr. Emilia Powell,
  Georgia Southern University
• International Relations, taught by Dr. Emilia Powell
• Jews in Poland: Their History, Culture and Religion, taught by Dr. Michał Galas,
  Jagiellonian University
• Introduction to Polish Language and Culture (mandatory for all participants)

Students from other universities may also apply to the programme through Georgia Southern University on a space-available basis.

The Summer Study Abroad Programme Directors are (in alphabetical order):

Professor Michał Paweł Markowski, PhD
Chair, Department of International Polish Studies
Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Jagiellonian University

Dr. Nancy Shumaker, PhD
Professor of Spanish
Director, Center for International Studies
Georgia Southern University

Contact:

Georgia Southern University

Center for International Studies
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8106
Statesboro, GA, USA 30460-8106
T: +1 (912) 681-0332
F: +1 (912) 681-0824
stdyabrd@georgiasouthern.edu

Mr. Jeff Palis
Programme Coordinator
Georgia Southern University
Center for International Studies
P.O. Box 8106
Statesboro, GA, USA 30460-8106
T: +1 (912) 871-1747
F: +1 (912) 681-0824
jpalis@georgiasouthern.edu

Jagiellonian University

Michał Zając
International Programmes Coordinator
Department of International Polish Studies
ul. Grodzka 64
31-044 Kraków
Poland
Tel.: +48 12 663 1820
cash@uj.edu.pl