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Summer 2007
Program Closed – Please consider another Summer 2007 Program
Program Title: Genocide and Forced Migrations
Academic Departments: History and Service-Learning
Intercultural Location: Berlin, Germany, Oswecium Poland, Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana
Academic Instructors: Seymour Drescher, Ph.D., Christopher Kopper, Ph.D., and Jessica Friedrichs, MSW, MPA
Service-Learning Facilitator: Monica Cwynar
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Program Description
This program will focus on the parallels of the WWII Holocaust and the 18th - 19th century Atlantic Slave Trade, as paramount examples of orchestrated genocide and forced migration of marginalized communities. Through the integration of three academic courses, students will gain an understanding of the historical, social, and geo-political circumstances that contributed to these two historical events, while connecting the history of these events with modern atrocities.
The intercultural components of the program will begin in Ghana where the group will examine the implementation and consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade, through its historical and contemporary implications on African cultures and communities. The academic journey then continues in Germany where participants will examine the rise of the Nazi Regime and implementation of the “final solution,” before traveling to Poland to bare witness to the Holocaust as it was orchestrated at the Auschwitz Concentration and Death Camps.
The program will include a broad range of academic lectures, guest speakers, field trips, group discussions and reflections that will effectively interlace the topics. Students will gain further understanding and context by completing community service at the Holocaust Memorial Site and serving current Ghanaian residents in a small rural community.
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Academic Details
Academic credits are awarded for this course through West Virginia University. The program is academically sponsored by the History Department for the following nine credit options:
History Department: The Holocaust
-3 undergraduate credits (HIST 220)
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History Department: Special Topics – North American Slave Trade
- 3 undergraduate credits (HIST 293)
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Service-Learning: Global Service-Learning
- 3 undergraduate credits (SRVL 293)
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Program Timeline
July 1 – 15
Online classroom discussions and academic preparatory work
July 16 – August 17
Intercultural Service-Learning in Ghana, Germany & Poland
Orientation activities, lectures, site visits, dialogues, service, structured reflection, cultural activities
August 18 – September 1
Online classroom discussions and academic completion of program
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