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Year of Europe (2017 – 2018)
Purpose
Ramapo College of New Jersey launched a Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Internationalization beginning in Fall 2015. In addition to specific targets within the plan, each academic year will also have a specific region of focus. Through these regional foci, our goal is to increase global awareness and the multitude of opportunities and initiatives the College is involved. Below, you will find specific details about some of these initiatives, plus an extensive calendar of events.
Opportunities for Students
Study Abroad Opportunities in Europe
Featured Study Abroad Programs in Europe:
Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, England, United Kingdom)
Exchange Program / Semester only
American College of Greece (Athens, Greece)
Exchange Program / Semester only
CPH Business Academy (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Exchange Program / Semester only
Ramapo College – Portugal: Addressing Substance Use Disorders (Lisbon, Portugal)
Spring Break
Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy)
Exchange Program / Semester only
Study Abroad Scholarship for Europe
(other scholarships can be found here: https://www.ramapo.edu/study-abroad/scholarships/)
Fall 2017 Course options with a focus on Europe:
ANTH 220 – Food and Culture – Description here
ANTH 223 – World Cultures – Description here
ANTH 235 – Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspective – Description here
ANTH 320 – Nationalism and Ethnicity – Description here
FREN 101 – Foundations 1 French – Description here
FREN 201 – Intermediate 1 French – Description here
HIST 109 – World Civilizations I – Description here
HIST 110 – World Civilizations II – Description here
HIST 225 – 19th Century Europe – Description here
HIST 329 – Paradigms of Genocide – Description here
IBUS 340 – European Business Community – Description here
IBUS 326 –Fundamentals of International Business – Description here
INTL 127 – Introduction to International Studies – Description here
ITAL 101 – Foundations I Italian – Description here
ITAL 102 – Foundations II Italian – Description here
ITAL 201 – Intermediate I Italian – Description here
ITAL 202 – Intermediate II Italian – Description here
ITAL 301 – Italian Conversation & Composition – Description here
ITAL 403 – Readings in Italian Literature – Description here
LAWS 355 – International Law – Description here
LITR 240 – Survey of British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century – Description here
LITR 244 – Shakespeare’s Plays – Description here
LITR 295 – Topics in Popular Literature: Harry Potter – Description here
LITR 319 – Author Studies: Dante – Description here
LITR 366 – Literature of the Holocaust – Description here
LITR 414 – Postmodernism – Description here
PSYC 231 – Multicultural Psychology – Description here
PSYC 239 – Cross Cultural Psychology – Description here
SPAN 101 – Foundations I Spanish – Description here
SPAN 102 – Foundations II Spanish – Description here
SPAN 201 – Intermediate I Spanish – Description here
SPAN 202 – Intermediate II Spanish – Description here
SPAN 301 – The Art of Conversation in Spanish – Description here
SPAN 303 – The Art of Reading in Spanish – Description here
SWRK 270 – Cultural Diversity – Description here
SOCI 303 – Sociology of Culture – Description here
Spring 2018 Course options with a focus on Europe:
ARHT 335 – 19th Century Art and Design – Description here
ECON 325 – International Economics – Description here
FREN 102 – Foundations of French II – Description here
FREN 202 – Intermediate French II – Description here
HIST 251 – Politics of Europe – Description here
HIST 357 – Hitler, Holocaust & Genocide – Description here
IBUS 326 – Fundamentals of International Business – Description here
INTL 318 – Italian Cinema – Description here
INTL 320 – Italian Culture & Society – Description here
ITAL 101 – Foundations of Italian I – Description here
ITAL 102 – Foundations of Italian II – Description here
ITAL 201 – Intermediate Italian I – Description here
ITAL 202 – Intermediate Italian II – Description here
ITAL 401 – Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition – Description here
LAWS 201 – Global Legal Order – Description here
LAWS 233 – American Legal History – Description here
LAWS 390 – Topics: Comparative Environmental Law – Description here
LITR 240 – Survey of British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Period to 18th Century – Description here
LITR 244 – Shakespeare’s Plays – Description here
LITR 272 – Modern European Drama – Description here
LITR 319: Author Studies: Jane Austen – Description here
LITR 340 – British Medieval Literature – Description here
LITR 363 – International 20th & 21st Century Novel – Description here
MKTG 350 – International Marketing – Description here
MUSI 305 – Shine On: The Music of Pink Floyd – Description here
MUSI 330 – Classical Music – Description here
SOCI 250 – International Migration and Human Rights – Description here
SOCI 255 – Human Rights in the Context of Law Enforcement – Description here
SOCI 304 – Globalization and Society – Description here
SOCI 309 – Food and Population – Description here
SPAN 101 – Foundations of Spanish I – Description here
SPAN 102 – Foundations of Spanish II – Description here
SPAN 201 – Intermediate Spanish I – Description here
SPAN 311 – Spanish for Healthcare Professionals – Description here
SPAN 420 – Advanced Communications in Spanish – Description here
SPAN 421 – Rewriting Hispanic Identity – Description here
SWRK 222 – History and Philosophy of Social Welfare – Description here
Related LANGUAGE HAPPY HOURS (all take place in ASB123, unless otherwise noted):
French: every other Monday, 1:15 – 2:00pm, ASB123
German: Wednesdays, 1:00 – 2:00pm, ASB123
Italian: every other Thursdays, 1:00 – 2:00pm, A-106 (Check out Italian Language Week)
Spanish : to be announced
The following is a list of student clubs of potential interest:
Diversity Action Committee Student Club
International Student Organization
Opportunities for Faculty
Provost’s Grant for Faculty Engagement in Europe
The 2017-2018 regional focus area for Ramapo College’s Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Internationalization is Europe. Travel grants are available for full-time faculty for scholarship, teaching and learning, or service/civic engagement in and/or involving Europe. The following criteria and procedures will be applied in distributing these funds:
- Up to 10 grants will be awarded;
- Funding will be limited up to $2,500 per grant;
- Proposals may involve scholarship, teaching and learning, or service/civic engagement in and/or involving Europe;
- All travel must be completed by 30 June 2018;
- Proposals must be signed off on by the Director of International Education (Ben Levy) before submission and will be vetted by the dean, recommended by Deans’ Council, and funded by the Provost;
- Proposals are no longer being accepted at this time.
- An end of the year reception will be held in April 2018 for grant awardees at which time awardees will report out on their funded work related to Europe. Awardees should plan to attend.
The following faculty have been provided a 2017-2018 Grant for Engagement in Europe:
| Name | School | Countries | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yolanda del Amo | CA | Germany | Refuge, large-format photography project |
| Vasiliki Flenga | HGS | France | Research project on Jean Genet |
| James Hoch | HGS | Iceland; Spain | Can Serrat Residency (Spain) & Guillkisten Centre Residency (Iceland) |
| Kristin Kenneavy | SSHS | Germany | Research project on German approaches to the prevention of violence against women |
| Ben Neill | CA | Netherlands | Construction of a new version of a self-designed, ectro-acoustic instrument, the mutantrumpet |
| Eva Ogens | SSHS | Sweden; Finland | Research project to study the education systems of Sweden & Finland |
| Mihaela Serban | SSHS | Romania | Conference Paper “There can be only one: courts and the construction of ethnic identities during authoritarianism (Romania, 1940-1947)” at the Society of Romanian Studies Conference |
| Hugh Sheehy | HGS | Germany | Participation in the American Short Story: New Horizons Conference |
| Gladys Torres-Baumgarten | ASB | Italy | Participation in the European International Business Academy |
| Behzad Yaghmaian | SSHS | Greece | Research project on the protection gap facing refugee children on the Island of Lesbos |
Relevant Site visits
(organized visits in either groups or as an individual, to partner institutions with subsidized expenses. The following links below provide you with details on available group visits and how to apply.)
- Milan, Florence, and Rome – Italy: October 7-14, 2017
- Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium: October 14-21, 2017
- Madrid, Salamanca, Bilbao – Spain: November 4-11, 2017
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Granada, Sevilla, Malaga – Spain: Spring 2018
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London, Reading – England and Glasgow, Stirling – Scotland: Spring 2018
- Sevilla, Spain and Rabat, Morocco: February 11 – 17, 2018
- London, England and Rome, Italy: March 11 – 17, 2018
- Budapest, Hungary and Amsterdam, Netherlands: April 29 – May 5, 2018
- Prague, Czech Republic: October 11 – 12, 2018
*If Faculty are interested in visiting any of our overseas partners,please contact the Roukema
Center for International Education and the Director can help coordinate this for you.
Faculty Development Seminars
faculty-only seminars on specific topics held overseas
Germany & Poland (7/2/17 – 7/13/17)
Ruin & Revival: History, Modern Memory & Identity [Social Sciences + Arts & Humanities]
Netherlands (7/2/17 – 7/11/17)
Charting a Queer Future: Cities, Movements, People [Social Sciences]
England (7/3/17 – 7/9/17)
Grow Abroad: Enhancing Study Away Through Online Learning [Communications + Intercultural Learning]
Italy (7/10/17 – 7/19/17)
A Taste of Ferrara: Italian Gastronomic Traditions and Economic Perspectives [Sustainability + Liberal Arts + Social Sciences + Arts & Humanities]
France (7/10/17 – 7/16/17)
Best Practices for Creating Successful Faculty-Led Programs [Intercultural Learning]
Netherlands (7/12/17 – 7/21/17)
Migration and Integration in the Netherlands: Challenges and Opportunities in a Fast-Changing Context [International Relations + Political Science + Liberal Arts + Social Sciences]
Book Club
The George T. Potter Library will be hosting a book club with a focus on Europe.
Fall Semester Book:
Book: A Man Called Ove
Author: Fredrik Backman
Join the Potter Library in reading A Man Called Ove, a New York Times Bestselling Swedish feel-good
story about a cantankerous old man and the impact his life has on others. The first 30 students to sign
up will receive a free copy of the novel. Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) and Katie
Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu) to join and for additional information.
Discussion Dates, Locations and Section Selections:
- Mon., 9/25; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
- Mon., 10/23; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
- Mon., 11/13; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
- Mon., 12/4; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
Hosted by the George T. Potter Library; Co-sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education.
Spring Semester Book
Book: Cafe Europa: Life After Communism
Author: Slavenka Drakulic
Join the Potter Library in reading Cafe Europa: Life After Communism, a series of essays that explore life in various Eastern European countries since the fall of communism. The first 30 students to sign up will receive a free copy of the novel. Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) and Katie Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu) to join and for additional information.
Discussion Dates, Locations and Section Selections:
– Mon., 2/26; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
– Mon., 3/26; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
– Mon., 4/23; 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Current Periodicals Reading Lounge (Library)
Hosted by the George T. Potter Library; Co-sponsored by the Roukema Center for International Education
Calendar of Events
For more information, please contact the Roukema Center for International Education in ASB-123, by calling x7533 or e-mailing international@ramapo.edu.
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
p: 201-684-7500
e: information@ramapo.edu
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