[Grad_history_students] FW: Guatemala study abroad program

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From: Elizabeth Oglesby [mailto:eoglesby at email.arizona.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:52 AM
To: eoglesby at email.arizona.edu
Subject: Guatemala study abroad program

Dear history faculty and advisors,

Please forward to undergraduate honors student listservs. This is an
academically rigorous program. It focuses on social movements in Central
America and includes many co-curricular opportunities.

Thank you,
Prof. Elizabeth Oglesby, University of Arizona

FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICA:

The University of Arizona and the Center for Mesoamerican Research
(CIRMA)
invite you to participate in a study abroad program in Antigua,
Guatemala. This
is a summer, spring and/or fall semester program. Students receive a
University
of Arizona transcript.

Program highlights include:

* a variety of Latin American Studies, History, Anthropology, Literature
and
Spanish classes, taught by professors, scholars, and practitioners from
Central
America. Students can also study a Mayan language. Most classes can be
taken for
honors credit, and some can be taken for graduate credit.

* classes give an in-depth and on-the-ground view of social history and
social
movements, and peace and development issues.

* engaging field trips throughout Guatemala related to course material.

* opportunities to travel on your own (Guatemala is incredibly
beautiful,
complex and fascinating!)

* a home stay with a Guatemalan family.

* for-credit internships at CIRMA and use of CIRMA's extensive research
library
and documentary and photographic archives. CIRMA is located in a
stunningly
beautiful colonial mansion in the center of
Antigua, Guatemala.

* internships and volunteer opportunities in the surrounding community.

* study abroad students are also doing internships at Safe
Passage/Camino Seguro
(www.safepassage.org) in Guatemala City.  Safe Passage provides
life-transforming aid to children of families who live in a shantytown.
Study
abroad students have found that lending a hand to this incredible
organization
not only makes a real difference in the world, but that it changes their
own
lives as well. This internship can be accompanied by a for-credit
directed
reading in urban anthropology and/or Latin American urban history.

* a colloquium series that brings in renowned political, social and
cultural
leaders to dialogue with the study abroad students.

For photos and to read what a recent student has to say about her
experience
in Guatemala, read the blog "A brief interlude of sensational
experience":

http://lauraebuchanan.blogspot.com/

A few spots are still open for spring 2010! Deadline to apply for spring
2010 is
October 30.

For more information about the application process:
contact Jill Calderon at the UA Study Abroad office:
jcaldero at email.arizona.edu.

For questions about CIRMA and Guatemala:
contact John Way, Study Abroad Program Director for CIRMA:
jtway at cirma.org.gt.

For program information, see:

http://studyabroad.arizona.edu/databaseshowitem.aspx?id=971

or visit http://cirma.org.gt

Elizabeth Oglesby
Assistant Professor
School of Geography and Development
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Arizona
Harvill 435A
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 621-1652