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[PAST EVENT] Information Session for Summer 2013 Santiago de Compostela, Spain Program
November 1, 2012
5pm - 6pm
Location
Boswell Hall (formerly Morton Hall), Room 237100 Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
The College of William & Mary's summer program in Santiago de Compostela, Spain will have two components: a two-week intensive seminar (a 2-credit course), followed by a three-week research component and a final one-week workshop (a 4-credit course). All students will be required to enroll in both components of the program. The two-week intensive seminar in Santiago de Compostela will be taught by a W&M faculty members, George Greenia and Kathleen Jenkins with guest lecturers, who include on-site specialists. These scholars will present students with a variety of perspectives on pilgrimage studies and methodologies and work to help students narrow their research questions and focus for the research component of the program. During this component of the program, students will live in a renovated pilgrim hotel, San Martin, specially outfitted for study groups and all meals will be included.
Following the two week seminar, students will have the option of conducting research either along the Camino de Santiago (Track 1: the Pilgrim's Way), or remaining in Santiago de Compostela (Track 2). Students who choose to do research along the Camino will walk in groups led by veteran W&M peer leaders and experienced W&M faculty, George Greenia, who has led groups of students on the walk numerous times. Accompanying instructors will lead daily discussions and briefings in English on Spanish monuments, history and cultural practices. Students on Track 1 will stay in various pilgrim hostels and hotels along the Camino, while students on Track 2 will continue to stay at San MartÃn and will have most meals included.
W&M students who plan to walk the Camino will be required to attend a non-credit period of instruction on "training for trekking" by M Brennan Harris in Kinesiology & Health Sciences. His training suggestions and regimen for physical preparation will be made available on-line for students applying from other institutions.
Students who remain in Santiago will undertake their own research under the guidance of W&M faculty member, Kathleen Jenkins from the Department of Sociology.
After their three week research experience, students will return to the seminar facilities in the city for a final week during which they will alternate between seminar presentations and discussions and their own library and museum research. This final week will offer repeated opportunities to workshop their research papers and make presentations to the entire seminar group of students and faculty. All students will be staying at San Martin during their last week, again with all meals included.
Santiago de Compostela's Old Town, where students will be housed, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's cathedral continues to serve as the destination for thousands of yearly pilgrims, following the centuries old Camino de Santiago.
Following the two week seminar, students will have the option of conducting research either along the Camino de Santiago (Track 1: the Pilgrim's Way), or remaining in Santiago de Compostela (Track 2). Students who choose to do research along the Camino will walk in groups led by veteran W&M peer leaders and experienced W&M faculty, George Greenia, who has led groups of students on the walk numerous times. Accompanying instructors will lead daily discussions and briefings in English on Spanish monuments, history and cultural practices. Students on Track 1 will stay in various pilgrim hostels and hotels along the Camino, while students on Track 2 will continue to stay at San MartÃn and will have most meals included.
W&M students who plan to walk the Camino will be required to attend a non-credit period of instruction on "training for trekking" by M Brennan Harris in Kinesiology & Health Sciences. His training suggestions and regimen for physical preparation will be made available on-line for students applying from other institutions.
Students who remain in Santiago will undertake their own research under the guidance of W&M faculty member, Kathleen Jenkins from the Department of Sociology.
After their three week research experience, students will return to the seminar facilities in the city for a final week during which they will alternate between seminar presentations and discussions and their own library and museum research. This final week will offer repeated opportunities to workshop their research papers and make presentations to the entire seminar group of students and faculty. All students will be staying at San Martin during their last week, again with all meals included.
Santiago de Compostela's Old Town, where students will be housed, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's cathedral continues to serve as the destination for thousands of yearly pilgrims, following the centuries old Camino de Santiago.
Contact
The Reves Center advisor for the Santiago de Compostela summer program is Molly DeStafney, mldestafney@wm.edu