Global Seminars
The Learning Abroad Center is offering 13 Global Seminars over winter break and May session. Global Seminars are three-week, three-credit experiential study abroad programs led by UofM faculty and staff. They offer a way for students to explore interdisciplinary topics and most are approved for liberal education themes and/or cores.
Winter Break (application deadline: October 15, 2023)
- Leadership and Social Change in Ireland - Maggie Harris
- Marketing and Sponsorship in German Sports - Mitch McSweeney
- Music, Play, and Special Education in Ghana - Akosua Addo
- Youth Protest and Promise in South Africa - Nate Whittaker
May Session (priority application deadline: February 1, 2024; final application deadline: March 1, 2024)
- Capturing Greece: Color, Light, and Form - Fancy Trice
- Death and Ritual in London - Ann Tandy-Treiber
- Feminist Leadership in Argentina - Anna Lifson & Anitra Cottledge
- Field Experience in Denmark: Exploring Community, Culture, and Education - Charissa O'Neil
- London: Economy, International Trade, and Brexit - Adway De & Fahima Aziz
- Sustainable Food Systems of Sicily & Florence - Mike White
- Wakanda and Black Liberatory Futures: Exploring Afrofuturisim in Senegal - Terresa Moses & Simone Gbolo
- Young Voices: The Fight for Social Chance in Croatia - Ross VeLure Roholt
2023-2024 LAC Seminars
Below are more instructor-led programs for winter break, spring break, and summer session. They vary in length, dates, and content so students can find one that best fits their academic and professional goals:
Winter Break (application deadline: October 15, 2023)
Design and Food in Singapore - Carlye Lauff & Barry Kudrowitz
Spring Break (abroad) with Spring Semester (on-campus) (application deadline: December 1, 2023)
- Da Vinci's Italy: Art, History, and Science - JB Shank (HSEM)
- Health in Ecuador: Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems - PHSRC Staff
- Modern Identity and Slave Trade History in Amsterdam - Jenneke Oosterhoff
Scandinavian Roots of the Nobel Prize in Sweden and Norway - Nikki Letawsky Shultz
May Session (abroad) and Spring Semester (on campus) (application deadline: January 15, 2024)
- Impressionism in Paris - Laura Kalba
Sustainable Approaches to Health in France - PHSRC Staff
May Session only (application deadline: March 1, 2024)
- Hmong Language and Culture in China - Bee Vang-Moua