There’s More to Knowing than Seeing: Belmont in Iceland, a Case Study in the Value of Study in Study Abroad

Belmont University

Location

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

Presentation Type

Panel Discussion

Start Date

18-9-2018 4:00 PM

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This past March, fifteen Belmont students and faculty participated in the inaugural Belmont in Iceland Program. Although the trip itself was only a week long, prior to departure the group immersed itself in eight intensive weeks studying the historical, cultural, political and genetic origins of the people of this island nation which only recently was able to return to its democratic roots and which is at the forefront of genetic mapping partly because its founders kept meticulous records of their ancestry. In this panel, students and faculty will discuss some of the ways in which prefacing their trip with exploration of Iceland’s past gave them a deeper understanding of what it means to be an Icelander today. It will also discuss how contrasting Iceland’s democratic origins with our own developed for us all a fuller appreciation of our own heritage.

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Convocation Credit: Global Citizenship, Leadership, Diversity and the Professions

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Sep 18th, 4:00 PM

There’s More to Knowing than Seeing: Belmont in Iceland, a Case Study in the Value of Study in Study Abroad

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

This past March, fifteen Belmont students and faculty participated in the inaugural Belmont in Iceland Program. Although the trip itself was only a week long, prior to departure the group immersed itself in eight intensive weeks studying the historical, cultural, political and genetic origins of the people of this island nation which only recently was able to return to its democratic roots and which is at the forefront of genetic mapping partly because its founders kept meticulous records of their ancestry. In this panel, students and faculty will discuss some of the ways in which prefacing their trip with exploration of Iceland’s past gave them a deeper understanding of what it means to be an Icelander today. It will also discuss how contrasting Iceland’s democratic origins with our own developed for us all a fuller appreciation of our own heritage.