Program dates: 01/01/2015 – 04/30/2015
The 20 students on this trip participated in courses on immigration, studying Spain’s encounters with new populations from the earliest period of national consciousness to the present; contemporary Spain, including the structures of Spanish society and the currents of change which continue to influence contemporary Spain; and art history, including major artistic expressions of the Spanish people in painting, sculpture, and architecture, from the cave paintings of antiquity to the artists of the modern period, with special attention to the styles related to Sevilla.
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At World’s End - We spent the past week traveling across northern Spain, the first half filled with numerous cathedral visits as per usual, but the second half of the trip was a nice, refreshing and very much needed change of scenery. I grew up in big cities and claim to be a city girl through and through, but […]
Living! - Time flies when you having fun they say. So true, I can’t believe I have only one month left in Spain and it just feels like yesterday I was looking forward to this trip. We just came back from an eight day trip to the north of Spain. We saw different places stayed in different […]
Finstierra-the end of the world - For the past week the group has been in Northern Spain. We have been to the Northern most point (Finstierra-the end of the world) to Salamanca and back to Seville. Although the trip was a blast I can’t help but feeling like this trip to the north was a religious pilgrimage, a pilgrimage that I […]
To begin… late. - Gah! It’s been far too long! I intended to start this blog in the first week I was here, but I’ve just been having so many experiences that I find it’s hard to get around to it. From now on, I’ll be posting at least every two weeks, just to kind of recollect my thoughts […]
Home sweet home - I can’t believe that it’s already March! In just two weeks, for spring break, I’ll be heading to Italy to explore Rome, gorge myself on pasta, and find myself completely lost. I’m excited to go explore some more but I’m also looking forward to missing Seville. I know that sounds completely insane, but in my […]
Exploring Southern Spain - I-along with my peers-went on a four day trip exploring the costal part of Spain. The trip itself was a blast with visits to the beautiful Alhambra, a royal city (palaces included) located in Granada, a jaunt to the Balcony of Europe and to a beautiful coastal city where we watched the sun set over the […]
A Cucu(rucho) American in Spain - Ever since I’ve arrived in Seville, I find that my Spanish gets better and better each and every day. It was kind of hard to get back into the swing of speaking Spanish again because my last Spanish class I took was in the beginning of sophomore year! I remember my first day here when […]
Alicante and Carnaval - This weekend, I made a trek to Alicante to visit my best friend who is studying abroad there, and it was also carnaval, a holiday where everyone dresses up in costume and dances in the street and all that jazz. It was a last minute trip, but I am so glad I was able to […]
Warmer Days - Hola! It’s beautiful and sunny outside, grateful for warm days and warm feelings. As part of the Seville program we are linked with speaking partners who are interested in practising English while helping us improve our Spanish. I started chatting with my speaking partner on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. We were trying to […]
If you are giving me a grade then maybe this post isn’t for you - I’ve decided that perhaps grades are irrelevant. While it depends what purpose a grade holds in your life, for example maintaining a scholarship or personal fulfillment, for me I have decided its not the point in my study abroad. This decision has come from several different places, but I think it happened while I was […]