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SUMMER SESSION RWANDA: Studying the Rwanda Genocide Summer 2010 Faculty Director Tentative Program Dates Application Deadline
INTRODUCTION - FACULTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR(S) - ACADEMICS INTRODUCTIONProgram Description and Location
The University of Missouri partners with the Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center (IGSC) in Kigali, Rwanda to provide a 4 week study abroad program. Professor Rangira (Béa) Gallimore of the MU Department of Romance Languages and Literatures will accompany the group as the Faculty Program Director. The goal of the program will consist of viewing the Rwandan genocide through a number of different approaches to achieve a deeper understanding of events that took place. This will be done by experiencing, interpreting, researching and responding in personal and group settings. Participants will be exposed to the situation of survivors living with perpetrators. They will go through the Rwandan historiography and will visit genocide sites and prisons. The program will include: the background of the genocide, the role played by the media in the 1994 genocide, the responsibility of the international community (UN, France, USA, etc.), the role of the Church, the denial of genocide, the concepts of memory and reconciliation, structures and mechanisms of justice systems (Regular, Gacaca, and International), and some specific topics related to post-genocide issues. This program is open to all students (graduate and undergraduate) and all coursework will be taught in English. Participants will receive six hours of credit & will be required to complete a final research paper. Program datesJuly 2010 FACULTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR(S)University of Missouri faculty member, Rangira Béa Gallimore, MU Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, will accompany the students to Rwanda. Professor Gallimore is one of the Co-Founders of the Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center and will be a great asset to the program. Faculty-Led Programs enrich the study abroad experience as well as the MU campus by providing students opportunities to study other cultures and disciplines in depth while gaining new perspectives on our own society. Faculty leaders serve as mentors, role-models, and resources, as students explore their host institution and country. "Rwanda is an ideal site for Students as well professors because it offers a range of topics of research on its tragic past, but also on many solutions towards reconciliation adopted by the post-genocide society." - Rangira (Béa) Gallimore, Faculty Program Director Rangira (Béa) GallimorePh.D., University of Cincinnati, 1988. Francophone Literature, Twentieth-Century French Literature, Theoretical Linguistics Professor Gallimore's research focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan African and North African literature, civilization, and linguistics. She has published two books, Le renouveau de l'écriture féminine dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Calixthe Beyala. L'afrique francophone sub-saharienne (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1997) and L'oeuvre romanesque de Jean-Marie Adiaffi. Le mariage du mythe et de l'histoire: fondement d'un récit pluriel (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996), as well numerous articles in Etudes Françaises, Présence Africaine and other journals. Professor Gallimore has also co-edited two special volumes of Notre Librairie devoted to Francophone women's expression. She is currently doing research on issues of gender in post-genocide Rwanda. She is the co-editor of the volume of essays on the Rwandan genocide published by L'Harmattan, Dix ans après: réflexions sur le genocide rwandais (2005). She has served as a Consultant on gender equality and development for UNESCO in 2005 and also recently on Women's Rights Peace and Security in 2007. She is currently working on a book-length study of testimonies from Rwandan female survivors of the genocide. ACADEMICSCourses
The "Rwandan Genocide Summer Studies Program" is an intensive four-week program in Columbia, MO and Kigali, Rwanda. Undergraduate Course: Genocide in Rwanda: International Perspectives I & II (6). Students will take two sections of ONE of the following three course listings for 6 credits.
Graduate Course: Genocide in Rwanda: International Perspectives I & II (6). Students will take two sections of ONE of the following three course listings for 6 credits.
Course DescriptionTWO WEEKS IN COLUMBIA - The first two weeks of the program will take place on the last two consecutive weekends of June. This will be an informative workshop in preparation for the stay in Rwanda. The workshop will provide the historical background information that led to the genocide, movie screenings and discussions. During these sessions, students will be given sociocultural information that will help them to understand the post-genocide Rwandan society. TWO WEEKS IN RWANDA - The second two weeks wills immerse participants in an understanding of the Rwandan genocide as well as the various structures of violence through a cross-disciplinary approach. The goal of the program is to explore the Rwandan genocide to achieve a deeper understanding that involves a description of events (experiencing to understand), interpretative analysis (judging), and a personal/group research or responses (deciding). * The course can be also be applied towards the fulfillment of a capstone or a special certificate offered at the University of Missouri. Academic creditStudents will enroll in one course for a total of 6 credits. You will be enrolled in actual MU courses and your grades will calculate into your GPA when the credit transfers to MU. Although you are guaranteed to receive credit for successfully completed courses, you must work with your academic advisor(s) to obtain pre-approval as to how you might fulfill degree requirements. EligibilityThe MU summer in Rwanda is open to MU and Non-MU undergraduate and graduate students with a GPA of 2.5 or greater, who are in good academic standing with their university. Knowledge of French is NOT required to participate in the program. EXCURSIONSStudents will travel with the group but they will have opportunities to explore some sites independently during their time abroad. Much of the program will take place in Kigali, the capital city, but participants will also travel in the South of the country, to the city of Butare to meet with experts and to see more of Rwanda. A visit to Akagera Park will be planned. LOCATIONHost Program
The MU International Center and the College of Arts & Science sponsor this summer faculty-led study abroad program, in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center (IGSC) in Kigali, Rwanda to provide a 4 week study abroad program. "IGSC's mission is to testify, to study genocide through rigorous cross-disciplinary scholarship, and to understand various mechanisms and structures of violence, with the goal of preventing genocide and mass violence." Accommodations and MealsStudents will stay in a hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. Students will be mainly responsible for their own meals. Host City and Surrounding Areas
Rwanda is known in French as "le pays de mille collines," "the country of a thousand hills" because its many impressive countless hills and also its lakes and rivers. It has magnificent picturesque panoramas. Some Westerners compare Rwanda to "Switzerland" and called it "The Switzerland of Africa." The average altitude is 1500 meters and its climate is very pleasant with temperatures varying between 70 & 85 degrees. Rwanda is not a very rich country but it is economically a very promising country. The international community has several times recognized it for its good governance, low rate of corruption and crime in general. This is an impressive record for a country, which is still recovering from the physical and psychological devastation caused by the 1994 genocide. The MU study abroad program will take place in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. It is in the heart of the country and it is a city in a very rapid expansion with many hotels and good local and foreign restaurants. It is situated at 2 or 3 hours from the touristic sites such as the National Park of the Akagera and the Gorilla Park in Ruhengeri. FINANCESProgram CostsMU attempts to make the costs of studying abroad affordable. As a program participant, you will be charged MU Educational and Technology fees (for the corresponding number of credit hours), and the Program Fee (which includes accommodations, field trips, local transportation, some meals, HTH Health and Sickness Insurance/MEDEX, and administrative costs). You will need to budget extra funds for round trip airfare, extra travel, and personal expenses. See the Program Budget Please note: Amounts listed are anticipated costs based on Summer 2009 amounts and are subject to change as a result of international economic factors, tuition increases, changes in the number of student participants, etc. Updated costs for Summer 2010 will be available in November 2009. Final Costs will be published April 2010. Financial Aid/Scholarship Resources
Most financial aid that you normally receive for your classes at MU should apply to the cost of the program. Non-Residents will be billed for MU Non-Resident fees and are eligible for any Non-Resident scholarships. Additional grants, loans, or scholarships may be available to offset the extra costs incurred on this program. Please visit the MU Financial Aid Office for more information. The International Center also offers study abroad scholarships for MU students. Scholarship applications are included in the MU Study Abroad Application. APPLICATION
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