Gender, Transformation, and Civil Society in the Balkans
Region: EuropeCountry: Bosnia and Herzegovina
City: Zagreb & around the Balkans
Language: English
Term: Fall-Spring
Semesters of language study required: none
Sponsoring Institution: School for International Training SIT
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Gender, Transformation, and Civil Society in the Balkans
A field study program. Benefit from exceptional access to nongovernmental organizations and social change networks while witnessing the ongoing transformation of Balkan societies. While conflict in the Balkans has receded, the new nation-states in the region continue to experience political, social, and economic transitions. The dramatic shift in gender roles is among the most significant of the social changes. Women are now at the forefront of efforts to embrace new political and economic relationships as the Yugoslav successor states attempt to integrate with their European neighbors.
Students explore and experience aspects of Balkan society ranging from women’s movements to peacebuilding through lectures and seminars in the dynamic Croatian capital of Zagreb and field excursions to Slovenia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Language course in Croatian
- Interdisciplinary Seminar in Civil Society & transformation
- Ethnographic Field Study Seminar
- Independent Study Project
- Rural homestays
- Educational excursions around the region