Winter & Spring Practica
During the January term and spring break, we regularly organize opportunities for students to gain real world experience and practice their languages of study in-country.
Chile Practicum: Transitional Injustice and Chile’s Vulnerable Populations
DatesJanuary 5-22, 2013 |
Application DeadlineNovember 9, 2012 |
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DetailsA delegation of students will visit Chile for a seminar-level practicum on the country’s history of democracy and dictatorship, human rights abuse, and transitional justice. The course will be offered by MIIS Professor Jan Black in collaboration with Judge Juan Guzman, best known as Chile’s prosecutor of General Pinochet, and Monterey-based NGO Global Majority. |
ContactFor more information or to apply, email Lejla Mavris and Professor Jan Black at jblack@miis.edu (please CC rfunkhouser@miis.edu) or visit the Chile Practicum blog. |
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Cuba: Changing Course for Changing Times
DatesSpring Break, March 16 -24, 2013 |
Application DeadlineDecember 10, 2012 |
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DetailsCuba has much to teach about the costs and benefits of revolution and the costs and benefits of integrating belatedly a now globalized economy. The nature of the relationship between Cuba and the U.S., the relentless continuity despite dramatic change in the world around them, gives away the predominance in both countries of domestic interests and domestic politics in the design and execution of foreign policy. |
ContactFor more information or to apply, email Professor Jan Black at jblack@miis.edu (please CC rfunkhouser@miis.edu). |
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India Tour: Journey through Gandhi's Land
DatesJanuary 7 - January 21, 2013 |
Application DeadlineRolling, with deposit due by November 1. |
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DetailsThis tour is an opportunity to experience the cultural, social and political history and environment in Gujarat, as well as to work with Professor Pushpa Iyer. The tour will start in Ahmedabad city and will move to the rural areas of the state. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the on-‐going conflict between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat with various religious and community leaders. |
ContactFor more information or to apply, contact Professor Pushpa Iyer at piyer@miis.edu |
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International Translation and Conference Interpretation Practicum
DatesJanuary 7 - January 25, 2013 |
Application DeadlineNovember 9th, 2012 |
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DetailsLed by Professor Cas Shulman-Mora, this immersive professional course provides hands on interpretation and translation experience for conferences held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the IPS J-term course "Transitional (in) Justice" in Santiago, Chile. |
| For more information or to apply, email Professor Cas Shulman-Mora at cshulmanmora@miis.edu |
Omprakash
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International volunteer placements (1-12 months) with Omprakash are now available! Contact an advisor at the Center for Career and Academic Advising Services for more information. |
Team El Salvador
DatesJanuary 3 - January 25, 2013 |
Application DeadlineThe application will be made available on the Team El Salvador blog by September 27. |
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DetailsThe Team El Salvador Practicum provides a professional, international opportunity for Monterey Institute students from all programs to enhance their development skills, language proficiency, and multicultural competency. Students will work on projects within communities to promote sustainable agriculture, micro-business models, natural resource protection, youth empowerment, organizational capacity building and more. |
ContactFor more information visit the Team El Salvador blog or email team leader teamelsalvadormiis@gmail.com. |
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Team Peru Volunteer Program
DatesJune 17 - August 9, 2013 |
Application DeadlineApril 30 |
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DetailsTeam Perú aims to develop sustainable programs and projects in collaboration with the indigenous people of the Sacred Valley of Perú. In conjunction with the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development, students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a professional environment that caters to his or her particular academic area of focus. Based on each individual’s knowledge, interests, and passion, each participant is assigned to a project where, as a group, they are encouraged to take full ownership and responsibility of the planning and implementation of that project. |
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ContactFor more information or to apply, email andeanalliance@gmail.com or visit the Team Peru blog. January Projects in Africa
More PracticaRotating practica include peacebuilding courses in Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia with Dr. Pushpa Iyer as well as a Development Project Management Institute training at American University in Cairo, Egypt. |
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