Aim and Objectives
The Hellenic Studies Summer School (HSSS) is addressed to college students from all over the world who wish to develop a (better) understanding of the significance of Greek culture in the modern world. It aims to engage students in an investigation of Greek history and culture that spans over 3,000 years, with a focus on how salient aspects of contemporary Greek (and much other modern) culture relate to their earlier antecedents.
HSSS aims at enabling participants to:
- develop a sense of how cultural, historical and political events of the past have translated into Greece of the modern era and the contemporary western tradition (and beyond);
- trace the development of Greek history and culture across traditionally-drawn boundaries;
- gain a better appreciation of Greece and its people;
- learn experientially through study-related travel and on-site teaching;
- immerse themselves in language and culture;
- function successfully in a different speech/culture community thereby developing empathy and a heightened knowledge of effective approaches to intercultural communication;
- develop a heightened appreciation of the importance of individual and social responsibility as well as personal and civic values.
