Penn-Leuven Faculty Exchange: Teaching Modern American History and American Economic History in Belgium

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Walter Licht

School Affiliation: School of Arts & Sciences
Country or Region Engaged: Belgium
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2013-14
Expertise: Economics, Education, History
This project supported a faculty exchange program between Penn and the University of Leuven, Belgium. Dr. Licht taught a thirteen-week survey course in Modern American History to 200 Belgian students and conduct a workshop on American economic history for faculty, graduate students, undergraduate history majors, and possibly faculty from other Universities in Belgium.