Announcing the 2023-2024 Penn Global Seminars
By: Penn Abroad
Announcing the 2023-2024 Penn Global Seminars
Penn Global Seminars (PGS) are semester-long courses taught on campus that include an embedded travel component. Through PGS, Penn undergraduate students are able to take full advantage of essential global learning opportunities regardless of their class year or major. The 2023-2024 academic year course offerings allow students to participate in unique global experiences during their undergraduate careers across many disciplines.
Highlights of next year’s seminars include:
- 18 courses offered over the 2023-2024 academic year
- New program sites, including Indonesia, Korea, and the United Kingdom
- Courses offered in a diverse array of disciplines, including urban studies, language, history, religious studies, and environmental science
Continuing our mission to keep the program cost low and accessible to all students, PGS participants will pay only a $950 flat program fee, which covers the majority of program costs, including round-trip airfare.
Applications for the Fall 2023 semester will open on March 20, 2023. For more information about the program visit the Penn Global Seminars website. We appreciate your help sharing this information with interested students and colleagues.
In the 2023-2024 academic year, the following Penn Global Seminars will be offered:
Fall 2023
With Travel over Winter Break 2023/2024
- Darwin’s Laboratory: History, Philosophy, Evolution and Social Ecology in the Galápagos Archipelago
Dr. Michael Weisberg, Philosophy; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to the Galápagos - Health and the Healthcare System in Chile
Dr. Eileen Lake, Biobehavioral Health Sciences; School of Nursing
Travel to Chile - Exploring Traditional Chinese Medicine | China Education Initiative
Dr. Jianghong Liu; School of Nursing
Travel to China
Spring 2024
With Travel over Spring Break 2024
- Writing Health and Healing in Botswana
Dr. Sara Byala, Critical Writing Program; School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Travel to Botswana - Palermo: Empires, Migrations, and Mafia
Dr. Domenic Vitiello, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Travel to Italy - Paris under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory
Mélanie Péron, French and Francophone Studies; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to France
Spring 2024
With Travel in May 2024
- Spain: From Civil War to Post-Francoism, 1930-2020
Dr. Antonio Feros, Department of History; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Spain - Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Alain Plante, Department of Earth and Environmental Science; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Iceland - Tourism, Sustainability and Local Impact in Indonesia
Dr. Helen Jeoung, Critical Writing Program; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Indonesia - Korean Language & Culture (Elementary II and Intermediate II)
Dr. Siwon Lee and Haewon Cho Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Korea - Sacred Stuff: Religious Bodies, Places, and Objects
Dr. Donovan Schaefer, Department of Religious Studies; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to the United Kingdom - The Great War in Memoir and Memory
Dr. Warren Breckman, Department of History; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to France - Scientific Nationalism in Japan
Dr. John Kehayias, Critical Writing Program; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Japan - Seeing/Hearing Globally Indigenous Music and the Arts of Healing
Dr. Carol Muller, Department of Music; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to Australia - Chinese Language (Intermediate II and Advanced Modern II)
Dr. Jiajia Wang & Shihui Fan, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; School of Arts and Sciences
Travel to China - American Race: A Philadelphia Story
Dr. Fariha I. Khan, Asian American Studies Program, School of Arts and Sciences Fernando Chang-Muy, JD, Penn Carey Law
Travel to Greece - Exploring the Business Environment in China, Wharton International Program | China Education Initiative
Wharton Faculty Member to be Determined
Travel to China - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | China Education Initiative
Dr. Jianbo Shi, Penn Engineering, GRASP Laboratory
Travel to China