Penn Global Seminars

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Tanisha Agrawal

Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Our experience in Cairo deeply connected with our academic and professional goals as students of International Relations and History. Seeing concepts from our coursework come to life—such as the wealth gap described in Connected in Cairo—made abstract discussions more tangible. For example, the stark contrast in the types…

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To India and Back: the Growth of Friendship within my PGS

WRIT 0120 members enjoying their visit to Qutb Minar in New Delhi on their last day in India PGS: Science Accessibility in India Charlize, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It’s…

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A Heartfelt Farewell to My Beautiful Brazil

PGS: Perspectives in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Culture Anna Maria, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Since returning to the hustle and bustle of life at Penn from our enchanting week in Brazil,…

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The Land Speaks: How Argentina Shifted My Understanding of Identity

PGS: People of the Land– Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile Hillary, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before traveling to Argentina for my Penn Global Seminar, I expected…

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Shaping the Narrative: Lessons from Dutch Water Management and Climate Resilience

PGS: Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States Allison, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad on a Penn Global Seminar. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. If there’s one theme I’m taking away with me from our…

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Breaking Fast and Breaking Barriers

A photo of my friends and I .  PGS: Cairo as Palimpsest Hans, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I look back on my experience in Cairo I think…

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Goodbye for now Japan, may your history never be forgotten

Our discussion with Ms. Ogura Keiko at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall, an atomic bomb survivor who was eight years old when the attack happened. PGS: Global Radiation History: Living in the Atomic Age 1945-Present Nuha, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the…

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Who Am I? Navigating
Identity Through the Mapuche Struggle

PGS: People of the Land– Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile Hillary, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Dinner before leaving for Argentina! As I am in the airport writing…

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From Textbook to Travel: Discovering Egypt with Penn Global Seminar

PGS: Cairo as Palimpsest Hans, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As I sit in the airport, I can barely contain my excitement for this trip I will have with…

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Havaianans Ready… Minas Gerais Awaits

PGS: Perspectives in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Culture Anna Maria, one of the Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 PGS. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I am writing this blog post while sitting at Newark International Airport and awaiting my much-anticipated flight…