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My Big Fat Greek Spring Break

Penn Global Seminar: American Race: A Philadelphia Story Charmaine, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Where did you go for spring break? In a school where many people answer…

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Reflections on a Trip to Paris: Haunted by the past, or blissfully ignorant in the present?

Penn Global Seminar: Paris Under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Lumi, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares their experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. All semester, our class has focused on what…

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Visiting Lived History: Questioning Firsts

Penn Global Seminar: American Race: A Philadelphia Story Charmaine, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I was accepted into the PGS course: A Philadelphia Story with spring break…

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Touching Grass, But It’s Scottish This Time

Semester Abroad: University of Edinburgh Paree, one of the Spring 2026 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I never used to be someone who liked going outside. From a young age, I never wanted…

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First Night in Florence with Sunsets and Friends

Penn Global Seminar: The Functions of Art Ike, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. On my first night in Florence, six hours jet-lagged and physically exhausted, I made a…

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More Than A Place: What Palermo Taught Me

Penn Global Seminar: Palermo: Empires, Migration, and Mafia By: Katrina Korendiy Katrina, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before coming to Palermo, I thought I had a pretty clear…

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The Renaissance Awaits

Penn Global Seminar: The Functions of Art Ike, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Ciao! My name is Ike, and I’m going to Italy. I’m both nervous and excited…

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Reflections on a Trip to Paris: What is a journal, really?

Penn Global Seminar: Paris Under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Lumi, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares their experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. What is a journal? This is a question…

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Charmaine Chinodakufa

Charmaine Chinodakufa is a first-year student from St. Peters, Missouri studying International Relations and Legal Studies and History. This semester, she’ll travel to Athens through a Penn Global Seminar course to examine race, human rights, and law in Greece, comparing the applications to the United States. On campus, Charmaine serves as a New Student Representative…

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Packing Lists, Pasta Dreams, and the Road to Palermo

Penn Global Seminar: Palermo: Empires, Migration, and Mafia By: Katrina Korendiy Katrina, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preparing for a Penn Global Seminar is a strange mix of excitement,…