Mundos de Mujeres/Women’s Worlds 2008Spain (and Morocco)6 undergraduate credits in Women’s Studies Registration deadline: Feb. 15, 2008 Program description and application [PDF] The VCU Women’s Studies Program and the Office of International Education are pleased to offer the opportunity to attend Women’s Worlds 2008, the 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, hosted by Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. You will experience the excitement of an international conference and gathering with women from around the world to examine women, gender and sexuality in contemporary society as well as historically, with particular emphasis on violence and migration. The program includes post-congress travel in Spain and a day trip to Tangier, Morocco. Course and credit options:
Program cost: $3,950 + applicable VCU tuition Trip itinerary:
Program cost includes the following:
The following are not included in the program fee. Students are responsible for:
Please budget for these additional expenses. Airfare: Roundtrip airfare is included in the program fee. Participants will fly as a group from Dulles to Madrid. Eligibility: Preference will go to Women’s Studies majors, minors and students who have taken women’s studies courses (in that order). Since these conferences are only held every three years, preference would go to seniors, juniors and then sophomores. Applicants will be interviewed. Registration deadline: Feb. 15, 2008
Women’s Studies International Experience Scholarships: The purpose of this scholarship is to provide VCU Women’s Studies students with demonstrated financial need the opportunity to study abroad for academic credit as part of either a summer or semester study abroad, or other international or global activist experience where academic credit is earned. For Women’s Worlds 2008, scholarships in the range of $1,000 will be awarded competitively to eligible students. Recipients are expected to pay for some portion of their international experience. Scholarship application deadline is Feb. 15, 2008. For scholarship criteria and application form visit www.has.vcu.edu/wst/scholarship.htm. For additional information, please contact Dr. Diana Scully. Program director: The program will be led by Dr. Diana Scully, chair of the Women’s Studies Department and Dr. Angelina Overvold, Associate Professor of French in the School of World Studies. For additional information, please contact Dr. Diana Scully. Every effort is made to provide updated and accurate information at the time of publication. The sponsors reserve the right to make necessary changes to the programs and costs. |
Course description: The purpose of the Women’s Studies Study Abroad Program is to provide students with an international experience that focuses on global feminism and the lives of women around the world. Because Women’s Worlds 2008 is taking place in Spain and we will travel to Morocco, the program this year will give particular attention to women in Europe but will not exclude women in other parts of the globe. You can expect to find women from many nations in attendance at Women’s Worlds 2008 and to return home with a new appreciation of the achievements and issues of importance that bind us together but also separate us based on economic, cultural, political and religious conditions in our home country. You will also be treated to plenary speeches from some of the foremost feminist thinkers and activists in the world. The conference theme this year is “Equality: No Utopia” and will focus on three concepts: “New Frontiers, Dares and Advancements,” in order to address a wide range of themes, issues and disciplines that ought to be taken into account for a better understanding of the present world. Women’s Worlds 2008 will set the ground for a multifaceted and constructive analysis and will provide an optimistic outlook on all the issues that affect women and have to do with feminist enterprises today. Perhaps most important, you should enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime experience! For complete conference information see 
International airfare (Dulles International Airport, Washington D.C.)
Accommodations and meals: Students will be staying in hotels throughout the length of the trip. The program fee includes 15 breakfasts, eight lunches and seven dinners.
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