New Approaches to Experiential Teaching on Health and Human Rights: Summer in Palestine, Greece, and opportunities for global exchanges

This three-week intensive, interdisciplinary course on migration and refugee studies is designed to offer participants both conceptual and practical engagement with key issues related to contemporary forced migration. The course schedule includes lectures, seminars, interactive class sessions and fieldwork. It is held in four sites in Greece – Athens, Ancient Olympia, Nafplio and Lesvos. Expert lecturers include leading scholars, politicians, leaders of international organizations, civil society organizations and migrant/refugee groups. The course is taught in English and organized around a multidisciplinary, rights-based curriculum that draws on legal, medical, environmental and broader social science approaches to migration policy and practice. Enrollment is limited to 30 students (15 Harvard graduate students and 15 students from other Universities across the world). Visit the course page here.

This three-week intensive summer course is designed to introduce students to the social, structural, political, and historical aspects that determine Palestinian health ‘beyond the biological basis of disease.’ Course pedagogy includes field visits, group discussion, presentations, and personal reflection to foster a transformative learning environment. Guest speakers include a wide range of health and social actors including health practitioners, community organizers, activists, academics, and representatives from civil society organizations. The course is based at the Institute of Community and Public Health at Birzeit University, West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory. A variety of experiential field visits take students to locations throughout the West Bank and Israel. Visit the course page here.

The G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program (Landry CP Training) is a one week, on site intensive course for mid-career professionals who work to protect children from abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect, whether at an international organization, a local NGO, or a government agency. The training is designed to create a stimulating learning opportunity for experienced professionals involved with child protection issues and to help participants gain a deep understanding of child protection issues and of the leadership and negotiation skills relevant to building and sustaining effective child protection systems. Visit the course page here.