Africa in the New World
The Africa in the New World (ANW) Interdisciplinary Program encourages students to explore Africa and the African diaspora in the Americas and globally through a range of perspectives. Particular emphasis is given to three intellectual currents: Diaspora studies, identity construction and globalization. ANW sponsors an annual Africa-Diaspora lecture series to showcase these themes.
Africana Center
Founded in 1969, the Africana Center seeks to ensure that students have access to a variety of academic and cultural resources available on campus. The Center works with students of African descent from many different backgrounds. It implements programs such as lectures, workshops and a range of additional activities that are designed to support the individual growth of all Tufts undergraduates and which reflect and celebrate the intellectual and cultural traditions of black people in the diaspora.
African Student Organization
The African Student Organization is a cultural group open to all members of the Tufts community. The organization seeks to bring issues concerning modern African politics, traditions, and cultures to the awareness of both the African and non-African communities at Tufts. It achieves this goal by hosting several community outreach and awareness initiatives, as well as bi-monthly interactive discussions, cultural workshops, intercultural shows and other events.
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)
The objective of ALLIES is to expand and integrate the ongoing relationship between the Institute for Global Leadership and the Military's educational institutions. ALLIES fosters dialogue, encourages joint research opportunities, creates activities that bring together future military officers with students at private liberal universities, and educates about the role of the U.S. military at home and abroad.
Anthropology
Anthropology at Tufts provides students not only with a strong background in critical thinking, analysis, and writing, but also with first-hand experience through original field research. The combination of intellectual community, disciplinary breadth, global and local understanding, hands-on research and public engagement makes anthropology a strong liberal arts major and an excellent preparation for both graduate school and a wide range of careers.
Arab Student Association
The Arab Student Association (ASA) is a political and cultural student organization concerned with Middle Eastern issues. It strives to disseminate information to the Tufts community about the nation-states and nations that make up the Arab world. The ASA attempts to inform and increase awareness of the political conflicts, social and economic developments, and cultural strains unique to this vital and complex area.
Archaeology
Tufts offers a general interdisciplinary undergraduate major in archaeology, incorporating courses from the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students in archaeology combine course work with firsthand experience in recovery, conservation, and interpretation of material remains. The archaeology program has affiliations with several summer field schools, including the Murlo excavation in Italy, the Talloires/Mt. Musièges excavation in France, the Old Sturbridge Village Field School, and the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology.
Archaeology Field School: Programme for Belize Archaeology Project
Each summer, lecturer Laurie Sullivan leads Tufts and University of Massachusetts students in an Archaeology Field School on the Programme for Belize Rio Bravo Conservation Lands in northwestern Belize. Students participate in first-hand field excavation and laboratory research in a tropical rainforest setting that was the site of Maya occupation from ca. 900 B.C. to 900 A.D. They investigate social and political organizations through the excavation of small site centers and large ceremonial centers.
Armenian Club
The Armenian Club at Tufts University promotes an awareness and understanding of Armenian culture. It does this by sponsoring inter and cross-cultural events both among the Tufts community and the other Armenian clubs of the greater Boston area. Recent events have included an intercultural semi-formal, visit to a local Armenian nursing home, a joint commemoration of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, and a spring barbecue with live entertainment.
Art and Art History
The wide range of courses offered by the department is designed to familiarize students with important artists, traditions and themes in world art and visual culture. Some courses focus on individual achievements, great artists and schools, while others explore significant periods, such as the Renaissance or the 1960s, or themes that cross time and cultures, such as the treatment of nature or the fear and destruction of images (inconoclasm and iconophobia). Artistic style and culture from a number of regions are explored, with course offerings such as Japanese Architecture, Contemporary Art in Africa, and Latin American Cinema.
Asian American Alliance
The goal of Asian Community at Tufts (ACT) is to unify the Asian groups on campus by raising political awareness about Asian/Asian-American issues. To this end, ACT provides various political, educational, and social events that serve to educate and unite the Tufts community.
Asian American Center
The Asian American Center, founded in 1983, is a resource for the university and the Asian American/Asian communities at Tufts. The Center fosters a supportive environment for the academic and personal development of students by offering educational and cultural programs. The Center recognizes the distinct East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian cultures and identities present in the Tufts community and strives to create a successful college experience for people in these communities.
Asian Studies
The significance of the Asian nations in today's world is obvious. More than half the globe's population lives between Pakistan and Japan. This region is home to some of the world's oldest and most influential cultural traditions, and it plays a crucial role in international politics and economics. The study of Asian nations is thus an excellent way to enhance one's understanding of the world's people and the human condition, and to prepare oneself for those endeavors that require an understanding of different cultural perspectives and a commitment to international cooperation.
Association of Latin American Students
The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), formerly known as the Hispanic American Society, is a student-run organization created in 1989 that seeks to bring together students who are part of the Latino community at Tufts as well as students who are interested in Latin America. ALAS' primary goal is to meet the needs of the Tufts' Latino student population as well as to provide an arena for intellectual discourse on issues facing the Latino community at large.
Borghesani Memorial Prize
This prize is awarded to second-semester sophomores and juniors who undertake a research project, internship, volunteer activity, or plan of study in any field involving international issues. The prize encourages personal growth and independence, while increasing one's understanding of all peoples and encouraging a commitment to the world community. Past recipients of the prize have traveled abroad in order to study, conduct research, participate in international internships, and become involved in social change movements.
Caribbean Club
The Caribbean Club helps to foster an understanding and appreciation of the diverse culture of the region. The club accomplishes this through music, conversation and community. It aims to bring widespread cultural awareness to the Tufts campus by collaborating with other cultural organizations on events such as the "Inter-Cultural Semi-Formal."
Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies
Established in 1989, The Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies has since served as New England's focal point for scholarship on the South Asian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean rim. With an emphasis on history, culture, literature, religion, politics, economics and diplomacy, it is committed to promoting interdisciplinary approaches to the study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, which together make up the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
Chinese Students Association
The Chinese Students Association (CSA) brings Chinese culture to Tufts through cultural festivals and other activities relating to Chinese culture. Typically, the association holds annual Chinese New Year celebrations and introduces various types of Chinese food and games to the Tufts community. The CSA also publishes the newsletter Resonance, which discusses current issues and events in the local Chinese community and in Asia. The goal of the CSA is to convey to all Tufts students the significance of being Chinese.
Classics
Classics at Tufts constitute an interdisciplinary study of the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, and Europe. The Department of Classics is dedicated to the study of Greek and Roman culture and to clarifying and assessing its continuing impact on contemporary life. The role of the individual in relation to contemporary society, as the study of Classics shows, can be examined through the history, archaeology, art, architecture, science, philosophy, religion, mythology, and especially through the literatures of Greece and Rome.
Comparative Religion
The Department of Comparative Religion investigates the various expressions of religion encountered in human experience around the world. Students study the field of religion in both its functional and theoretical aspects. Courses explore the Western religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Courses are designed to give a broad cultural appreciation of religion in accordance with the principles of a liberal arts education.
Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research
The Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research provides support for graduate students studying Classics and Classical Archaeology at Tufts. The Fellowship is funded by an endowment from the Concordia Foundation and is awarded to students who are pursuing research or participating in an archaeological excavation during the summer.
Cuban Experience: Graduate Research Internships in Cuba
This internship is one of many opportunities at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program enables graduate students across the schools at Tufts to pursue short-term research internships in Cuba in the fields of education, agriculture, health, the environment and cultural studies. Contact the Latino Center for more information.
Drama and Dance
The Department of Drama and Dance provides a liberal arts approach to the creative, historical, and aesthetic dimensions of the theater arts. It fosters critical thinking and challenges the imagination in the study and performance of theater arts. Drama and dance have forever been powerful forces in the world, an imaginative mirror through which we can better understand psychology, politics, religion, and gender. The Drama and Dance department offers many study abroad opportunities, such as the British American Dramatic Academy, the London College of Fashion Design, and Tufts-in-Madrid, a strong theater program for students fluent in Spanish.
Economics
The mission of the department is to teach students to be critical thinkers and to use the discipline of economics to analyze important economic, political and social issues, ranging from international economic relations, development, growth, and income inequality, to education, housing and competition policy. Department courses, with continuing interaction with other scholars at Tufts and elsewhere, help mold future community leaders. Classes, collaborations, faculty research, and other study opportunities are available for students in the area of international economics.
Educational Resource Center - Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
The Educational Resource Center (ERC) for children with disabilities and their families at Beit Hana College in Dnepropetrovsk is known as a "little Eliot-Pearson" in the Ukraine. Teams of Tufts professionals and students in the fields of child development, pediatrics, and occupational therapy collaborate with colleagues in the Ukraine for this pioneering teacher-training program. Pilot research for a dissertation funded by the U.S. State Department was conducted at the ERC in 2004. Contact Child Development for more information.
European Club
The purpose of the European Club is to debate and educate students and faculty about European politics and current events, focusing especially on Europe's path towards unification in the 21st century. The Club initiates and coordinates efforts to help the Tufts community understand the challenges facing a united Europe, as well as its importance to the rest of the world.
Filipino Cultural Society
The purpose of the Filipino Cultural Club is to promote awareness of Filipino issues and culture, to create a network of Filipinos on the Tufts campus, to open the lines of communication with Filipino clubs at other schools and, finally, to support Tufts in promoting diversity.
Fletcher Global Women Mentor Program
This program is designed to help undergraduates majoring in International Relations explore educational opportunities and define career goals through connections with female role models engaged in private, public, and not-for-profit professions. Fletcher students from the Global Women Group are paired with undergraduates according to regional, academic, or professional interests at the beginning of each academic year.
Flowers of the Alps
Flowers of the Alps is a biology and environmental studies course offered at the Tufts campus in Talloires, France, during the first Summer Session. The course focuses on the Savoy region's world-class display of montane and alpine floral diversity. Sessions highlight outstanding representatives of important plant families, their human and ecological relevance, and the design of dichotomous keys. Outdoor field sessions are devoted to recognizing species in their native environment, evaluating shifts in alpine vegetation, and enhancing agricultural diversity in the region's farm community.
Friends of Israel
Friends of Israel (FOI) is a student organization committed to educating the Tufts community about Israeli culture. FOI was founded with the hope that its members could play a role in the crucial task of building a brighter future for the world. Although Friends of Israel is a political organization due to the nature of relevant issues, the organization does not have official positions on the conflict in the Middle East. It does, however, hold hopes for an end to all violence, and looks forward to a future in peace.
German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature
The Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures is the administrative home to those languages and literatures taught at Tufts that do not fall under Classics, English, or Romance Languages. Currently German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, and Swahili are taught. Various other languages are added if staffing and student interest permit. The department offers a master's degree in German, and undergraduate majors in German language and literature, German studies, Russian language and literature, Chinese, Japanese, and--in conjunction with other departments--Judaic Studies, Russian and East European studies, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies and International Letters and Visual Studies. Students can also choose minors in German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Judaic studies, and Arabic. We offer not only excellent language and literature courses but also cutting-edge literary and visual theory courses as well as a number of international film courses in English.
Ghana Gold: A Corporate Social Responsibility Study Tour
The Ghana Gold program takes 16 students to Ghana for 12 days each January. Students are introduced to Africa through examination of the gold mining industry and a series of interrelated issues, such as globalization and Africa's place in the world economy. Participants will be challenged to think about strategies that may improve the lives of people living in mining communities. Post-tour activities include a spring semester colloquium and plans for civic engagement research.
Giza Archives Project
The Old Kingdom Giza Necropolis (dating from about 2500 BCE) is the site of thousands of tombs, temples, and ancient artifacts. Directed by Tufts professor Peter Der Manuelian, the Giza Archives Project is a collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Classics Department at Tufts that seeks to provide a comprehensive online resource for scholarly research on Giza. With the possible future addition of excavation archives from other expeditions (1903-present) and institutions, the Giza Archives Project website is poised to become the world's central repository for the archaeological history of the area.
Global Development and Environment Institute
The Global Development and Environment Institute (G-DAE) was established to investigate how nations and societies at differing stages of economic development can pursue development in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner. It also seeks to assist the public and private sectors in creating policies that promote sustainability. Through research, curriculum development, a visiting scholars program, conferences, and faculty seminars, the institute offers opportunities for shared activities between the Fletcher School and Graduate and Professional Studies; it also provides employment opportunities for graduate students.
Global Research Projects
The Institute for Global Leadership encourages students to conduct original, policy-oriented research and projects that allow them to test their theories and assumptions on the ground. Since 1986, more than 650 students have conducted research or participated in an international internship in more than 70 countries. These projects often develop into significant projects and senior honors theses.
Hawaii Club
Emphasizing 'Ohana and the Aloha spirit, the Hawaii Club is dedicated to educating the Tufts community on Hawaiian traditions and cultures as well as helping its first-year undergraduate student members adjust to a new life in Boston. Tufts University's Hawaii Club sponsors events ranging from Asian-American activities to Spam Musubi nights throughout the year, culminating with a luau in the spring.
History
History majors may focus on World History as an area of concentration. Members of the History Department offer preparation at the M.A. level in regional fields encompassing Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and at the Ph.D. level in three regional fields: Modern Spain, Modern South Asia, and East Asia in World Perspective. The department also offers preparation in the thematic fields that are comparative and interdisciplinary in approach. These fields and their standing faculty committees are as follows: Nationalism and Collective Identity; International and Intercultural Relations; Film, Media, and History; Labor and Social Movements; Gender and Sexuality; and Civil Society, the Public Sphere, and the State.
Hummingbird Cay Tropical Field Station
The Biology Department collaborates with the Environmental Studies Program to offer a unique off-campus program at Hummingbird Cay (HBC) Tropical Field Station on a remote privately-owned island in the Bahamas. Each March, up to 15 students attend HBC for ten days of research and seminar activities related to the international aspects of climate change, disturbance ecology, land and water use, waste management, and ecotourism.
Indian Society at Tufts (ISAT)
The Indian Society at Tufts – ISAT, is a graduate student organization to support incoming students and promote interaction among graduate students of Indian origin. Its goal is to increase awareness about Indian culture in the Tufts community and provide a cultural and social network for Indian students. Typically, ISAT hosts Indian cultural events, national days and festivals, sporting events, discussions and Indian food events. ISAT is also involved in social causes and helps provide awareness about Tufts and the various programs it offers to the Indian student community.
Institute for Global Leadership
The mission of the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) is to prepare new generations of critical thinkers for effective and ethical leadership, ready to act as global citizens in addressing international and national issues across cultures. The Institute emphasizes rigorous academic preparation and experiential learning. Students learn through intensive engagement in classes, global research, internships, workshops, simulations and international symposia -- all involving national and international leaders from the public and private sectors.
Intercollegiate Festival of African Music and Arts
An annual festival, directed by David Locke, brings local college performance groups together with visiting guests and scholars for colloquia, interactive public workshops, and concerts of African music and dance.
Intercultural Conversation Program
The Intercultural Conversation Program, sponsored by the International Center, is a volunteer program open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff who are interested in engaging in a unique cultural exchange. The program gives international graduate students the opportunity to practice English conversational skills, learn more about U.S. life and culture, and seek friendship and support from a local host.
Intercultural Festival
The Intercultural Festival is a week-long series of programs and events designed by the International Center to promote learning and understanding within the Tufts community of various countries and cultures from around the world and within the United States.
International Center
The International Center provides support for international students and faculty at Tufts, offering a variety of services, workshops and information. The center is a valuable resource for international students and faculty who want to acclimate to life at Tufts and make the transition as smooth as possible.
International Club
The International Club at Tufts promotes foreign culture on campus through an array of exciting events designed to link the university's American and International communities: students, faculty and others. In addition to sponsoring events like the I-Cruise, Intercultural Week and the Parade of Nations, the club works closely with groups such as UNICEF to support charitable giving.
International Environmental Policy
UEP offers a dual degree program in International Environmental Policy in collaboration with the Fletcher School. This program provides an opportunity for a select number of highly qualified students to earn both a Master of Arts (M.A.) in urban and environmental policy and planning and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) at the Fletcher School. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in economic and development institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations concerned with international problems affecting the physical environment such as acid rain, global warming, offshore oil drilling, soil erosion, deforestation, biodiversity, waterways pollution, and chemical contamination.
International Letters and Visual Studies (ILVS)
International Letters and Visual Studies joins the study of literature, film and visual arts in an international context. The undergraduate major is designed for students who have a strong interest in global issues and who wish to study the literature, cinema or visual art of two or more cultures, to explore the interaction of cultures, and to gain theoretical insight on the discourses of literature, film, the visual sign, gender, and culture.
International Relations
Since its inception, the Program in International Relations at Tufts has devoted itself to two intertwined objectives: the promotion of responsible, engaged citizenship through international education and dialogue, and the fostering of intellectual excellence through a curriculum that integrates disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences without compromising academic rigor. In the process, it has grown into one of Tufts most popular majors and earned a reputation that extends well beyond the university.
International Relations Department Research Opportunities
The International Relations Program affords students many opportunities and scholarships to conduct original research. A research experience can greatly enhance one's experience at Tufts, challenging one to critically apply what one has learned. In addition, the International Relations Program offers research scholarships, an online international research community and a web-based research colloquium.
International Relations Director's Leadership Council
The Director's Leadership Council serves as a liaison between the International Relations student body and the International Relations faculty and administration. Its goal is to enhance student life and foster an internationally focused intellectual community on campus. The council's activities have included the International Relations curriculum transformation, creating an International Relations Honor Society chapter, assisting in rebuilding the Model United Nations club and starting a successful debate series.
International Relations Honor Society (Sigma Iota Rho)
This nationally recognized International Relations Honor Society was established to promote and reward scholarship and service among students and practitioners of international studies, international affairs and global studies, and to foster integrity and creative performance in conducting world affairs. The goal of the Honor Society is to create a productive atmosphere for international relations on campus, in the community and in the world at large through activities and initiatives related to international affairs.
International Relations Mentors Program
The Mentors Program was developed to provide new and prospective International Relations majors with an international relations peer mentor. The mentors, typically seniors or juniors, offer their insight on issues such as the department's major requirements, study abroad experiences and international internships.
International Relations Research Scholars Program
The International Relations Research Scholars Program supports original, high-quality undergraduate international research. Designed for sophomores or juniors who anticipate producing an upper-level research paper in their senior year, whether for an International Relations thesis, directed research, conference submission or external essay competition, the scholarship supports a minimum of eight weeks of International Relations core faculty-mentored summer research for collecting materials and data.
International Research Network
The International Research Network at Tufts is a support tool designed to help students conduct research on international issues, particularly while abroad. The International Research Network guides students through international research and toward the successful completion of capstone research projects by providing an online toolbox of resources and a network to connect with faculty and their peers.
Japanese Culture Club
The purpose of the Japanese Culture Club is to educate the Tufts community on cultural, political and economic issues about Japan. This is done through organized events and social gatherings that incorporate Japanese food, ceremonies, games, films, and much more. Past efforts have also included a dance to raise awareness and money for victims of the Kobe Japan earthquake.
Korean Students Association
The Korean Students Association was formed with the intent to enhance the awareness of the distinct culture and history of Korea. It also seeks to promote unity among Tufts University's Korean students. It achieves these goals by sponsoring a number of dances, culture nights, and sporting events throughout the year.
Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary minor which encourages students to integrate the varying disciplinary perspectives of the arts, literature, social sciences, and history, along with the study of languages of the area, into a coherent view of Latin America. The program recognizes the fact that Latin American Studies is increasingly important in the world and for the United States in particular.
Latino Center
The Latino Center officially opened in October of 1993 to serve the needs of the Latino student population on the Tufts campus. Its primary objectives are to provide a supportive environment for its students, to foster pride in the Latino culture and to serve as a resource for the entire Tufts community. Through its programs, the Latino Center is committed to building a strong Latino community at Tufts where students feel valued and supported.
Latino Studies
Because Latino Studies, like Latinos themselves, reside at the intersection of what is Latin American and what is "American," the minor in Latino Studies allows students to focus on either Latinos' connections with Latin America or their location within the United States' racial and sociopolitical context. The minor thus serves as a "bridge" that encourages students to connect the theories, methodologies and content of the two supporting programs in new, intellectually exciting and productive ways.
Luce Student Scholarship in Science and Humanitarianism
Co-sponsored and administered by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), this scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate an interest in public health and international humanitarian assistance, as well as the capacity to engage in original field research or participate in a research-focused internship at home or abroad. Under the co-mentorship of Luce Professor Astier Almedom and IGL Director and Luce Coordinator Sherman Teichman, Tufts juniors and seniors are eligible.
Marianne J.H. Witherby Fellowship for Summer Excavation
Two fellowships are available each year to Tufts undergraduates majoring in Archaeology (including graduating seniors), for participation on summer excavations anywhere in the world except Israel. Students interested in excavations in Israel should consult information on the Dorot Fellowship.
Mercaz Gil Technical Assistance and Professional Development Center
In his capacity as a senior consultant, Professor Don Wertlieb collaborates with the Municipality Department of Social Welfare in Haifa, Israel, in the design, implementation and evaluation of programs at the Beit Maya Parent Child Center and Mercaz Gil TA & PD Center. The goal is to enhance mental health and social services for challenged and special-needs families. Recently launched action research on resiliency has engaged the University of Haifa as well.
Middle Eastern Studies
Middle Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary program that encourages a significant immersion experience in one or more Middle Eastern cultures. The program gives students an opportunity to study the history and culture of the Middle East as well as areas of the world whose territories were part of Middle East empires or were under the influence of such civilizations in pre-modern and modern times.
Music
The Tufts Department of Music is committed to a vision of musical studies that recognizes the increasing globalization of music. In all of its activities -- graduate and undergraduate curricula in western music, world music, and composition; performing ensembles and its new community music programs -- the department seeks to create an environment in which the vast diversity of musical cultures in the United States and around the world is appreciated and valued.
Muslim Students' Association at Tufts
The Muslim Students Association at Tufts (MSAT) is committed to serving the needs of Muslim students at Tufts University and to promote awareness and tolerance of Islam within the Tufts community and neighborhoods. The organization seeks to provide a welcoming community of faith and friendship. Weekly discussions of the Qur'an are held, as well as communal dinners during Ramadan. MSAT also works with other faith communities on campus to build an environment of peace and mutual understanding.
Occupational Therapy International Programs
Through international collaboration, the Department of Occupational Therapy sponsors three unique study abroad programs in occupational therapy in Edinburgh, Scotland; Oxford, England; and Stockholm, Sweden. The Boston School of Occupational Therapy is affiliated with Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Oxford Brookes University and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
Office of Programs Abroad
Tufts University has been offering foreign study programs to undergraduates for four decades, and at present runs its own programs for juniors and seniors to study in Chile, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, London, Madrid, Oxford, Paris, and Tübingen. Students may also choose from hundreds of approved programs run by non-Tufts providers.
Oliver Chapman Award
The Tufts University International Club administers The Oliver Chapman Leadership and Community Service Award. This award is unique because the achievements of a Tufts student are recognized by his/her peers. In considering nominees for this award, the committee looks for a student who has been active with the international community either on the Tufts campus or off-campus in the local community.
One with One
One with One is a program sponsored by the Program in Chinese and TCSSA (Tufts Chinese Students and Scholars Association). Its goal is to promote and facilitate both linguistic and cultural exchanges between American and Chinese students. The Program matches up American students in the Chinese Program with students/scholars from China, who would like to improve their language skills, learn more about each other?s cultures, and develop friendships.
Pan-African Alliance
The purpose of the Pan-African Alliance is to promote solidarity and awareness among members of the black community and to teach others about the black experience, providing a cultural and spiritual link to Africa. The Alliance provides and coordinates social, educational, cultural and recreational activities to help enhance the quality of student life at Tufts. The Pan-African Alliance also serves as a voice through which to articulate the concerns of black students to the university as a whole.
Pan-Asian Council
The Pan-Asian Council (PAC), a group of representatives from all the recognized Asian student organizations on campus, promotes unity by supporting collaboration among the organizations and increasing awareness of the organizations in the Tufts community. PAC facilitates weekly meetings in which club representatives share information about their club's events and other campus programs, and discuss co-sponsored activities. Last year, PAC sponsored the Asian American Month Kick-off Rally, the Pan-Asian Fashion Show, Games Night, and the Pan-Asian Volleyball Tournament.
PANGEA
PANGEA is dedicated to cultivating a community aware of global issues, committed to people around the world, and ready to use its knowledge and experience to lead our generation in promoting justice. Through meetings, teach-ins, hosting events, and other mediums, PANGEA examines diverse international issues and effective means by which to aid communities in need. Most importantly, PANGEA takes action through projects including service trips, and brings the issues to the Tufts community.
Peace and Justice Studies
The Peace and Justice Studies program (PJS) provides an interdisciplinary structure for examining the paths and obstacles to achieving global peace. The program brings intellectual and experiential inquiry to the fundamental interrelationship of peace and justice. Four overlapping areas are emphasized: the study of the causes of war and the techniques of war prevention; the origins, strategies, and visions of social movements seeking social justice and ecological sustainability; the theory and practice of conflict resolution along a continuum from individual disputes to international diplomacy; and the study of peace culture, particularly the contributions of education and literature in developing the traditions of nonviolence and ethical social behavior.
Physics Department Graduate Student Exchange
The Departments of Physics of Tufts University and University of Pavia, Italy have had a research collaboration and exchange program in place since 2006. University of Pavia is one of the oldest and best universities in Italy. The collaboration is designed to allow advanced graduate students the opportunity to conduct research at the University of Pavia and the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN). Both Universities are participating in ATLAS, a new particle physics experiment. Students conduct their research at the host institutions for up to 12 months, and receive their Ph.D. from their parent Universities. Additionally, students are awarded an International Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.
Political Science
Faculty in the Department of Political Science teach in four subfields spanning the globe: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. The department offers courses on regional politics in Africa, East Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, and the Middle East, as well as courses that cross regional boundaries and emphasize general themes such as democratization, political economy, and state building. International relations covers national security policy, American foreign policy, international political economy, international law and organizations, and the relationship of domestic to foreign policy.
Romance Languages
The Romance languages all derive from the Latin spoken in different parts of the Roman Empire. Courses in French, Spanish, and Italian give students an understanding of the spoken and written language and promote the reading and appreciation of each nation's literature. Students may deepen their linguistic sensibilities and expand their horizons by studying, through a Romance language, a civilization different from but connected to their own. Students may major in French, in Spanish, or in Italian Studies, and may minor in Italian.
Russian and East European Studies
The Russian and East European Studies major offers students training in the history, politics, literature, and arts of Russia and other East European nations, as well as a grounding in contemporary oral and written Russian. (Training in some other Slavic languages is available as independent study.) The major is designed for students intending to pursue careers in which familiarity with Russia and Eastern Europe is an attractive or necessary asset, or for students planning to enter graduate school in law, business, or diplomacy with a specialization in Russian and East European affairs. The area concentration also prepares students for graduate work in Russian and East European studies.
Russian Circle
The Russian Circle is an organization for students interested in the various cultures and politics that abound in the former Soviet Union, as well as for those studying the Russian language. Past activities have included lectures, a film series, restaurant trips, and celebration of Russian holidays. The Circle holds weekly meetings to which all students, particularly those wishing to converse in Russian, are invited.
Singapore Students Association
The Tufts Singaporean Students Association (SSA) was established with the goal of promoting the unique Singaporean culture on and around the Tufts Campus. Each year SSA sponsors several events at Tufts, including informational meetings, food gatherings, movie nights, and their biggest annual celebration, Kopitiam. SSA has also been an active participant in the Tufts Tsunami Relief Fund, established to raise funds following the disaster in Southeast Asia.
Special Interest Housing
The Office of Residential Life offers fourteen special interest housing opportunities, giving students a chance to live with those who share cultural or academic interests. Each small group unit offers an assortment of activities for residents, many of which are international in nature. Groups include language units, in which students can practice a common language, and culture units, emphasizing the unique cultural experiences of various regions.
Summer English Language Programs
Just as Tufts encourages its students to study abroad, the university also hosts international students, graduates, and professionals through Tufts Summer English Language Programs. English classes are taught by dedicated instructors who use their imagination and experience to maximize students' learning potential. Class is complemented by a host of "real-world" activities like field trips and discussions that help students "live" the language as they learn it.
Sustainable Sweden Tour and Internships in Swedish Eco-Municipalities
Sweden is developing a growing number of "eco-municipalities" in which the principles of sustainable development are put into practice at the municipal level. For the past two years, Urban Environmental Policy and Planning students, with help from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and Tufts Institute for the Environment, have arranged their own Sustainable Sweden tours and internships in a variety of eco-municipalities. Students then spend the second half of their internship in a U.S. municipality that has the potential to become an eco-municipality.
Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts
The Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts (TAST) is dedicated to bringing together students interested in the history and culture of the region as well as the experiences of Taiwanese people living at home and abroad. TAST's activities include lantern-painting nights, movie nights, Taiwan Week, Nightmarket, and much more.
Thai Club
The Thai Club seeks to represent the Thai population at Tufts and to promote Thailand's culture throughout the entire student body. The club puts on events each year such as film screenings, field trips, and its annual Thai Night, which recreates the atmosphere of a marketplace and provides authentic Thai food.
Tropical Ecology / Conservation - Bio181ww/Envi181ww
This fall semester seminar and field trip, listed under both Biology and Environmental Studies, provides 12 students with an in-depth understanding of terrestrial tropical ecology and first-hand experience in tropical Central America. After the fall semester, students travel to Costa Rica for a two-week field experience conducting hands-on research, hiking, and collecting data.
Tufts Association of South Asians
The Tufts Association of South Asians (TASA) is open to all members of the Tufts community. TASA hopes to educate the Tufts community about South Asia and explore the heritage and experiences of its members. Not only is South Asian culture explored and celebrated, such as the ethnic dancing featured in TASA's annual culture show, but political events are discussed and debated as well.
Tufts-in-Chile
The Tufts-in-Chile program allows undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least five semesters of Spanish classes to study at the University of Chile in Santiago, one of the region's leading universities, for the fall semester or the full academic year. Students are fully integrated into the life of the university and are able to take regular courses in any of its faculties.
Tufts-in-China
The Tufts-in-China program offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least four semesters of Chinese classes the chance to spend the fall semester in beautiful Hangzhou at Zhejiang University, one of the top universities in China. In addition to language courses, culture courses taught in English are also offered. For more information, please contact Dr. Mingquan Wang, faculty advisor to the Program, at m.wang@tufts.edu.
Tufts-in-Ghana
The Tufts-in-Ghana program, which takes place in the fall semester, offers undergraduates (usually juniors) the chance to study at the University of Ghana (Legon), located just outside the booming metropolis of the capital, Accra. Since English is the language of instruction at the University of Ghana and is widely spoken throughout the nation, there are no language prerequisites.
Tufts-in-Hong Kong
The Tufts-in-Hong Kong program is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and offered to undergraduates (usually juniors) in the spring semester. HKU evolved from the former Hong Kong College of Medicine, founded in 1887. No language experience is needed to apply.
Tufts-in-Japan
Tufts-in-Japan offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least two semesters of Japanese classes the chance to spend the spring semester or a full academic year in Kanazawa, one of the most beautiful cities in Japan. Located on the Japan Sea (facing Korea and China), Kanazawa is an ancient castle town that was the administrative center of the Kaga Domain, the largest and most affluent in the entire country, during the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868). Students take classes at the newly rebuilt Kanazawa University, one of the leading national universities. By night, students are able to enjoy Korinbo's colorful nightlife.
Tufts-in-London
The Tufts-in-London program, which enrolls up to fifty students, is completely integrated into University College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Tufts-in-Madrid
The Tufts-in-Madrid program, run jointly with Skidmore College, offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least six semesters of Spanish classes the opportunity to study at one of two Tufts-affiliated universities: the Autonomous University of Madrid or the University of Alcalá, 16 miles east of Madrid.
Tufts-in-Oxford
Tufts-in-Oxford offers undergraduates (usually juniors) in high academic standing the chance to spend a year studying at Pembroke College, a 400-year-old, 400-student strong division of Oxford University.
Tufts-in-Paris
The Tufts-in-Paris program offers a combination of in-house courses taught by Tufts French professors and courses in Parisian institutions, notably the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), and the Institut Catholique. All three are located on the Left Bank within easy walking distance of the program office in historic Montparnasse. Students with six semesters or more of French classes may enroll for a year or semester-long stay in the City of Lights.
Tufts-in-Tübingen
The Tufts-in-Tübingen program, which enrolls twenty undergraduate students, is completely integrated into the German university system. Program participants spend the academic year at the Eberhard-Karls University, which was founded in 1477.
Tufts in Talloires Summer Program
Tufts in Talloires, a six-week summer program for undergraduates at Tufts and other universities, offers dynamic and diverse courses taught by Tufts faculty. Students choose two courses from a selection designed to take advantage of Talloires' ideal location in the center of Europe as well as its striking alpine setting, which inspires reflection and thought. In addition to course work, a wide variety of optional outdoor activities, weekly hikes in the Alps, field trips, and organized events offer students the opportunity to explore France's unique Savoy region.
Tufts Model United Nations
Tufts Model UN provides opportunities for all Tufts students to better understand international organizations, diplomacy, and current international policy debates. Participants play the role of a country's delegate and are expected to represent that country's policies and interests within the UN body. Last year, Tufts Model UN was also represented in the prestigious McGill Model United Nations Conference in Montreal.
Tufts Uganda Internship Program
In summer 2005, under the coordination of the IR Assistant Director, Tufts interns worked with Friends of Orphans, the United Movement To End Child Soldiering in Uganda, and community leaders in planning, developing, implementing and sustaining a broad range of projects. TUIP was developed out of a student research project, and is a collaboration with the International Relations Program, Tisch College for Citizenship and Public Service, Peace and Justice Studies, and IGL.
Turkish Student Association
The Turkish Student Association represents the growing Turkish community at Tufts. The association embraces students of all cultures and backgrounds, and seeks to familiarize the Tufts community with Turkish culture and the Turkish perspective on international issues. Working with other religious and ethnic groups at Tufts, the association strives to provide the university with a diverse and prejudice-free environment.
Vietnamese Student Club
The Vietnamese Student Club wishes to explore, share, and preserve our common roots and experiences, and to introduce the Vietnamese culture to the Tufts University.
Water: Systems, Science, and Society
Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS) is an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to managing and understanding the complexity of water issues worldwide. Students who elect to enroll in the program to complement their graduate studies in a related field emerge with both their degree and a WSSS certificate. Students in the WSSS program conduct research and plan projects related to global water issues, take courses and seminars, and undertake a field internship, learning on-site skills from professionals.
Women's Studies
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary field focusing on women in diverse contexts, emphasizing the local and global interconnections across categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Scholarship in Women's Studies analyzes the various historical and political circumstances, socioeconomic forces, and cultural representations that shape gendered lives.
