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Immerse yourself
in a foreign language, learn to make Venetian masks or Turkish pottery---and
open unexpected windows of understanding!
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You
can learn traditional ceramics from one of the best-known Turkish
women ceramicists, Gunhan Dayioglu.
Anatolian Artisan’s 15-day courses in Istanbul include moulding,
pattern design, painting, glazing and firing. Ms. Dayioglu’s
work is exhibited and collected internationally.
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If you have a semester of time and can afford the tuition, travel to the corners of the world on a ship whose faculty is committed to education and cross cultural understanding. Semester at Sea offers undergraduate, graduate and continuing education courses in social sciences and humanities; all earn credit from the University of Pittsburg. The ship has classrooms, a library, computer lab, lecture hall, student union, and campus store. Seventy courses are offered in the fall and spring; 30 in the summer semester. Courses set for 2005 include Women in Politics and Women and Literature. MORE |
| Rhythm & Motion in San Francisco offers a wide spectrum of 7-10 week dance workshops taught by women from all over the world. In 2005:
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Elderhostel is a
nonprofit that leads Lifelong Learning trips for people over 55
years of age: no tests, no academic credit, but lots of experiential
learning and a chance to learn about peoples, culture, environment
and history via lectures, course-related field trips and cultural
excursions. They offer 10,000 programs a year in about 100 countries.
Want to study Brazilian dancing in Salvador Bahia Brazil? Tania Santiago teaches workshops there periodically and wonderfully. Tania danced with Olodum for six years and teaches in Northern California when she’s not on her home turf.
Outings will include Candomblé ceremonies,
dance performances, capoeira rodas, and the
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Seventy
percent of the students are women at the Centro Culturale
Giacomo Puccini in Viareggo, Italy. The school,
located just a block from the Mediterranean Sea in Tuscany, starts new sessions
every two weeks and offers five levels of classes taught in
Italian. A German who speaks perfect English, Steffanie Leistner
("Everybody calls me Steffi") manages this Italian
language school for foreigners. Leisure activities enhance
learning and range from spaghetti suppers on the beach to
art history expeditions and Italian films. |
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