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Looking for an adventure? The Anthropology Department will be offering a Study Abroad Program in Rome on The Culture and Politics of Food in Italy for Autumn Quarter 2013.

Information Session: Thursday, March 11th, 4:30-6:00PM in Denny 401

Program Director: Professor Ann Anagnost (anagnost@u.washington.edu)

Website: UW Study Abroad Site

Discover Food Traditions

  • Artisanal Food Production
  • Cooking and Cuisine
  • Food and Regional Identity

Learn about Contemporary Food Politics

  • Farmer’s Markets
  • Community Supported Agriculture
  • Urban Farming
  • The Slow Food Movement
  • Anti-GMO Activism
  • Global Food Policy

Earn Anthropology Credit

  • Anth 411: The Culture and Politics of Food in Italy (12 credits)
  • Anth 499: Independent Study (optional 3 credit)

Thinking about Capstone?!

PoE Student Sophie Hart began her Capstone project with the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) during this study abroad. Her Capstone is now featured not only on the PoE blog, but on the PoE website front page! To read more about her experiences in Rome and her project, go to http://poeposts.tumblr.com/post/45197203477/capstone-profile-sustainability-in-prisons-project

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Students will receive 15 credits total. Credits will fulfill Honors Core requirements (Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies). Other credits may be applicable depending on individual research projects. (Alternative credit may be available to students outside of the Honors Program; this must be arranged in advance with your departmental advisers)

Classes Offered:  

Managing the Sea: Conserving Coasts and Oceans in Peril (5 credits), Honors 220 or Envir 496

This class will satisfy the Natural Science, Policy and Decision Making Perspective Requirement

Imagining the Sea: Exploring Literature, Film, and the Environment (5 credits), Honors 394 or Comp Lit 396

This class will satisfy the Human and Social Perspective Requirement

Independent Study and Research (2-5 credits), Honors 499 or SMEA 499/600

This class will need to be approved by an instructor and the category of the perspective must be approved by a PoE Adviser.  

Capstone Experience (2-5 credits), ENVIR 491

You will have to do ENVIR 490 in Spring 2013 for this class to count as well as receive Sean McDonald’s approval.  

For more information click here!