- As an engaged and active participant on the program, you will have the opportunity to:
- Personally experience everyday life in Romania
- Explore the construction of a variety of identities in Romania
- Investigate historical and contemporary developments in regional and global politics
- Analyze local manifestations of global political, social, economic, and cultural phenomena
- Evaluate complementary and competing perspectives on local and global issues while cognizant of the historical contexts that facilitate differing vantage points
- Create meaningful and lasting relationships with one another and with people in Romania
- Apply the knowledge they gain to phenomena in other contexts
You can expect the following:
- Shared bedrooms
- Shared bathroom
- Internet access and wifi
- Welcome and farewell meals
We do our best to provide the most accurate information about housing and amenities but due to the nature of the locations in which we offer programs and limited availability, these items are subject to change. Contact your GEO program manager with any questions.
Students participating in the program will earn six credits and will be enrolled in two courses:
- PS1650: Process of Identity Formation
- PS1521: Eastern Europe in World Politics
The courses, which foreground experiential learning, will be taught in English and will include reading academic texts, attending lectures, engaging with guest speakers, touring historically significant sites, participating in cultural activities, and visiting centers of political and commercial activity.
This course foregrounds theoretical perspectives on meaning-making about “selves”—that is, how do “selves” acquire and/or form identities? In the context of contemporary Romanian society, students will engage with commonly circulating, socially salient identity framings (related to nationality, religion, ethnicity/race, class, sex/gender, sexual orientation, etc.) and consider how they take shape and evolve through social interaction. We will examine social processes including self/other recognition, use metaphor, traumatization and healing, memory-making, institutionalization of narratives, and migration.
Since the nineteenth century, Eastern Europe has undergone one of the most breathtaking political and socioeconomic transformations. Imperial ambitions, contentious politics of fin de siècle European nationalisms, the destructiveness of two world wars, experiments with socialism, political revolutions, transitions to capitalist democracy, and European integration (re)shaped the lives of hundreds of millions of people across twenty countries. Moreover, the region continues influencing global politics, as a site of the major geopolitical contestation between the “West” and its challengers. Contextualized in regional history since 1848, and through immersive case study in contemporary Romania, this course explores a wide array of social, political, economic, and cultural processes across local, national, regional, and global levels of analysis.
Kelsey Sobecki
Hello! I’m Kelsey, Program Manager for Arts & Sciences students. I am a native Pittsburgher and studied abroad in Rome, Italy as an undergraduate at Duquesne University, and received my Master’s degree at University College Dublin in Ireland. I have been in the field of International Education for 10 years, which includes time spent living and working on-site with study abroad students in both Rome and Dublin. I am so excited to support Pitt students in their study abroad journey! Please feel free to reach out to me at kls299@pitt.edu or make an appointment to start planning your global experience!
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Dr. Horia M. Dijmarescu
Horia M. Dijmarescu (he/they) is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Academic Advisor. Horia is also affiliated faculty with the Global Studies Center, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the European Studies Center, and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program. His dissertation research focused on how actors justify or contest actions, examining wartime use of incendiary munitions and the legitimation of forms of governance in response to conflagrations. The project traces how discursively invoked rules constitute rhetorical resources through which actors (re)produce and negotiate meanings of rules themselves. More recently, his work has explored the normalization of violence against sexual and gender identity minorities, and on the identity-constructing effects of transnational heritage tourism economies. Horia earned a Ph.D. in Political Science at Northwestern University and a M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University in Washington, D.C. During his time in D.C., he worked in the grants program at the United States Institute of Peace. Horia was born in Romania and grew up in Canada. He is also the proud dad of a cat named Strawberry.
Items Billed by Pitt |
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In-State | Out-of-State | |
Program Fee | $6,199 | $6,399 |
Study Abroad Fee | $300 | $300 |
Total Billed by Pit | $6,499 | $6,699 |
Estimated Additional Out-of-Pocket Costs |
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Airfare | ~ $1,500 | |
Personal Expenses and Meals | ~ $1,000 |
Remember that your lifestyle and spending choices can greatly affect the amount of money you'll need while abroad. Visit our Budgeting page for more information.
As part of your program fee, the following are included:
- Tuition for 6 credits
- Shared Accommodation throughout the program
- Cultural Activities and Excursions
- In-country orientation upon arrival
- Welcome and Farewell group meals
- International Health Insurance
Make sure to check out these scholarship opportunities!
- Holbert N. Carroll Memorial Fund to Support Study and Travel Abroad (offered via the Political Science Department): https://www.polisci.pitt.edu/undergraduate/awards
- European Studies Center Study Abroad Scholarship (offered via European Studies Center): https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/undergrads/scholarships-and-fellowships
- Harris N. Miller and Deborah A. Kahn Study Abroad in Europe Award (offered via European Studies Center): https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/esc/undergrads/scholarships-and-fellowships
- Robert P. Donnorummo Study Abroad Scholarships (offered via the Center for Russian, East Europe, and Eurasian Studies): https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/students/undergrads/internal-funding/study-abroad-scholarships
- Susan M. Hicks Memorial Fund Study Abroad Scholarships (offered via the Center for Russian, East Europe, and Eurasian Studies): https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/students/undergrads/internal-funding/study-abroad-scholarships
- Nationality and Heritage Room scholarships (some are not room specific, and therefore could work well with the Pitt in Romania program): https://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/opportunities/scholarships.
This program will run for five weeks. While exact dates are still to be confirmed, you can expect to arrive in early May and depart in early June.