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Field Trips and Conferences

The Levitt Center supports the concept that significant learning experiences can take place off campus. Therefore a number of innovative field trips have been sponsored, including a trip by government students to Kenya, a combined English/History trip to London, and a historical tour of significant sites from the Civil Rights Movement in the southeastern United States. More...

Student regularly take part in national and regional conferences, often with Levitt Center support. Examples include: a Hamilton College team at the Model United Nations, a group who attended an Amnesty International conference, and a team sent to Model European Union. 

Max Currier '10, (5th from right) with his roundtable discussion group.
Hamilton Student Attends Conference at West Point
November 9, 2009  
Max Currier '10, a government major participating in Hamilton's program in New York City, attended the 61st Annual Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA 61) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Nov. 4-7. This year's theme was "Advancing as a Global Community: Scarcity, Instability, and Opportunity." About 180 undergraduates attended from across the United States. More ...
 
 
Students travel to Tanzania
Summer, 2009
This summer, students enrolled in Women's Studies 332: Field Study Tanzania will embark on a 5-week trip to work with grassroots organizations in Tanzania. Led by Assistant Visiting Professor of Women's Studies Marla Jaksch, the group will co-create and participate in various collaborative service oriented field projects in the rural Masaai and Hadzabe lands, in the Arusha area, along the coast in Dar es Salaam communities, and with Swahili groups on the island of Zanibar. Kate Payne '10, who participated in the field school last year, commented that "This field study is ... a colorful exploration of Tanzanians outside of the stereotypes of "tribe" or war-torn Africa." Of the approximately 16 students headed for Tanzania, all are currently enrolled in women's studies 331: Seminar on Women's Movements and Grassroots Organizing: Tanzania. In preparation for the field study in Tanzania, this interdisciplinary course focuses on the social, economic, cultural, and political issues that influence and determine the women's movement and grassroots organizing in Tanzania. Students are exploring topics such as colonialism, globalization, neo-liberalism, gendered violence, HIV/AIDS, education, reproductive rights, feminist- centered interventions to eradicate poverty, and more.