Study Abroad in Cyprus this Summer!
Learn about Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping on the Ground!TAMTCO in association with the College of Extended and International Education, California State University Dominguez Hills
Offers its First Cyprus Summer Institute - 2012 Student Study Abroad Program:
TAMTCO in association with the College of Extended and International Education, California State University Dominguez Hills Offer their First Cyprus Summer Institute - 2012 Student Study Abroad Program: CYPRUS THE DIVIDED ISLAND 
Program Description
Cyprus is the beautiful “Island of Aphrodite” located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by Turkey to the north, Syria to the east, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan to the southeast, Suez to the south, and Egypt to the southwest. Historically, it has been at the cross roads to the Middle East and contains a plethora of centuries-old historic ruins including 19 castles throughout, one of which was the site of the marriage of Richard the Lion Heart. The island is known officially as the Republic of Cyprus, having gained its independence from Great Britain in 1960. It contains the last divided capital in the world (Nicosia) and is the only major conflict area in the world that is safe to visit because there is no violence.
The island has been divided between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots since 1974. Following the 1960 independence, in 1962 the Greek Cypriots ethnically cleansed the Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, Turkey sent troops to the island to protect the Turkish Cypriots and in the process committed their own ethnic cleansing of Greek Cypriots. That resulted in Turkish troops occupying approximately the northern one-third of the island, and that situation continues today with UN troops preserving the peace by manning the “Green Line” that runs across the island dividing the two communities. With the exception of Turkey, the international community only recognizes the Republic of Cyprus (Greek Cypriot) government as controlling the entire island. However, Turkey has recognized and supports a separate regime in the northern occupied part of the island that is referred to as the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.” Efforts over the last 37 years to reunite the two communities with separate ethnicities and religions (Christian and Muslim) have so far been unsuccessful, notwithstanding the presence on the island of delegations from more countries than at any other conflict area attempting to accomplish what has proven to be impossible. 
Academic Program
NCR 495 (Undergraduate)/NCR 595 (Graduate) – 3 Units –Independent Studies in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding: Memory and Resolution of Post-Conflict Ethnic Division (Pre-requisite: Permission of instructors)
Instructors: TBA (From USA and Cyprus)
Course Description: Explores how the roles of history and memory have a long-term impact on intractable ethnic conflict, using Cyprus as an actual “on the ground” experimental case study. Students will learn how the narrative, commemoration, identity, and emotional aspects of memory become embedded in communities experiencing long-term ethnic conflict, and what can be accomplished by constructively dealing with issues of the past in terms of achieving future reconciliation. Format will consist of lecture/recitation/discussion and occasional presentation of differing views from education, government, political, and citizen grassroots representatives of each community. These will be enhanced through extensive site visits and excursions throughout the island. The site visits and excursions will include historical education and exposure to bi-communal governmental, political, and community viewpoints, as well as to international and UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts. Program also anticipates private home visits on both sides of the island, plus inclusion of a limited number of Greek and Turkish Cypriot students so that the American participants will have the real experience of interacting with youth from both communities while discussing the Cyprus Problem.
Additional Information:
Lodging: Students will be housed in a modern, upscale hotel located in the center of the divided capital city of Nicosia, within walking distance of its business/shopping district, nightlife venues, and cafes. The hotel provides stylish guest double rooms, each equipped with modern amenities. Among these are buffet breakfasts, use of an indoor swimming pool and health & fitness center, spar, business center, etc.
Classroom: Lectures will take place in the J. William Fulbright Center located in the “Buffer Zone” of the “Green Line,” separating the two divided communities, with direct access to both north and south. The lectures will be greatly enhanced through historical and cultural activities and excursions that will be designed to occur during four afternoons (two per week) in each part of the divided island. The class will be conducted for ten days over two weeks (Monday through Friday); class sessions will take place in the mornings and on-site visits will be conducted throughout the island during five afternoons. In-home visits including meals with families from both communities will be arranged. Present estimated cost, subject to necessary specific budgeting adjustments, value of the U.S. dollar to the Euro, and minimum number of 10 students, is $3,810.00 per student for the program (includes CSUDH tuition for three units, double-occupancy lodging, breakfasts, welcome and farewell dinners, meals in family homes, ground transportation for excursions and the two dinners, admission fees to excursion historical, etc., sites, all ground costs directly connected with the program, and the required text), payable to CSUDH. NOTE: NOT included in the program fee are: Airfare, lunches, dinners (except welcome, farewell, and those in family homes), transportation to and from the hotel, transportation to and from the airport, recreational equipment rental, visas, reference books, and additional hotel charges of any kind, such as telephone, fax, copying, food, drinks, and single occupancy if available, etc., and the required personal travel insurance. Registration deadline is Friday, March 2, 2012.
Specific dates for the program are June 3-16, 2012. Prior to departure, students must deliver proof of medical/accident/travel insurance that will cover the expense of serious illness or accident, as well as accidental death and dismemberment coverage, emergency evacuation, and repatriation of remains. Neither CSUDH nor TAMTCO (the program provider) will be responsible for students who do not have medical/accident/travel insurance. Also, all students must execute a CSU Approved Waiver of Liability form prior to departure.
Questions and Inquiries should be directed to A. Marco Turk, Professor Emeritus, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding program (310.243.2295 or amturk@csudh.edu).
Pre-Trip Reference Information Regarding the Island of Cyprus and Its Conflict may be obtained from: James Ker-Lindsay, THE CYPRUS PROBLEM: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press, (paperback 2011).
Useful links: Visit the U.S. Department of State traveler information for Cyprus.
Questions and Inquiries
These should be directed to A. Marco Turk, Professor Emeritus, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding (310.243.2295 or amturk@csudh.edu).
Pre-Trip Reference Information Regarding the Island of Cyprus and Its Conflict: James Ker-Lindsay, THE CYPRUS PROBLEM: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press, (paperback 2011).
To enroll, call 310-243-3741.