Overview and framework of the GLS freshmen presentation from 9/21/2010; includes discussion of cosmopolitanism; overview of the sites; and a key issues in determining which site to select.
GLS Freshmen Presentation: Passport to a Global Future
1. Passport to a Global Future GLS, the GNU, and Your Life as a Student of the World
2. The Global Core: Heart and Foundation Great Works Curriculum Study in and of the city/world: Use of Local and global resources Foundation for future work "What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.“ --Isaac Newton, in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke in 1676
3. There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.Charles Dudley Warner
4. Cosmopolitanism “The question was put to him what country he was from, and he replied, “I am a citizen of the world’.” Diogenes (404-423 BC) as reported in Diogenes Laertius The Lives and Opinions of the Ancient Philosophers 3rd Century AD Cosmopolitas: Cosmos (world) + Politas (city) Twin Impulses: Recognizes that we are responsible for one another Recognizes that we each hold a multiplicity of cultural heritages, languages, and perspectives Not cultural relativism: a shared dialogue about and responsibility for what’s right and wrong
7. GLS, the GNU, and Glocalism Global and Local In and of the city, in and of the world Creating a community of micro-communities without homogenizing Find home abroad, finding abroad home NYC as model: 40% born outside of the US; Global to its core
14. MadridStudents spend the full year at each site to most deeply immerse themselves in local language and culture, as well as to best explore the resources in these global idea capitals for their research.
53. Coffee & News: Monthly Current Event Discussions with local Students
54. Affiliated Institutions: the Sorbonne (Paris I, II, VII, X); Institutd’EtudePolitiques, EcoleNormaleSuperieur, Ecole des Hautes Etude en Sciences Sociales, InstitutCatholique