Highlights

Each year starting in July and ending in November students and faculty from North America and Africa come together to engage in a deep and multifaceted intellectual engagement with human rights. In addition to a required core course introducing the human rights framework, students choose from 12 electives exploring human rights from the perspective of a variety of academic disciplines.

IHRE also opens up possibilities for substantive participation in human rights work. Students enrolled in the Engagement with Human Rights course intern with an NGO working on contemporary rights in post-apartheid South Africa.

In addition to their coursework, students will: explore human rights challenges in rural South Africa through a Community Human Rights Workshop at Wits Rural; visit the Apartheid Museum and other relevant sites; and attend guest lectures by human rights experts from South Africa and around the world.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

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Credit Available

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This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory

Participants Travel to South Africa

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

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Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Bard College's Mission Statement

The Institute for International Liberal Education was formed at Bard in 1998. Its mission is to advance the theory and practice of international liberal arts education. We believe that in the post-Cold War era international educational partnerships must be based on mutuality and equality, and that it is important for international exchange to occur at the undergraduate level. Our long-term partnerships are characterized by the exchange of students, faculty, and curricular elements. Comprehensive exchanges afford the best possibility for the participants, both in and out of the classroom, to enter into direct, sustained dialogue on intellectual and cultural issues precisely the kind of international dialogue that is needed to respond to the global challenges of the 21st century. Unlike the unilateral "exchanges" of the past, substantive academic partnerships based on mutual respect and understanding enrich learning and teaching for all the students and faculty involved. The IILE does not seek to export American models and methods. Rather, our aim is to create dynamic relationships through which we and our partner institutions can learn from each others' ideas and experience. The Institute's projects are located in regions undergoing rapid political and economic transformation (currently Russia, East Central Europe, and South Africa). Our partners are leading universities with an interest in educational reform.

Year Founded

1860