Schedule

Sunday, July 15   Arrive in D.C.

WEEK ONE
Seminar Focus:
Religious Freedom and Tenets of Democracy

Monday, July 16
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. (ICC 209A)
Welcome Session
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 209A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Lauve Steenhuisen, Department of Theology, Georgetown University, John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” and Religious Tenets of the New World
Afternoon free
 
Tuesday, July 17
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Offsite Visit: Library of Congress
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (St. Mary’s 126)
Leadership Seminar: Critical Thinking Skills, Professor Tom Cooke, the School of Business, Georgetown University
6:00 p.m.
Reception at Faculty Club

Wednesday, July 18
9:00 – 12 noon (ICC 209A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Diana Owen, Chair of American Studies, Georgetown University, Monitoring the American Political Process
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Community Service Component: Discussion with Bryan Thomas Kennedy
Leadership exercises with student mentors

Thursday, July 19
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 209A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Lauve Steenhuisen, Founding Principles of the Republic, Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man and The Federalist Papers
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Offsite visit: Dumbarton Oaks
Evening:
American Cultural Experience Night – The Movies

Friday, July 20
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
General Seminar: Emersonian Self-Reliance and Thoreau’s Defense of Civil Disobedience
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument

Saturday, July 21
Regional Travel: Williamsburg

Sunday, July 22
Study and free time

 

WEEK TWO
Seminar Focus:
American Multiculturalism and Equal Opportunity

Monday, July 23
9:00 a.m. - 12 noon (ICC 210A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Edward Ingebretsen, Department of English, Georgetown University, Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Equality, The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Community Service Component

Tuesday, July 24
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Tour of Virginia Battlefields, Potato Chip Factory
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Offsite visit: Harley Davidson Factory with Professor Tom Cooke
Evening: (ICC 221A)
Leadership exercises with student mentors

Wednesday, July 25
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 219A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Johnson, Department of History, Georgetown University, The Struggle for Civil Rights
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Community Service Component

Thursday, July 26
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 204B)
Guest Speaker: Professor Toby Chieffo-Reidway, Program in American Studies, Georgetown University, African-American Art and Representation
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Offsite visit:  Holocaust Memorial Museum  
Evening:
American Cultural Experience Night: Phantom of the Opera at the Kennedy Center

Friday, July 27
9:00 – 12 noon
Offsite visit: The White House
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (ICC 221A)
General Seminar Discussion Group

Saturday, July 28
Regional Travel: New York City

Sunday, July 29
Study and free time

 

WEEK THREE
Seminar Focus:
The American Political Process in Action

Monday, July 30
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 204B)
General Seminar:  The Supreme Court: Decisions and Tensions
Guest Speaker: Professor Robert Foust, The Graduate School of Political Management, The George Washington University, U.S. Congress and Bi-Partisan Politics 
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Community Service Component

Tuesday, July 31
9:00 a.m. - 12 noon (ICC 204 B)
Leadership Seminar: Professor Thomas Cooke, Negotiation and Influence
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.  (ICC 221A)
Offsite visit: Supreme Court
Evening: (ICC 210A)
Guest Speaker: Professor Veronica Di Conti, Associate Dean, The School of Continuing Studies, Polling and the Electoral Process

Wednesday, August 1
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 120)
Guest Speakers: Professor Patricia O’Connor, Department of English, Georgetown University and Rev. Elvin Johnson
1:00 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Community Service Component

Thursday, August 2: DC CONFERENCE

12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Students arrive in Washington, D.C.

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Check-in at Madison Hotel

5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Reception for all Institute Participants(Mt. Vernon Room)
Boxed dinner (sandwich, fruit, etc.) will be provided.

8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Washington, DC Tour
Students will board buses providing tour of cultural/historic sites of Washington, DC

Friday, August 3: DC CONFERENCE

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast(Mt. Vernon Room)
Please dress in professional attire or traditional dress.

(Following events are in the Dolley Madison Room, unless noted otherwise)

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by U.S. Department of State and AED

9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
Debriefing Session by the U.S. Department of State and Awards Ceremony
American Studies Quiz Game; winning Institute announced Presentation of American Studies Certificates

Alumni Network Seminar
The session will focus on establishing an active alumni association/network and introducing students to State Department alumni activities. The seminar will provide an opportunity to begin organizing their country/regional chapters in small group sessions.

Alumni Regional Coordinators
U.S. Department of State

12:00 Noon to 1 p.m.
Lunch(Dolley Madison Room)
Keynote Speaker of national prominence
To be selected in consultation with host institutions who have access to Congressional representatives, experts in Institute themes, etc.
With ECA approval, members of the media will be invited.

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Overview of the U.S. Federal Government
Visit to Capitol Hill for briefings on the legislative process

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Buffet Dinner (Mt. Vernon Room)

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Cultural Fair (Dolley Madison Room)
Please dress in professional attire or traditional dress.
Participants from each of the countries represented in the program will have an opportunity to share their cultures. A series of booths containing traditional crafts, pictures, art, etc. will be set up by nationality and staffed by participants for guests, media, staff, and students to peruse.
Washington, DC public Middle School and/or High School students will be invited to attend the Cultural Fair, and can sign up to be partnered with a pen pal in any of the countries represented by the Institute participants. Arrangements for students will be made with invited DC public schools.

Saturday, August 4: DC CONFERENCE

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast (Mt. Vernon Room)
Please dress in business casual attire.

(Following events will take place in the Dolley Madison Room)

10:30 a.m. - 12:00p.m.
"Connecting the Pieces of the American Puzzle"
Institute Participant Presentations (part 1 of 2)
Students will give ½ hour group presentations summarizing their Institute experiences, including conceptualization of program themes and regional history/culture. As students complete the presentation, they will add their respective U.S. region to a PowerPoint map of the U.S., which will also be posted on the website along with their presentations.

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
"Connecting the Pieces of the American Puzzle"
Presentations by Institute Participants (part 2 of 2)
Wrap-up and Discussion of Presentations

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Workshop Evaluation

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Pick-up Cultural and Meal Allowance
Students can pick-up their cultural and meal allowance.
From experience, AED has learned that program participants strongly prefer a free evening to socialize in DC, rather than having a planned event.

4:30 p.m. - on
Free evening
Students will be provided with a DC Calendar of Events with information on the Millenium Stage, Smithsonian Museums,restaurants, neighborhoods, Metro guide, etc. in their conference agenda folders.

Sunday, August 5: DC CONFERENCE
8:00 a.m.
Hotel check-out
Students will return their room keys to AED staff and leave their luggage for pick-up after breakfast.

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast (Mt. Vernon Room)

10:00 a.m.
Airport Departures Begin
Institute participants will be grouped by country for trips to the airport. Escorts will travel with the participants to the airport and confirm participants’ departures through security gates.

WEEK FOUR
Seminar Focus:
Creating Americana: Visual Culture, Popular Music, and the Illustration of American Ideals and Tensions

Monday, August 6
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 204B)
General Seminar: Hollywood and the Export of American Ideals
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Community Service Component

Tuesday, August 7
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (Car Barn, Second Floor)
Leadership Seminar: Negotiation and Influence
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Car Barn, Second Floor)
Leadership Seminar: Developing a Personal Leadership Action Plan
Evening: (ICC 210A)
Leadership exercises with student mentors

Wednesday, August 8
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Offsite visit: Corcoran Gallery (Supreme Court if can be scheduled)
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Community Service Component

Thursday, August 9
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon (ICC 204B)
General Seminar: Professor Patrick Warfeld, Department of Music, Georgetown University, On the American Century: Popular Music—Jazz, Rock, Rap
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Offsite visit: Associated Press
Evening:
American Cultural Experience Night: Georgetown Loews 14

Friday, August 10
9:00 – 12 noon
Offsite visit: Sidwell Friends School
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Award ceremony: Riggs Library
Evening:
Jazz concert in Georgetown

Saturday, August 11
Saying Goodbye