Duke in Geneva
Globalization: Issues in Management and
Political Philosophy
July 3 to August 12, 2010*
* See the Program Schedule page for a more detailed itinerary, including information regarding travel to and from the program site.
The Global Education Office for Undergraduates, the Markets and Management Studies Program and the Philosophy Department of Duke University offer a six-week, two-course summer program in Geneva, Switzerland entitled, “Globalization: Issues in Business Management and Political Philosophy” under the direction of Professors Alex Rosenberg and Martha Reeves.
Home to a hundred multinational businesses, the European base of the United Nations (UN) and of all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which deal with it, Geneva provides a relevant location in which to study both the character and practice of international business and its impact on global issues of human rights, ecological protection, disarmament, and economic development.
Situated on the shores of beautiful Lake Geneva, the city of Geneva is famous as one of the centers of the Reformation, and since the 19th century the diplomatic focal point of Europe. Its Palace of Nations was first home to the post World War I League of Nations and since 1945 to the European headquarters of the United Nations. Geneva is the gateway to the French, Swiss, and Italian Alps. Mont Blanc and the high Alps are a short train journey from Geneva. Paris, Munich, and Venice are only a few hours away. Geneva is truly an international city in which French, German, Italian, and English are equally familiar as languages and accents.
