Top of the World: Clara Kim, Danny Fullerton, Kristen Hamel, Ranga Jayawardena, Hillary Bray, and Timothy Meadors take in the view of the city from the top of the Heritage Foundation building.
The White House in the Spring: Phil Hernandez, intern at the White House, led his fellow W&M in Washington scholars, Professor Cheng, and Program administrators on a tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as a capstone to the semester.
Some of DC's Famous Sites: Phil Hernandez, Kat Bernardo, Celesta Palmer, and Harrison Roday goof off around DC's monuments during orientation.
An Afternoon of Relaxation: Matayo Moshi, Stephen Marietta, and Phil Hernandez take a break from studying and enjoy a local alum's pool for the afternoon.
DC Central Kitchen: Elizabeth Bolton and Celesta Palmer spend time helping the kitchen by preparing potatoes for the less fortunate.
Ice Skating in the Sculpture Garden: W&M in Washington students enjoy an evening of skating by the National Gallery of Art during orientation.
Monuments by Moonlight: Spring students join in the history at the FDR Memorial.
Cherry Blossoms: Timothy Meadors, Matayo Moshi, Kristen Hamel, Ranga Jayawardena, Devin Hernandez, and Danny Fullerton explore DC's famous Cherry Blossoms with Roxane and Katie.
Spring 2010 – Pr. Cheng
"International Politics in Economic Hard Times," taught by T.J. Cheng, Government
This semester's theme is devoted to studying great power dynamics in economic hard times. Like major wars, economic crises can trigger the rise and fall of great powers, or power transition. The Great Depression in the 1930s and the debacle of the 1933 international finance conference clearly marked the decline of British hegemony. Massive war-time economic expansion and the 1944 Bretton Woods conference announced the arrival of American hegemony. Some have denoted the current global financial crisis as the beginning of the end of the dollar hegemony and American economic leadership. Our aim will be to understand the origins, processes, and consequences of international economic (especially financial) crises from comparative-historical perspectives.
