Semester Program in La Plata, Argentina
If you are interested in Latin America, you should consider the William & Mary program in La Plata, Argentina. La Plata is located thirty minutes outside of Buenos Aires.
This unique program is available exclusively to W&M students. We work with our partner, the Comision Provincial por la Memoria to provide a full-immersion program. This interdisciplinary program focuses on human rights.
You will have the opportunity to take courses at both the Comisión and at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. You will also complete an internship in human rights coordinated by the Comisión. You should have advanced or intermediate language skills for this program. Find more details here; Apply here.
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Links:
- Apply to the W&M La Plata Program
- Comisión Provincial por la Memoria
- Read a blog by a Monroe Scholar who used their time in La Plata in Spring 2018 to advance research toward their project in the National Security Archive
- Read a blog by a Fall 2017 La Plata student
- Read a blog by a Spring 2016 La Plata student
- Watch a video of "Crossing Borders in the Americas: A Roundtable on Immigration and Human Rights" (Spring 2015)
