Echoes of Empire: Mediterranean Study Abroad Class
Next summer, UA Little Rock students can explore how empire, migration, and memory have shaped the modern Mediterranean on a 16-day study abroad program in France and Morocco.
Led by UA Little Rock history professors Nathan Marvin and Katrina Yeaw, the program includes visits to Paris and Marseille in France and Rabat, Fes, and Marrakech in Morocco. Students will examine the history and legacies of European colonialism in France and North Africa, as well as the enduring connections between the two regions. The program highlights how historical forces continue to shape contemporary debates over identity, migration, and memory across the Mediterranean.
Students will connect classroom readings to lived experience through museum visits, guided tours, and on-site seminars. On-site learning in historic neighborhoods, coastal ports, and medinas will help students engage directly with the places where history unfolded.
For those interested in deepening their knowledge before departure, the course Modern Empires in the Mediterranean will be offered, as HIST 48903, during the first seven weeks of the spring semester. Enrollment is encouraged but not required for participation in the study abroad program.
A program fee covers airfare, lodging, ground transportation, guided activities, and group meals. Students are responsible for tuition, passport fees, personal spending money, and some meals. The full program cost is $6,885 per participant, but each participant receives a $3,500 scholarship from Middle East Studies, reducing the student cost to $2,634–$3,384 (plus Summer II tuition).
Dates to Remember
- Jan. 28, 2026, application deadline
- Feb. 11, 2026, first payment due
- April 2026, pre-departure orientation
Learn more about the program online, or contact Nathan Marvin at [email protected] or Katrina Yeaw at [email protected].