Topic: Cultural Heritages and Learning in Inner Asia

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This international travel and service-learning course involves a week's stay at a cultural site in Mongolia and 2 weeks travel in North China. Stduents will work with Mongolian communities in restoring a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and conduct oral history research. Historical walks, museum tours, guest lectures at local universities, home visits and theatre performances will be included to help students cultivate an inter-Asian perspective in cross-cultural learning.