UCEAP HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL MEMORY

FALL 2016

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PROGRAM CALENDAR

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Human Rights and Cultural Memory, Buenos Aires & Santiago 2016-17 Event Date Fall Official UCEAP Start Date August 19, 2016 Required Orientation August 19-26, 2016 Intensive Spanish Instruction August 22-26, 2016 Visit to Estancia August 27 or 28, 2016 Classes August 29-October 6, 2016 Buenos Aires Farewell Dinner October 7, 2016

Buenos Aires Housing Checkout October 8, 2016

Break - Travel to Santiago October 8-13, 2016 Arrival in Santiago October 14, 2016

Santiago Required Orientation October 15, 2016

Classes October 17-November 29, 2016 Official End Date November 30, 2016

(Students may leave)

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO MEET YOU!

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Murphy Expanish General Manager

Carmen Gloria Guiñez UC Study Center Coordinator

BUENOS AIRES

ARGENTINA

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Asado

Malbéc wine

Mate

Ché

Dulce de leche

Alfajores

Tango

Fútbol (soccer)

Psychotherapy

Education

Polo

Soja (soy)

Software

Theater

Design

Argentina is Known Internationally for…

FAST FACTS

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DEMOGRAPHICS

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References: www.brandeis.edu/globalbrandeis/documents/Argentina_FINAL.pdf

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CAPITAL FEDERAL - BUENOS AIRES

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EXPANISH OFFICE

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► You will be one of around 60 UC students.

HOUSING IN BA

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► Your housing provides: Spanish speaking home Dinners shared with your host Argentine food according to

allergies Weekly cleaning of your room Sheets and towels for use at home *Please budget for lunch & snacks

Homestay (with breakfast & dinner)

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES AND FIELD TRIPS

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► Café con leche: AR$45 pesos ~ usd$3 ► Beverage: AR$20 pesos ~ usd$1.50 ► Snack: AR$20 pesos ~ usd$1.50 ► Meal out: AR$100-300++ pesos ~ usd$7-21 ► One bus/subway ride: AR$7.50 pesos ~ usd$0.50

► AVERAGE COSTS IN AR$ and U$D

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► Learn More About Argentina

CHINESE TAKE-AWAY

UCEAP Argentina Current and former students

Macri v. Los K & la Campora (Media links on UCEAP program webpage in English and Spanish, also tourism, blogs)

ESPERANDO LA CARROZA

WILD TALES Oscar-nominated

Oscar-nominated

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► CELL PHONES (for local calls)

You provide Provided for you

Pay-as-you-go (with local BA number)

Bring (unlocked) or purchase in BA – less expensive to buy

in USA

or

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► CURRENCY AND FINANCES

BREAK TRAVEL TO CHILE

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CHILE

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Long and narrow country that stretches 2,880 miles From north to south and 265 miles at its widest point to the west. Remarkable variety of landscapes Climate: From the driest at the north to Mediterranean in the central

Coast and oceanic to the south.

Population: 16.5 million approx.

SANTIAGO

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UCEAP Study Center Universidad Alberto Hurtado

SANTIAGO MAP

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HAPPY HOUSE Moneda Street 2350, Santiago +56 2 26884849

HOSTEL AND HOST UNIVERSITY LOCATION

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HOME STAY: ÑUÑOA

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UCEAP ORIENTATION RANCHO EL AÑIL

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UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO Sección de cooperación internacional

Office hours 10:00 – 13:00 /15:00 – 17:00 Constanza Bauer Coordinator for International Relations E-mail: cbauer@uahurtado.cl +56 2 26920414 Paulina López Assistant for Student Services E-mail: palopezt@uahurtado.cl +56 2 28897788 Address: Almirante Barroso 10, 3rd floor, of. 304 – Santiago.

HOST UNIVERSITY

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UAH is situated in the heart of Santiago. The university, located in Barrio Brasil in Downtown Santiago, is in a neighborhood of historic conservation and is only two blocks away from the government palace.

UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO LOCATION

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Visits to: Fundación Cerro Navia: Non-profit, fights against social exclusion. Fundación Santa Adriana: Non-profit, works with drug abusers. Villa Grimaldi: detention center during Chilean dictatorship. Museo de la Memoria: Chilean dictatorship and its victims. Londres 38: detention center during Chilean dictatorship. Cementerio General. Fundación las Rosas: Work with the elderly.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (2016) AT UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO

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UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO’S MAIN ENTRANCE

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BARRIO BRASIL

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1. Gathering with Fall semester students 2. Visit Casa Pablo Neruda, Isla Negra

STUDY CENTER ACTIVITIES

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN

BUENOS AIRES SOON!