READ. Travel. Learn.
We want you to get the most out of your trip through immersing yourself in the culture around you.
Prior knowledge of your destination will help you in doing so.
The literature below will lead you to some of our favorite reading and listening material!
Prior knowledge of your destination will help you in doing so.
The literature below will lead you to some of our favorite reading and listening material!
Italy Readings:
Lionel Casson, Everyday Life in Ancient Rome Christopher Duggan, A Concise History of Italy Anthony Everitt, The Rise of Rome J.H. Plum, The Italian Renaissance Thomas E. Woods, Jr. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization |
Spain Readings:
Giles Tremlett, Ghosts of Spain: Travels through Spain & It’s Silent Past John Hooper, The New Spainards Chris Stewart, Driving over Lemons Matt Goulding, Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels through Spain’s Food Culture Stanley Lane-Poole, The Story of the Moors in Spain |
UK Readings:
Ronald Hyam, Understanding the British Empire. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Settler’s Cookbook. Tariq Modood, Multicultural Politics. Thomas Martin, Bob Moore & L.J. Butler, Crises of Empire Simon Winder, The Man Who Saved Britain |
Ireland Readings:
Brian Jenkins, Irish Nationalism and the British State Rosemany Mahoney, Whoredom in Kimmage: the Private Lives of Irish Women John Conroy, Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life |