This video was taken at the Kichwa Tembo camp which is located at the north edge of the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya at the base of the Oloololo Escarpment. The video was taken by some guests at the camp. I approached the guests and noticed they had a video camera and asked if they could share their video with us. They were kind enough to share this video with the Law School.
The dancers in the video are Maasai warriors from a nearby village. The Maasai are very patriarchal, semi-nomadic, cattle-herding society, many of whom still live in traditional villages. Maasai warriors are known for their bravery. The red-checked blankets (shuka’s) are traditional warrior costumes.
One of the dances they performed was their famous “jump” dance. In this dance, the warriors form a circle and compete to see who can jump the highest.
On April 27, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting UTS Professor Geoffrey Holland. Professor Holland is a participant in Widener Law’s summer program in Sydney since it moved to UTS in 2001. Additionally, Professor Holland spoke about freedom of speech laws in Australia as part of a faculty development event that day.
You should consider taking a trip to the “land Down Under” this June and study Comparative Family Law or International and Comparative Commercial Law in Sydney, Australia.
In association with the Law School of the University of Technology Sydney, we offer you a unique opportunity to study law while abroad in Sydney, Australia. Imagine finishing a stimulating class debate and then heading out for some scuba diving. Sydney has a wide range of activities and cultural opportunities for you to experience.
Are you going to Venice this summer? If so, you might want to check out the summer medieval carnival, the Market of the Gaite 2009 , in Bevagna, a region in Umbria (the official Italian site of the event). This event happens from June 19th through the 28th and it draws over 100,000 people to the tiny town every summer. On display: craftspersons demonstrating how paints, candles, paper, pharmaceutical herbs, and silk are made, as well as a demonstration of how fabrics are dyed; all this is done using the technologies of centuries ago.
There are also contests among the guilds during the festival. During our 2009 Spring Break, I joined Debb McCreery and Tony Doyle, for a first-hand tour of how some of these ancient crafts were produced.
In the photos: Serena, an Italian law student and our tour guide; showing us how paint is made; the streets of Bevagna.
The Geneva Study Abroad program runs in two segments: June 1- June 12 and June 12- June 26 (contact Arlene Trapuzzano artrapuzzano@widener.edu for information). While in Switzerland, be sure to join us for the June 5th one day trip to Geneva that will include a visit to the World Health Organization. The video below shows our trip through Switzerland including the famous water spout, Jet d’Eau on Lake Geneva.
Professor Tania Groppi from the University of Sienna spent a few days on the Delaware campus visiting with us at my invitation. I met Professor Groppi while in Tuscany a few weeks ago. She is a scholar in comparative constitutional law. She attended Professor David Hodas’ constitutional law class and talked with faculty at a luncheon on issues of comparative constitutional law.
Here is her message (she is seen here standing with Associate Dean and Professor Erin Daly)
“The faculty of Law at Widener is organizing some wonderful courses this summer in Tuscany – in Volterra and in Siena. We hope that this is a truly fruitful cooperative project; it will certainly be very interesting with many diverse experiences for both Italian and American students. It’s really very exciting for us.”
This year alumni and friends have been invited to join me in Volterra, Italy which includes lectures by Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland. A few weeks ago, I along with Debb Mccreery (Assistant Vice President for Law School Development and Alumni Relations ) and Tony Doyle (Assistant Dean, Educational Services, Graduate and International Programs), visited Rome, Tuscany, and Umbria. The video you see here is just a short compilation of sights and sounds from tuscany. for the longer version of our visit please see the photo collage video ( link here).
Next year i hope that you will be able to join us as one of our newest alumni.
