by Kimani Isaac | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post will be short, but I’m on my way to the desert! I will return to my French classes in a week, but right now I’m on my way to Marrakech. It’s the city I’ve heard the most about since I’ve come here. But honestly I’m more...
by Hannah Whitehouse | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s my last day in Athens. I’m downright sad that I have to leave this place so soon, but I can easily say that I will be back sometime in the near future. No questions asked. As cliché as it sounds, there are not words to fully sum up my experience with El...
by Chris LaMountain | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Without surgery or X-ray imaging, bodily fluids became the ancient physician’s primary insight into the body. With this, it’s understandable why the wetness of the body was used as one of the principle physes to differentiate feminine from masculine....
by Chris LaMountain | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the first hoop to jump through while attempting to understand the cultural conception of the “female” body in Ancient Greece is to understand their approach to gender. According to Laqueur, in his Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to...
by Kimani Isaac | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
A ton happened last week. Okay, to catch everyone up: I went on a trip to Chefchaouen last weekend. On Wednesday, I changed my host families, and then just last night was the clubbing experience. This post is about the clubbing experience. I’m going to make...
by Hatim Rachdi | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
In German, Stammtisch means table so as does this blog. It is going to take you through my adventures in Berlin. The blog will cover my day to day life learning German as well as my trips to the museums and historic sites. TPS is a place to get to know me throughout a...