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In the summer, a weekly workshop is part of the academic curriculum for all M.A.L.S students. The Symposium consists of student-led seminars acquainting students with a broad range of topical issues and encourages articulate discussion and debate. Each student is required to complete two symposia (MALS 120), or
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- One Symposium and one Research Methods module (MALS 130), or
- One Symposium and one approved Symposium Substitute
The Symposium is open to the greater Dartmouth community and is a highlight of the summer term. Recent Symposium topics include:
- 2008: "1968"
- 2007: Prisonhouses of Democracy
- 2006: Challenging American Exceptionalism
- 2005: The Return of the Sacred: Fundamentalism and Politics
- 2004: Ideologies of Terrorism
- 2003: Race Matters
- 2002: From Literary to Cultural Studies
- 2000: The Americas in the 21st Century
- 1999: Globalization in the New Millennium
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