Prof. Herbst was an inaugural faculty member of UC San Diego’s Global Seminars in 2008 and has led 12 programs, which have taken place in: France (2008), Turkey (2009 – 2012), England (2013), Thailand & Cambodia (2014), New Zealand (2017), Italy (2018), Australia (2019), and domestic program (2022). His programs in Japan (2020) and New York City (2021) were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.   In 2022, he offers a disability/environmental program in Northern California and then in 2023, his twelfth program examines indigenous history in Southern California.

He has led four other international programs:  Two Spring Break Intercultural Service Programs in Turkey for UCSD undergraduate students (2013, 2014) and two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes in Turkey for secondary education teachers (2013, 2015).

UC San Diego offers a wide range of study abroad opportunities for students across the globe, wherever you may find interest.   These include semester-long, year-long, and  summer programs.  One option among the summer programs are Global Seminars. Global Seminars are 5-week, 8-unit, 2-course faculty-led programs with ~25 students.

For MMW programs abroad and other Global Seminars, as well as other opportunities abroad, visit the Programs Abroad Office website.