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“Food and Culture in Greece” is an active and intensive, three-week program that allows participants to develop an intimate, hands-on appreciation for the role of food in Greece’s rich and storied past and to see how it mediates social, political, environmental, cultural and economic processes in contemporary life as well. Through structured engagements with influential texts in food studies and Greek food, culture and history and guided encounters in key food related locations (ancient and contemporary) across the country participants will gain important insights into Greek cuisine in the thr

Why does it matter what people eat, and how does our relationship to food reflect who we are? How can comprehension of food ways enrich our experience abroad? This course is an interdisciplinary analysis of foodways in Italy, with a special focus on Tuscany, using the tools of anthropology, history, geography, sociology, journalism and marketing. We'll examine the issues affecting the world's food today, how food production and consumption are changing and Italy's strategies for protecting its diverse food traditions.

This course will enrich your knowledge of the arts in France from their origin to the present. Through this chronological approach to studying art history all the important movements are touched upon and placed in their political, economic, social and cultural contexts. In the fall course, you will study the history of France from the dawn of time to the French Revolution, from cave paintings (Lascaux) to the Rococo movement. In the spring course, you will study paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries with emphasis on the works housed in the Orsay Museum in Paris.

Required for all intermediate and advanced students.

Students will learn how to express their emotions, interests, passions, and opinions, as well as those of others.

This course is offered each term at all levels (A2-C1).

Required for all beginner and elementary students.Les objectifs sont:Développer des connaissances dans des domaines variés de la vie socialeAcquérir et développer des stratégies d’apprentissage visant à l’autonomieCompréhension écrite : comprendre l’essentiel d’annonces, de messages simples et de documents informatifsCompréhension orale : comprendre des expressions quotidiennes et des messages courtsExpression écrite : produire des textes courts et simples sur des sujets familiersExpression orale : se présenter et présenter quelqu’un de manière simple.

This course is offered at all levels (beginner, elementary, intermediate and advanced) every term. You will take a placement test on-site in Angers to determine their level of instruction at CIDEF. If you test into beginner or elementary level, you will have additional mandatory courses.

A comprehensive course in which you assimilate and practice the French language through the practice of the four fundamental skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing.

A comprehensive course in which you assimilate and practice the French language through the practice of the four fundamental skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing.