{"id":124287,"date":"2025-01-27T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=124287"},"modified":"2025-01-27T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:07:19","slug":"summer-food-studies-course-in-italy-deadline-feb-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/summer-food-studies-course-in-italy-deadline-feb-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Food Studies Course in Italy (Deadline Feb. 1)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join OWU Professor Chris Fink this summer in sunny Italy to study and experience first-hand, the Italian Mediterranean diet.\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umbra.org\/courses\/?semesters=summer&amp;programs=all&amp;instructor=all&amp;course_type=all&amp;credits=all&amp;special_programs=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Umbra Institute<\/a> in Perugia, Italy hosts the 5-week program<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In this course, you will examine the history of the Mediterranean Diet, how it rose to prominence, and how it is put into practice in and through the community: at markets, kitchens, gardens, in general discourse and rhetoric, and at the dinner table in present-day Italy, particularly in Perugia, and more broadly in Umbria.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from course content, students will have the opportunity to get hands-on experiences outside of the classroom to understand the nature of food and community more effectively. Students also have the option to add a second elective course from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umbra.org\/courses\/?semesters=summer&amp;programs=all&amp;instructor=all&amp;course_type=all&amp;credits=all&amp;special_programs=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.umbra.org\/courses\/?semesters%3Dsummer%26programs%3Dall%26instructor%3Dall%26course_type%3Dall%26credits%3Dall%26special_programs%3Dall&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736984994566000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0MW7V2G2J8ihkReDOCocNh\">Umbra&#8217;s offerings<\/a>\u00a0for an additional fee. Click\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/about\/offices-services-directory\/international-off-campus-programs-iocp\/study-abroad-off-campus-programs\/summer-study-abroad\/owu-food-studies-at-umbra-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/about\/offices-services-directory\/international-off-campus-programs-iocp\/study-abroad-off-campus-programs\/summer-study-abroad\/owu-food-studies-at-umbra-summer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736984994566000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2saUAsIbflyFjyZ8rHJipy\">here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to learn more and apply.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are due\u00a0Feb. 1, 2025. Contact Dr. Fink (<a href=\"mailto:clfink@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clfink@owu.edu<\/a>) or Lisa Ho (<a href=\"mailto:leho@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leho@owu.edu<\/a>) for more information.<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: IOCP<br \/>\nContact: Lisa Ho at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:leho@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leho@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join OWU Professor Chris Fink this summer in sunny Italy to study and experience first-hand, the Italian Mediterranean diet.\u00a0The\u00a0Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy hosts the 5-week program. 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