Chavagnes Studium

The Chavagnes Studium, part of Chavagnes International College

Arms of Chavagnes International College
Motto In electis tuis mitte radices
Motto in English
 "Put down roots in your elect"
Type Private
Established 2002
Affiliation Catholic
Principal Ferdi McDermott
Location Chavagnes-en-Paillers, France
Website chavagnes.org/studium/

The Chavagnes Studium is a centre for the study of the Liberal Arts, founded in 2002 as part of Chavagnes International College. The Studium supports the postgraduate work of the Fellows of the College (currently seven in number), is involved in adult education and also organises seminars and conferences open to the public. From September 2016 the Studium will be offering, in conjunction with the Institut catholique d'études supérieures, a local Catholic university, a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Liberal Arts with French, based on the model followed by Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States.

History

Chavagnes International College, and the Studium, occupy a building which was the first junior seminary in France after the Revolution.[1] The pursuit of religious and academic work goes back further, however, as there was a Benedictine foundation on the site from the 13th century.

Founding

Chavagnes was refounded as an International College in 2002, by a group of British teachers, but the plan to offer a degree level formation grew out of the experience of the Great Books Weeks, begun in Chavagnes in 2009 by Professor Anthony O'Hear of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. The Great Books Weeks are week-long meetings devoted to the study of literature and history held at Chavagnes during the summer.

Academics

The new degree course will be based on the intensive 2-year model perfected by the University of Buckingham in the UK. The content of the degree is particularly wide, but is the rough equivalent of a degree in comparative literature. Subjects studied include Literature, Mathematics, Science, History, Philosophy and Theology, French and optional Latin.

Other activities

Postgraduate study and research of Fellows of the College

Publication of a termly review, Eloquentia

Organisation of conferences. The 2016 summer Conference is to be held 2-4 August, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ R.P. Yves Chaille, Histoire du petit séminaire de Chavagnes-en-Paillers

External links

Eloquentia


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