Courses

Global Foodways

Global Foodways is the 2018-2019 World Affairs Signature Series sponsored by the School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs and South Carolina Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture and heritage.

A year of courses and events for understanding the global meanings of food featuring courses in anthropology, biology, Chinese, communications, environmental and sustainability studies, exercise science, French, health, history, Italian, religion, sociology, Southern studies, Spanish, Russian, and women’s and gender studies.

Exciting events, including tastings, cooking demonstrations, lectures and discussions, film screenings, and theatrical performances will bridge the local and the international to focus on: Community of the Table | Sustainable Eating Practices | Historical and Political Perspectives on Food

Fostering interdisciplinary conversations about food in the context of Sustainability Literacy.

Individual events have received generous co-sponsorship support from various schools, departments, programs, and administrative bodies at the College of Charleston. Thank you Academic Experience, African American Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, Center for Entrepreneurship, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, First-Year Experience, French, Francophone and Italian Studies, International Studies, School of the Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Theatre and Dance.

For more information, contact Dr. Lauren Ravalico, Director of Global Foodways: ravalicold@cofc.edu