From 1945, Austria, the country that was left when the borders of Europe were redefined after WW I, tried to (re-)establish itself as a nation. Similar to the problem of German national identity, the Austrian definition of a nation widely uses...
Study of the rich cultural history of Austria from the Celtic and Roman heritage (150 B.C. – 400 A.D.), the Bajuvarian immigration from Southern Germany (starting about 500 A.D.), the Babenberg dynasty (976 – 1246), the Habsburg Empire (1278 – 1918)...
"There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk." - M.F.K. Fischer, The Gastronomical Me
As culinary historian Massimo Montanari argues, everything that has to do with food – from the choices made by primitive...
"There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk." - M.F.K. Fischer, The Gastronomical Me
As culinary historian Massimo Montanari argues, everything that has to do with food – from the choices made by primitive...
In 2010, UNESCO declared that French cuisine met all of the conditions to be considered “a culture recognized and classified in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.” This course will be an anthropological, cultural, sociological, historic...
Medieval men and women were captivated and amazed by images. This is because images have the potential of generating psychological, cognitive, and emotional responses while communicating social and cultural ideas and concerns. In recent years...
In the early 2000s, the NY Times has called Spain “the new France”. Since then, Barcelona has become known as a culinary capital of the world, thanks in large part to the legacy of chef Ferran Adrià and his followers. How can we explain this...
This is a survey of the history of opera from its Renaissance-era beginnings to the Classical period. Opera as a performance form will be analyzed in context of pervasive socio-political, artistic, architectural, and musical climates at various...
This is a survey of the history of opera from the Romantic period to the present. Opera as a performance form will be analyzed in context of pervasive socio-political, artistic, architectural, and musical climates at various stages of its development...
The course will aim to enrich students’ general knowledge of the fields of art and fashion over the past century and to give them the keys to a set a good communication strategy. By acquiring a base in the history of fashion and communication...