{"id":27498,"date":"2026-08-24T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/?p=27498"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:11:21","slug":"study-at-the-institut-davignon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/2026\/08\/24\/study-at-the-institut-davignon\/","title":{"rendered":"Study at the Institut d\u2019Avignon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">This<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">summer,<\/span>\u00a0<strong><span class=\"___xxxjie0 f1w7gpdv f1gqqdtu\">Ian<\/span> <span class=\"___xxxjie0 f1w7gpdv f1gqqdtu\">McDavid<\/span><\/strong> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">spent<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">six<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">weeks<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">studying<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">at<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">the<\/span> <strong><span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">Institut<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">d\u2019Avignon<\/span><\/strong> in France, an experience he describes as both academically rewarding and culturally enriching. While in <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">Avignon,<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">he<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">completed<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">courses<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">on<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">frameworks<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">of<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">justice<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">and<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">injustice<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">and<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">the<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">history<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">of<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">Francophone<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">thought,<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">all<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">while<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">improving<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">his<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">confidence<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">and<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">flexibility<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">in<\/span> <span class=\"___1cs5bdp f1w7gpdv f5p0z4x\">the<\/span> <span class=\"___xxxjie0 f1w7gpdv f1gqqdtu\">French<\/span> <span class=\"___xxxjie0 f1w7gpdv f1gqqdtu\">language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><span><span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\">Avignon itself was a charmingly beautiful medieval town with a\u00a0<\/span>lively<span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0festival and something interesting hiding behind every corner within its walls. It served as an excellent springboard to see nearby places and was small enough to not be overwhelming for my first visit to France. In short, the people, the studies, the food, and the picturesque surroundings made this an experience I can<\/span>\u2019<span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\">t\u00a0<\/span>recommend<span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0enough and that has\u00a0<\/span>noticeably improved my comfort and flexibility in the French language, all in a 6-week blur.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer,\u00a0Ian McDavid spent six weeks studying at the Institut d\u2019Avignon in France, an experience he describes as both academically rewarding and culturally enriching. While in Avignon, he completed courses on frameworks of justice and injustice and the history of Francophone thought, all while improving his confidence and flexibility in the French language. &#8220;Avignon itself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25538,"featured_media":27499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16403],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27502,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498\/revisions\/27502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}