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The '''Chavagnes Studium''' is aan English-speaking international centre for the study of the Liberal Arts, founded in 2002 as part of [[Chavagnes International College]], an educational institution in the Vendée in the west of France. The Studium supports the postgraduate work of the Fellows of the College (currently seven in number)college, is involved in adult education and also organises seminars and conferences open to the public. From September 20162018 the Studium will be offeringoffers, in conjunction with the [[Institut catholique d'études supérieures]], a local Catholic university, a UK-validated [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in the Liberal Arts with French, based on the model followed by [[Liberal Arts]] Colleges in the United States.

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. These continue as the Chavagnes Studium Summer conference.

The new degree course will beis 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.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://chavagnes.org/studium/studies/ba-in-the-liberal-arts-with-french/overview/}}.</ref>