Traveling through Spain and Europe is one of the most important experiences for students of CIEE in Seville. The community in which they live every day is extended several days a month and the entire continent serves as a framework in which to further develop their learning. Anna Staufer and Brooke Larsen traveled to Berlin…
Alexandra Schonfeld and Anna Staufer introduce us to Fidel Pernia Artero, a baker who left his previous job to dedicate himself to his dream of opening a bakery and offering a bread of the highest quality.
The first time he took his son to his homeland, Jovan pointed to a mountain range and said those words. “My mother’s bones are buried in that mountain.” She died in a concentration camp during World War II, in a camp called Jasenovac, known as the “Yugoslav Auschwitz.” As far as Jovan knew, she died…
To others in the park, from afar she seems younger than she actually is. It could be her small frame, or her brown hair that falls in waves over her shoulders. At a closer glance, however, you can see the wrinkles on her face. You can almost see the years of smiles. Now, instead of…
Marie van Rysselberghe and Luis Sevilla offer us this outstanding portrait of the flamenco dancer Carina la Debla. Born in Germany, artist and teacher, the protagonist of this work shows us different facets of her profession and tells us about her conflicts, her joys and her learning of a path that goes far beyond the…
Pepin Lirola and his family owned Vilima, the first major department store in Seville. Located in the heart of the city, it is unmistakable but now abandoned. Pepin and his family sold Vilima 16 years ago and signaled the changing landscape of the Andalusian city. The man in his late fifties grasps his electronic cigarette…
Carlos González y Reyero is the heart of the cafe, El Viajero Sedentario, which is located in the popular Alameda de Hércules in Seville, a homey place where everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. It is Sunday afternoon, and the light is now leaving the sky. Walking in the Alameda de Hércules, to your left,…
Rosa and Manuel have been working for years in the famous Sevillian market of El Jueves. In this excellent project, Selina Guevara and Mollee Frankel bring us closer to the history of their lives, from the time they met until today. A life that has not been exactly easy and that in its last years…
Eduardo del Campo, a 45-year-old Sevillian journalist, listens to and writes the stories of people all over the world, including those in his own city. Here, he tells about how he met the relatives of Mehdi Zui in Benghazi, Libya, Frederic Oumar Kanouté in N’Gabacoro Droit, Mali, and Coral Camúñez Gómez in Las Tres Mil…
What is the story of your first kiss? Here or there, in Spain or the United States, our memories of this special moment are not so different. In this delicious project, Maddie Coy Bjork and Christa Huddleston propose us to approach the memories of people of different ages and feel again, with them, the nerves,…
