Buona Pasqua a Tutti!
Apr | 05
With Monday as a national holiday, students have the day off which equates to a long weekend. Some students are gone for a last weekend away, outside of Italy, while others will spend the weekend with their families who are... Read More
Workshop della Pizza
Apr | 02
Last night was the Umbra Pizza Workshop...but with a twist. As part of Professor Robert Proctor's "Intensive Italian Through Culture" program, students got a brief history of pizza from staff member Zach Nowak, made pizzas with the direction of headpizzaiolo Felice,... Read More
Modern Umbrian Frescoes
Apr | 02
Olivia Lott and Jon Ernest have been following in the footsteps of legendary pittori italiani as they create a fresco from the ground up – or, really, from the wall out – with Professor William Pettit. The pair began by learning the... Read More
Umbra Professor Presents at Oxford
Apr | 02
Alessandro Celani Presents at Oxford September 21-23Umbra Professor Alessandro Celani will be presenting at an international conference to be held at the University of Oxford, September 21-23, 2010. The focus of the conference, entitled “Rethinking the Gods: Post-Classical Approaches” is... Read More
Umbra Institute’s Food Library Grows
Apr | 02
Recent acquisitions make the Umbra Institute’s food history section Italy’s largest collection in English. Food is a lens through which scholars can look simultaneously at economics, politics, and sociology and see societies—past and present—as an integrated whole. The Umbra Institute... Read More
Tis’ the Season…
Apr | 02
...Olive season that is. Three Umbra Institute students went to Passignano sul Trasimeno to help pick olives for production of one of Italy’s most delicious and famous products, olive oil. The overnight trip was at the Orsini family’s agriturismo,... Read More