Aug | 27
We just put up another new UmbraViews video on YouTube! This one's about the various field trips that Umbra courses take you on throughout Italy, going as far south as Pompeii and as far north as Milan. There's history, archaeology,... Read MoreAug | 23
This post is for anyone who has ever loved Perugia or enjoyed a delicious "bacio," the iconic chocolate-covered-hazelnut treat made famous by Perugia's own chocolate factory, Perugina. The credit for this video goes to Kara Foran, a recent student at... Read MoreJul | 25
Convened annually since 1981, the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is the oldest academic conference on food history. Each year academics interested in using food as a lens to examine modern (and ancient) societies gather at the prestigious St. Catherine's... Read MoreJul | 21
With the last students’ departure early this morning, the Umbra Institute concluded its packed summer 2012 semester. Umbra staff and faculty will spend the next few weeks preparing for the arrival of new students at the end of August. If... Read MoreJul | 19
In less than seven years, cultural tourists will flock to Perugia and Assisi to soak up the cities’ rich cultural, architectural, and religious heritage – if all goes according to the plans of PerugiAssisi 2019, Università degli Studi Professor Luca... Read MoreJul | 18
Umbra Institute Art History Professor Dr. Adrian Hoch’s paper on a Florentine tabernacle was published in “Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz,” one of the oldest and most prestigious art-historical journals in the world. Drawing from previously unpublished documents from... Read More