APULIA ~ UNDISCOVERED ITALY

Life moves at a slower pace in Apulia, Italy’s sun-kissed southern region. From your base in seaside Polignano a Mare, travel over timeless terra to historical towns filled with indelible wonders. Witness the preserved heritage of Alberobello and enjoy Mediterranean meals amidst olive groves and family vineyards. Each day invites new opportunities to drink in vistas of brilliant blue seas and savor the region’s famously fresh cuisine. Along your journey, celebrate Puglia’s authentic culture and warm hospitality.

Faculty Hosts

Ivan Drpic

Ivan Drpić specializes in the art, architecture, and material culture of Byzantium  with emphasis on the period from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries. His areas of research and teaching interest include the interface between the visual and the verbal, medieval aesthetics and theories of the image, the agency of art objects, the history of subjectivity, and the cultural interactions between Byzantium and the Slavic world. A native of Serbia, Drpić graduated from the University of Belgrade (2002). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University (2005, 2011). Before joining the faculty at Penn, Drpić taught at the University of Washington (2011–2017). His scholarship has received recognition from a number of sources, including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

 



David Young Kim

David Young Kim teaches and researches Southern Renaissance art, with focus on the issues of art literature, transcultural exchange, and material culture. He received his B.A. in English and French literature from Amherst College (1999) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard (2009), in addition to attending the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7. Before joining the Penn faculty in 2013, he was a postdoctoral faculty fellow (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at the University of Zurich in Switzerland (2009-2013) and a visiting faculty member at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo in Brazil (2011-2013). He recently received the Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching for his contributions to undergraduate education. At Penn, he is spearheading a series of global initiatives with partner institutions to establish collaboration possibilities for graduate students, doctoral candidates, and faculty pursuing early modern research topics in the History of Art department.

 

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

ITINERARY 

Day 1: Bari, Italy | Polignano a Mare
Day 2: Bari, Italy | Polignano a Mare
Day 3: Bari, Italy | Polignano a Mare
Day 4: Locototondo | Alberobello
Day 5: Lecce | Ostuni
Day 6:  Trani | Bisceglie
Day 7: Matera
Day 8: Polignano a Mare
Day 9:  Depart for home city




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