Links and Documents

The National Endowment for the Humanities Website

Summer Institutes at the National Endowment for the Humanities: http://neh.gov//education/summer-seminars-and-institutes

Institute Application Documents

Application Coversheet (must be completed online): http://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/

NEH Application Guidelines PDF: NEH Application Instructions

Application Instructions for Dante Summer Institute: Dante Institute Application

Nota bene: Full application instructions and documents can also be found on the APPLICATION LINK

 

Dante Websites

Dante Society of America: www.dantesociety.org

The Princeton Dante Project: http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/index.html

The World of Dante: www.worldofdante.org

Danteworlds: danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu

Dante Today: research.bowdoin.edu/dante-today/

 

Faculty Websites

Institute Faculty

Professor Brenda Deen Schildgen, Institute Director: http://complit.ucdavis.edu/people/profile/47

Professor Peter Hawkins: http://divinity.yale.edu/hawkins

Guest Lecturers

Professor David Ardagh: http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/business/business/staff/profiles/adjunct-lecturers/david-ardagh

Professor William Franke: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/williamfranke/homepage/books/

Professor Chiara Frugoni: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo3534468.html

Professor Giuseppe Mazzotta: http://italian.yale.edu/mazzotta

Professor Lino Pertile: http://rll-faculty.fas.harvard.edu/linopertile

 

Florence Websites

Historic Centre of Florence, Unesco World Heritage Site: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/174

Baptistry of San Giovanni: http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Baptistery_of_florence.html

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Italian): http://www.bml.firenze.sbn.it/index_ing.htm

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Italian): http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/

Biblioteca Riccardiana (Italian): http://www.riccardiana.firenze.sbn.it/

Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio): http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/en/palazzovecchio/

San Miniato al Monte (Italian): http://www.sanminiatoalmonte.it/

San Miniato al Monte (Tourist Site in English): http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/monu/sminiat.htm

Santa Croce: http://www.santacroceopera.it/en/default.aspx

Santa Maria Novella: http://www.chiesasantamarianovella.it/en

Santa Reparata: http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/florence_cathedral_escavat.html

University of Florence (Italian): http://www.unifi.it/mdswitch.html

 

Assisi, Siena, Ravenna Websites

Assisi, Basilica of San Francesco: http://www.sanfrancescoassisi.org/index.php#index

Assisi, Franciscan Sites, Unesco World Heritage website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/990

Siena, Historic Centre, Unesco World Heritage website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/717

Ravenna, Early Christian Monuments, Unesco World Heritage website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/788

 

Other Suggested Travel Resources

Florence Airport: http://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en/

Florence and Abroad, a Florence Housing Agency: http://www.florenceandabroad.com/

Italian Trains: http://www.fsitaliane.it/homepage_en.html