Andrea Carandini, a renowned professor of archaeology and president of the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), will present his vision of the future for Italian cultural heritage. Beset by budgetary and administrative problems, Italy has struggled in recent years to preserve its extraordinary cultural heritage for its many publics. Carandini reflects on these challenges and the role that the charity FAI, volunteerism and public/private partnerships might play in the future of cultural heritage preservation and presentation in the twenty-first century.

Andrea Carandini is professor emeritus of classical archaeology at the Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and since 2013 the president of FAI. Author of over twenty books and winner of the Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana, Carandini also served as the president of the “Consiglio Superiore dei Beni Culturali” from 2009 to 2012.

The lecture will be conducted in Italian. The event is organized in collaboration with the Fondo Ambiente Italiano.