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The American Academy in Rome mourns the passing of Carlo Petrini, a writer, gastronomist, activist, and journalist who was a global inspiration and founding figure of the Slow Food movement. He died on May 21, 2026 at his home in Bra, Italy just south of Turin. He was 76.

The American Academy in Rome is proud to announce today the recipients of the 2026–27 Rome Prize and Italian Fellows Program.

On May 4th, the American Academy in Rome, in collaboration with Aspen Institute Italia, will explore the history, present, and future meanings of research. This conference, bringing together historians, artists, and scientists, aims to show how our understanding of this important subject is expanded by treating it comparatively; by putting different aspects of it into conversation and by looking both to the past and the present in order to think better about the future.