Overview
Each year a select group of artists, scholars, writers, and professionals serve the American Academy in Rome as Advisors in eleven disciplines.
2021–22
Ancient Studies
Marcello Barbanera
Art history and archaeology, museums
Alessandra Capodiferro
Archaeology, museology
Elizabeth Fentress
Roman archaeology, landscape archaeology
Silvia Orlandi
Latin epigraphy
Simonetta Serra
Roman topography, early Christian and late antique archaeology
Architecture
Cinzia Abbate
Architecture
Jacopo Costanzo
Architecture
Luca Galofaro
Architecture
Antonino Saggio
Architecture
Carlo Vigevano
Architecture
Design
Ilaria Gianni
Curator and writer
Lorenzo Gigotti
Design
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Carmen Belmonte (2019 Italian Fellow)
Art history and preservation of cultural heritage
Laura Cibrario
Conservation
Yvonne Mazurek
Conservation, enhancement of cultural heritage
Landscape Architecture
Fabio Attorre
Conservation and biodiversity
Alberta Campitelli
Italian villas and gardens
Simone Capra
Landscape architecture
Nathalie Grenon-Sartogo
Landscape architecture
Annalisa Metta (2017 Italian Fellow)
Landscape architecture
Literature
Damiano Abeni
Poet, translator
Moira Egan
Poet, translator
Maria Ida Gaeta
Literature
Virginia Virilli (2019 Italian Fellow)
Novelist, screenwriter
Medieval Studies
Silvia Armando (2017 Italian Fellow)
Medieval Mediterranean studies
Giulia Bordi
Medieval art history
Cristiana Filippini
Medieval art history
Alessandro Taddei
Archaeology and history of Byzantine art
Lila Yawn (1998 Fellow)
Medieval art history and history
Modern Italian Studies
Dario Biocca
History
Mauro Canali
History, twentieth-century Italian and American history
Giovanna Campitelli
History of seventeenth- and nineteenth-century art in Europe and the Americas
Maddalena Carli
Contemporary history
Barbara Drudi
Art history, postwar Italian and American art
Musical Composition
Francesco Antonioni
Musical composition and music events
Tonino Battista
Composer and conductor
Alvin Curran
Composer
Giulia Tagliavia
Composer
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Jeffrey Blanchard (1979 Fellow)
Renaissance and Baroque architecture
Patrizia Cavazzini
Italian early modern and Baroque art and art markets
Ingrid Rowland (1982 Fellow, 2000 Resident)
Early modern and Renaissance history, literature, and art history
Guendalina Serafinelli
Early modern art history
Visual Arts
Wendy Artin
Visual artist
Giuliana Benassi
Independent curator
Ilaria Conti
Independent curator
Stanislao di Giugno
Visual artist
Rà di Martino (2018 Italian Fellow)
Visual artist
Emily Jacir (2015 Fellow)
Artist and filmmaker
Damiana Leoni
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Luca Lo Pinto
Artistic director of MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Costanza Mazzonis di Pralafera
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Peter Benson Miller
Curator and scholar, Italian modern art
Lorcan O’Neill
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Justin Randolph Thompson
Visual artist
As of September 28, 2021.
2020–21
Ancient Studies
Marcello Barbanera
Art history and archaeology, museums
Alessandra Capodiferro
Archaeology, museology
Elizabeth Fentress
Roman archaeology, landscape archaeology
Simonetta Serra
Roman topography, early Christian and late-antique archaeology
Elizabeth Jane Shepherd
Classical archaeology
Architecture
Cinzia Abbate
Architecture
Luca Galofaro
Architecture
Antonino Saggio
Architecture
Carlo Vigevano
Architecture
Design
Ilaria Gianni
Curator and writer
Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti
Design
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Laura Cibrario
Historic preservation
Yvonne Mazurek
Preservation theory
Fabio Parasecoli
Food studies
Landscape Architecture
Alberta Campitelli
Italian villas and gardens
Simone Capra
Landscape architecture
Annalisa Metta (2017 Italian Fellow)
Landscape architecture
Nathalie Sartogo
Landscape architecture
Literature
Maria Ida Gaeta
Literature
Virginia Virilli (2019 Italian Fellow)
Novelist, screenwriter
Medieval Studies
Cristiana Filippini
Medieval art history
Luigi Russo
Medieval Mediterranean history
Lila Yawn (1998 Fellow)
Medieval art history and history
Modern Italian Studies
Mauro Canali
History, twentieth-century Italian and American history
Marco De Nicolò
History of political institutions
Barbara Drudi
Art history, postwar Italian and American art
Antonello Frongia
History of modern art
Lindsay Harris (2014 Fellow)
History of photography
Musical Composition
Francesco Antonioni
Musical composition and music events
Tonino Battista
Composer and conductor
Alvin Curran
Composer
Giulia Tagliavia
Composer
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Jeffrey Blanchard (1979 Fellow)
Renaissance and Baroque architecture
Patrizia Cavazzini
Italian early modern and Baroque art and art markets
Ingrid Rowland (1982 Fellow, 2000 Resident)
Early modern and Renaissance history, literature, and art history
Guendalina Serafinelli
Early modern art history
Visual Arts
Wendy Artin
Visual artist
Giuliana Benassi
Curator
Stanislao di Giugno
Visual artist
Rä di Martino (2018 Italian Fellow)
Visual artist
Damiana Leoni
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Costanza Mazzonis
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Peter Benson Miller
Curator and scholar, Italian modern art
Lorcan O’Neill
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Justin Randolph Thompson
Visual artist
As of October 22, 2020.
2019–20
Ancient Studies
Alessandra Capodiferro
Archaeology, museology
Andrea Cucchiarelli
Classical studies
Elizabeth Fentress
Roman archaeology, landscape archaeology
Sara Kaczko
Greek philology, archaeology in South Italy
Silvia Orlandi
Latin epigraphy
Simonetta Serra
Roman topography, early Christian and late antique archaeology
Elizabeth Jane Shepherd
Classical archaeology
Architecture
Cinzia Abbate
Architecture
Luca Galofaro
Architecture
Antonino Saggio
Architecture
Carlo Vigevano
Architecture
Design
Domitilla Dardi
Design arts
Lorenzo Gigotti
Design
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Laura Cibrario
Historic preservation
Alison Heritage
Heritage scientist, wall painting
Yvonne Mazurek
Conservation, enhancement of cultural heritage
Tuccio Sante Guido
Conservation
Nicholas Stanley-Price
Historic preservation
Landscape Architecture
Alberta Campitelli
Italian villas and gardens
Simone Capra
Landscape architecture
Annalisa Metta (2017 Italian Fellow)
Landscape architecture
Nathalie Sartogo
Landscape architecture
Literature
Damiano Abeni
Poet
Moira Egan
Poet
Maria Ida Gaeta
Literature
Francesca Marciano
Novelist
Veronica Raimo
Novelist
Virginia Virilli (2019 Italian Fellow)
Novelist, screenwriter
Medieval Studies
Piero Boitani
Literary criticism
Maurizio Campanelli
Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature and philology
Luigi Russo
Medieval Mediterranean history
Lila Yawn (1998 Fellow)
Medieval art history and history
Modern Italian Studies
Mauro Canali
History, twentieth-century Italian and American history
Marco De Nicolò
History of political institutions
Barbara Drudi
Art history, postwar Italian and American art
Lindsay Harris (2014 Fellow)
History of photography
Adachiara Zevi
Art history
Musical Composition
Francesco Antonioni
Musical composition and music events
Tonino Battista
Composer and conductor
Alvin Curran
Composer
Giulia Tagliavia
Composer
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Jeffrey Blanchard (1979 Fellow)
Renaissance and Baroque architecture
Patrizia Bovi
Late medieval and early Renaissance musicology
Marina Caffiero
Modern Italian religious and cultural history
Patrizia Cavazzini
Italian early modern and Baroque art and art markets
Alessandro Quarta
Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century musicologist
Ingrid Rowland (1982 and 2000 Fellow)
Early modern and Renaissance history, literature, and art history
Guendalina Serafinelli
Early modern art history
Visual Arts
Wendy Artin
Visual artist
Giuliana Benassi
Independent curator
Rä di Martino (2018 Italian Fellow)
Visual artist
Damiana Leoni
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Emiliano Maggi
Visual artist
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Costanza Mazzonis
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Lorcan O’Neill
Contemporary international art and art galleries in Rome
Aria Spinelli
Curator
Justin Thompson
Visual artist
As of September 30, 2019.