American Academy in Rome - Summer Programs

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME

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Throughout most of its history the American Academy in Rome has sponsored summer programs. Consistent with the Academy's mission, these programs are intended to provide American scholars, teachers and academically advanced students the opportunity to experience and draw upon the resources of Rome. Below are links to the Academy's current four summer programs.

Classical Summer School

This six-week program is designed to provide qualified graduate students, mature undergraduates, and middle school, high school, and two-year college teachers with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary sources.

2006 dates
June 19 - July 28, 2006

2006 application deadline
March 15, 2006

2004 Director
Professor Myles McDonnell, FAAR'98

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar

This four-to-six-week program is designed for teachers of American undergraduate students. Qualified independent scholars and those employed by museums, libraries, historical societies and other organizations may be eligible. Participants work with one or two leading scholars on a given topic in the humanities with the goal of furthering their teaching and scholarship.

2006 topic
Trajan's Column: Narratives of War, Civilization, and Commemorative in the Roman Empire

2006 dates
June 26 - July 28, 2006

2006 application deadline
March 15, 2006

2006 Director
Richard Talbert RAAR'91, Professor of History at University of North Carolina & Michael Maas FAAR'81, Professor of History at Rice University

Summer Program in Archaeology

This seven-week program provides an overview of archaeological problems and methods for graduate students in all fields of classical studies. Three weeks of the program are spent in Rome studying monuments and other resources; the balance of the time is spent on-site at an archaeological excavation.

2006 dates June 5 - July 25, 2006

2006 application deadline
March 15, 2004

2004 Director
Professor Nicola Terrenato of the University of North Carolina

Scuola di Etruscologia e Archeologia dell'Italia Antica

The Academy has granted affiliation to the Scuola di Etruscologia e Archeologia dell’Italia Antica at Orvieto, which is intended to foster the development of young scholars about to embark on their careers. During two weeks in the summer the participants attend lectures and seminars on a specific theme chosen each year by the Advisory Committee. In the following months they elaborate papers under the direction of the teaching staff. Those that are considered worthy are published in the Scuola’s dedicated series. The students and faculty in the first cycles have been largely Italian, but the Scuola’s desire in seeking AAR affiliation is to broaden its international outreach. Although some knowledge of Italian is required, work may be presented in English.

Director: Prof. Giuseppe M. Della Fina
(Director of the Museo "Claudio Faina" at Orvieto)

Information: info@uniorvieto.it, fainaorv@tin.it, http://www.museofaina.it