National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar
Logistics

The American Academy in Rome

The seminar will be hosted by the American Academy in Rome, whose magnificent structure and gardens overlook the city from the Janiculum (Gianicolo) Hill. The Academy is home to about 40 Fellows and Residents in classics, music, visual arts and architecture, other branches of the humanities, and writing. It offers a ready-made community of scholars and artists who are engaged with Rome and its monuments from multiple perspectives.

A room will be reserved at the Academy for our meetings. Seminar participants will have full use of the Academy’s excellent library, and books especially useful for our seminar will be kept in our study room.  Participants will be invited to take the Academy’s midday and evening meals at subsidized rates, and they will be able to receive mail and faxes there. They will have access to the Academy computer room, and the Academy will assist them in establishing computer accounts at the beginning of the seminar. Participants will have access to their personal or university e-mail accounts by this means; they may also bring lap-top computers.

Accommodations

Participants will be offered accommodation in rooms at the Academy. Space will not be available there, however, for partners or families. Participants may choose to live elsewhere, but will have to make their own arrangements to do so. Rates per person per week at the Academy can be expected to range from around 180 euros in a shared double room without bath to around 325 euros in a single room with bath.  

It is each participant’s responsibility to have a valid passport. No visa is required by a U.S. citizen.

The neighborhood of the American Academy is an exceptionally pleasant, upper middle-class district with many amenities. For more excitement, Trastevere, a busy district of shops, cafés and outdoor restaurants, is only a ten-minute walk down the hill. Rome is a safe, marvelously walkable city; it also has an extensive system of buses and trams. The city can be quite hot during June and July, however. If you are very dependent upon air-conditioning to function in the summer, this may not be the seminar for you !

NEH offers each participant a stipend of $3,600, which can be paid in full in advance prior to departure from the U.S.  At the current US$/euro exchange rate, this stipend of $3,600 may cover travel and basic expenses. Remember, however, that in many respects Rome is an extremely expensive city. Additional funds are sure to be required for special meals, souvenirs, books, and emergencies. A few hundred dollars should suffice, depending upon your lifestyle.

How to Apply
Application forms, contacting the Director



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