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Tuesday, September 27, 2022–6:30 PM

Marla Stone – The Enemy: The Politics and Propaganda of Italian Anti-Communism

https://www.aarome.org/events/calendar/marla-stone-enemy-politics-propaganda-italian-anti-communism
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Monday, October 3, 2022–6:30 PM

Lindsay Harris – Photography, Primitivism, and the Origins of the Modern Italian Landscape

https://www.aarome.org/events/calendar/lindsay-harris-photography-primitivism-origins-modern-italian-landscape
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Thursday, October 6, 2022–6:00 PM

“Learning from Las Vegas” in the Twenty-First Century: Iwan Baan & Mark Robbins

https://www.aarome.org/events/calendar/learning-las-vegas-twenty-first-century-iwan-baan-mark-robbins

Thursday, October 6–Sunday, November 27, 2022

From Las Vegas to Rome: Photographs by Iwan Baan

https://www.aarome.org/events/calendar/las-vegas-rome-photographs-iwan-baan
Save the date: American Academy in Rome New York Gala. Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 6:30 PM ET. Cipriani, 25 Broadway, New York City. Honoring Bill T. Jones, Ned Rorem, and Marina Rustow
Wednesday, November 2, 2022–6:30 PM

2022 New York Gala

https://www.aarome.org/events/calendar/2022-new-york-gala

News

American Academy in Rome’s New York Offices to Move to West Chelsea

https://www.aarome.org/news/features/american-academy-rome-new-york-offices-move-west-chelsea

New Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellows: Reko Rennie and Angela Valamanesh

https://www.aarome.org/news/features/new-mordant-family-australia-council-affiliated-fellows-reko-rennie-angela-valamanesh

In Memoriam: Nancy Brown Negley

https://www.aarome.org/news/features/memoriam-nancy-brown-negley
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Rome Prize FellowsItalian FellowsAffiliated Fellows
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Robyn Schiff

Literature
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Konstantina Zanou

Modern Italian Studies
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Emily L. Hurt

Ancient Studies
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Elle Perez

Visual Arts
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S. Elizabeth Penry

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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John Davis

Design
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Alessandro Mulazzani

Landscape Architecture
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Ioana M. Uricaru

Visual Arts
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Marco Momi

Musical Composition
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Denva E. Gallant

Medieval Studies
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Jasmine Hearn and Athena Kokoronis

Design
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Alice Visentin

Visual Arts
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Miya Masaoka

Musical Composition
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Sarah Beckmann

Ancient Studies
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Katherine Jenkins and Parker Sutton

Landscape Architecture
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Todd Gray

Visual Arts
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Andrew R. Lund

Ancient Studies
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Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample

Architecture
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Lillian Clare Sellati

Ancient Studies
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Ester Partegàs

Visual Arts
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Gina Apostol

Literature
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Tony Cokes

Visual Arts
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Saskia K. Verlaan

Modern Italian Studies
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Edward Loss

Medieval Studies
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Bradford M. Young

Visual Arts
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Carolyn J. Quijano

Medieval Studies
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Preeti Chopra

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Monica Rhodes

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Stephanie Leitzel

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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Tung-Hui Hu

Literature
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Christopher Stark

Musical Composition
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Elizabeth G. Elmi

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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Lamia Balafrej

Medieval Studies
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Jamel Brinkley

Literature
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Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers

Architecture
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Alexa Vaughn

Landscape Architecture
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Evan Jewell

Ancient Studies

Invited Residents

Iwan Baan

Visual Arts

Sanchita Balachandran

Historic Preservation & Conservation

Yolande Daniels

Architecture
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Hal Foster

History of Art

Mary Margaret Jones

Landscape Architecture
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Karen L. King

Ancient Studies

Maria H. Loh

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies

W. J. T. Mitchell

History of Art

Lynn Nottage

Literature
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Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Ancient Studies

Michael Rakowitz

Visual Arts
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Michael Rock

Design
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Susan Sellers

Design

Alvin Singleton

Musical Composition
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Hérica Valladares

Ancient Studies
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Thaïsa Way

Landscape Architecture
Adam D. Weinberg

Adam D. Weinberg

History of Art
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Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Medieval Studies
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Du Yun

Musical Composition

Leadership

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Lindsay Harris

Interim Andrew Heiskell Arts DIrector
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Mark Robbins

President and CEO
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Marla Stone

Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor
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Aliza S. Wong

Director